Mmëdiong Gabriel Esu

Mmëdiong Gabriel Esu

Senior Product Designer in Maryland, United States

About

From scrappy startups to software used by millions, I've had the privilege of designing products that people love. At Piggyvest, I established and lead Product Design, and now I'm guiding a multidisciplinary brilliant team of designers across 3 products who are ushering in the next generation of finance in Africa. Previously, I co-founded a startup, Hirefreehands (now Propel), and led design at Syracuse Digital, where I focused on visual, web and mobile design for campaigns with companies like Adidas, Mitsubishi, and TECNO—the No. 1 mobile phone brand in West Africa.

My journey has taken me across Africa, Europe and the Middle East, building products that make a difference. I taught UI/UX design at Stutern, served as a Design Mentor at the Google Launchpad Accelerator Africa 2017, and continue to mentor young UI/UX designers every Friday in my spare time.

I love to teach and I love to learn, and that has been consequential to my being a craftsman. I use design and development tools to bring ideas to life, finding the best ways to refine details. With 12 years of multidisciplinary design experience, I can express myself in nearly any medium, at any level of fidelity.

Work Experience

2020 — Now
Lagos, Nigeria & Nairobi, Kenya
2018 — 2019
Head of Design at Field Insight
Lagos, Nigeria
2018 — 2019
2017 — 2018
2017 — 2018
Creative Director at Syracuse Digital
Lagos, Nigeria
2016 — 2017
2016 — 2016
2012 — 2015
Graphics and Web Designer at Syracuse Digital
Lagos, Nigeria

Education

2015 — 2016
Leeds, United Kingdom

Thesis: Online learning for Web Developers - a User Interface Design perspective.

2007 — 2013
Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) at Covenant University
Nigeria

Certifications

2012
Oracle Certified Professional (OCP) from Oracle

Java SE 6 Programmer

2012 — 2014
Cisco Certified Network Associate from CISCO

Credential ID CSCO11928279