Maxx

Maxx

Product Designer in Accra

About

A result-driven product designer based in Accra. Extremely enthusiastic about using creative solutions to turn organic ideas into high-quality human-centered interfaces that truly save time, money, and energy.

Work Experience

2020 — Now
Accra, Ghana
  • Independently transformed developer documentation from raw PDF files to industry-standard interactive and responsive web pages, this significantly reduced integration time by 43%.

  • Spearheaded the end-to-end design of merchant glass softPOS application and collaborated with the development team on implementation, resulting in a 29% increase in new merchant acquisitions.

  • Created a design system for the dark theme and led its implementation across the entire consumer-facing app consisting of over 100 screens and UI elements. This is estimated to boost user engagement by 35%.

  • Collaborated in the design of the analytics feature and worked with the mobile development team on implementation.

  • Brainstormed concept development and optimisation of core app features with the CTO and Project Manager.

2020 — 2020
UX Designer (Contractor) at RevAssure
Accra, Ghana
  • Led the design of an insurance platform that helped users find the most affordable policy rates. I worked closely with product owners from initial ideation, wireframing, and prototyping, to handing-over of detailed design specifications to engineers using Adobe XD.
2019 — 2020
UI/UX Designer at Mayfair Technologies
Accra, Ghana
  • Delivered interactive desktop and mobile prototypes for an integrated church management/social networking application and collaborated with developers on implementation.

  • Redesigned Ghana Commercial Bank’s Intranet portal with support from representatives from its main I.T Department. This was achieved by creating a derivative design system based on its existing brand guide and also cooperated with the engineering team on implementation.

2017 — 2018
UI/UX Designer at Aeges Ghana Ltd
Accra, Ghana
  • Conceptualised a mobile device insurance application with product owners that enabled users to track their stolen or lost devices and remotely lock them and worked closely with developers on implementation.

  • Conducted user and product market research, and worked with GSMA on accessing devices’ IMEI and IMSI databases.
    Provided rapid wireframes and high-fidelity prototypes for desktop and mobile.

2015 — 2016
UI/UX Designer at Q'Know Ghana
Accra, Ghana
  • Brainstormed with product founders on an interactive educational platform for kids.

  • Solely created high-fidelity mockups using photoshop, and assisted the development team with implementation.

  • Worked closely with copywriters in entry and editing of content, designed graphics for over 200 article thumbnails on the platform.
    Independently designed print materials for campaigns and events.

  • worked on graphics for social media.

2015 — 2015
Graphic Designer at Trisscom Ghana Ltd
Accra, Ghana
  • Designed and provided engineers with website media assets, and assisted in fine-tuning website visuals.

  • Designed print materials.

Projects

Certifications

2014
Ethical Hacking from Shiv-India Institute of Management and Technology
2013
Graphic and Web Design from Global Business Technologies Limited

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