Godwin John
Product designer, He/Him
About
I design products that work and look very pleasing.
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Projects
Bland is a collection of components I plan to use for future projects. Think of it as a space dedicated to my components.
I’m releasing it so you all can use it too.
While building this, I researched some popular design systems — IBM, Ant, Goldman Sachs, Untitled, etc.
I was mainly looking out for —
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how they named their tokens,
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how they arranged their files,
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how they made their components.
All these influenced how I created Bland. It was painstaking but very rewarding.
Some features of Bland —
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I used Autolayout to make the components very responsive.
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I used variables for more intuitive naming of my tokens.
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I used component props to make the components versatile.
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etc
This is still in development.
Side Projects
The aim of this project is to explore Variables in Figma.
Highlights—
• It is totally free on the Figma community
• Contains Variables, Styles, and Components for Color, Typography, Spacing, and much more.
• A Pattern Library
• Auto layout is used…a lot
• Light and dark themes
• Mobile screen
This is a free pattern library I created. Here are some features:
• All common UI patterns—buttons, cards, accordions, sliders…
• Component props and slots included
• 25+ UI components
• Highly responsive
• Highly reusable
• Documentation link on Notion
Work Experience
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Solo Product Designer for AnyBid—a platform that enables users to play games to win rewards and products.
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Partnered with 1 Product Manager, 1 Product Owner, and 3 Engineers to build and ship features aligned to company and user’s goals.
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Designed and redesigned 4 games and multiple core game flows for users to understand critical aspects of the game.
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Established and maintained a Style Library to help reduce design-to-development time.
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Contracted as a design for Lucid—an app that gives users an immersive experience when shopping for furniture.
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Took ownership as the sole designer, managing the entire product lifecycle from concept creation to working with developers. There was no in-between.
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Conducted discovery and competitive research to flesh out ideas and understand what works in the current industry.
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Partnered with the founder to assess the feasibility of a 3d preview feature. This feature allows user to preview a furniture in any 3d space. Later designed and shipped this feature.
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Established a Style Library to streamline design and development processes.
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Solo designer for a Design and Development Agency
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Led the design of over 10 products, across multiple teams consisting of Product Managers, Product Owners, and Engineers.
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Working closely with Product and Engineering teams, I shipped and built key features across various products (LMS, Ride-sharing, Healthcare etc.) while discarding the ones that weren’t impactful.
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Mentored 2 interns, building their foundational knowledge in user-centered design.
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Solo designer for 5thPro—a fantasy football application
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Consolidated various systems into one cohesive Fantasy Football tournament app. Tournaments used to be hosted on various social media platform which presented major organization issues. I was brought in to solve this.
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Designed the mobile app, website, and admin pages to provide a seamless cross-platform experience.
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Collaborated with the founder to ship a feature that allows users to deeply customize their teams for each league.
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Established a Style Library to streamline design and development processes
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I developed a highly engaging website with Webflow, incorporating interactive elements that elevated the user experience.
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I worked alongside the founders to conceptualize new features aimed at boosting functionality for users.
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Optimized site responsiveness across devices and leveraged the CMS for streamlined content updates.
• Developed and implemented style guides for Colony, enhancing the user experience of a social messaging app focused on promoting local businesses to Nigerians.
• Collaborated with founders to plan and conceptualize features that contribute to the growth and success of the platform.
• Holistically designed the user interface