Hi, I am Hakeem, need more connections with startup founders
Designer, community advocate and collaboration enthusiast based in Accra, Ghana.
My career over the past 4 years has focused mainly on building contexts and alignment on complex problems found in building products and experiences on web, mobile and digital platforms. Shipped localized solutions to over 100,000+ users in Pension, Banking and Financial Institutions.
Over the years, I’ve worked on end-to-end products at early stage startups turning ideas to experiences business customers and everyday people would enjoy.
I'm looking for a new opportunity in fintech products, and ready to explore and craft delightful experiences for new technology and markets
Projects
I enjoyed working with various teams, interviewing users and interacting with a variety of stakeholders to take on this redesign.
I learnt a lot on usability testing and how to effectively align user needs to stakeholders'.
PASE App - Mobile design built for a wider audience for providing access to learning for young individuals looking to enter into tech.
Led redesign workshops for a pension tech company helping build two flagship digital products for their 30,000+ customers. Conducted various research processes and collaborated with board digital transformation lead to capture key company objectives in design decisions.
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Led the ground-up design for the company website interacting with stakeholders, clients and team, to build an impactful company website.
After multiple stakeholder meetings and deliberations, we landed on a release that aligned with marketing and sales.
Side Projects
Working as a product manager for a local pharmacy to develop a pharmaceutical retail commerce mobile application providing access to medical drugs and service for customers. With the app, customers can browse through categories, select their desired items, and pay securely with various payment options.Delivery and logistics management is also designed using service design solutions.
Designed the whole app experience.
Currently group testing TestFlight and on Android
Space for creating. 🌱 Design, Stories and Journeys. Focused on building user-focused solutions for small businesses and early-stage startups with design.
Work Experience
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Designing financial solutions for merchants in the West Africa region, effectively helping merchants achieve financial management and operations success through design. -
Leading design within the team crafting valuable experiences across 10 in-house fintech products ( Mobile Apps, SAAS Platforms , POS Systems and Other digital interfaces)
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Led redesign workshops for a pension tech company helping build two flagship digital products for their 30,000+ customers. Conducted various research processes collaborating with the board and the digital transformation lead to capture key company objectives in design decisions.
Elevated success rates of early stage startups in incubation and acceleration by conducting product strategy workshops, resulting in an 80% increase.
Streamlined learning modules for nationwide students/learners by implementing the diamond design process, optimizing scripting and instructional design.
Enhanced tech hub processes within 3 months by incorporating sustainable design approaches and facilitating collaborative team sessions, leading to a 40% improvement.
• Built UI assets for B2C digital products used by over 100 users.
• Interpreted product specifications and user psychology to influence a range of stakeholders
• Distilled complex product challenges into workable solutions for teams (developers, operations, marketers and other designers)
• Demonstrated usability and behaviour analysis through prototyping with Figma.
• Contributed to design collaborative reviews helping drive good design decisions.
- The company recently raised a $10.4 million pre-Series A funding round to consolidate its efforts.
Trained under a robust software engineering training track exposing myself to Software Engineering Basics and building business communication skills.
Worked as a backend developer and scrum master in my team till the end of my time of my training.
Coordinated in the organisation of educational and professional internationally recognised examinations.
Supervised closely in project management and coordination increasing satisfaction scores by 60% in 2018
Collaborated in reducing exam incident rates by 40% across two years improving the company's reputation scores.
Volunteering
Contributed as part of a tech advisory company that seeks to impact the tech media scene - making tech innovations and news simple to consume.
Piloted 6 seasons of Digital Dash podcast series which succeeded in becoming one of the most informative and interesting tech podcasts in the country and West Africa
I co-lead as a community manager to organise conversations for designers and tech professionals interested in growth, collaboration, impact, and learning.
Exhibitions
Collaborated with a great team to organize our first Friends of Figma in-person event in Accra, Ghana.
This event presented an opportunity for designers, creatives, and industry professionals to come together and discuss design matters, share experiences, and network.
Partnered on one of the biggest design events in Ghana. As a Figma Community Advocate, I met so many interesting figures in the design industry and networked with the best designers and engineers in the country.
Speaking
Spoke on the design process of working as a product designer.
Enjoyed the crowd and the conversations had in each designers' or developers' journey.
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A tutorial session on Figma Autolayout use cases to use to maximize efficiency in design work and ideation.
Joined a coworker to host this year's hour of code at Ghana Tech Lab streaming online.
Writing
Imagine your space in a virtual world. I have always wondered what it would mean to be connected and the opportunities that open for people around the world. Facebook(now Meta) recently announced a glimpse of their future for the metaverse — which is a concept of connecting a world of virtual communities where people can play, work and interact.
Features
After experiencing and dealing with mental health issues around December, I decided to think about how to approach building an app that provided a safe space for patients going through such issues. I designed Safe Space as an exploration into building a solution that provided help for those struggling and in need of a solution.