Samson
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Samson

Product and Design Lead, He/His

Building

A year ago

About

Experienced and results-oriented Product UI/UX Designer with a strong track record of delivering exceptional user-centric design solutions. Proficient in crafting engaging user interfaces and driving product strategy. Adept at collaborating with cross-functional teams to create innovative digital experiences.

Take a look at my work/experience below and learn more about my design process via olsam.weblow.io

Contact

Layers
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Work Experience

2023 — Now
Product Designer at Rentandla
United Kingdom

● Implemented a user-centric approach and utilized A/B testing to optimize design components, resulting in a seamless platform for landlords and tenants.

2022 — 2023
San Francisco

● I facilitated an impactful 2-3 week design sprint on a DeFi product for the social creator economy, creating new user flows and prototypes resulting in a 20% increase in user feedback ratings after launch.

● Implemented design principles to refine the design systems, and UI libraries, ensuring consistency, and accessibility and enhancing the presentation of metrics for user interactions.

2022 — 2022
Singapore

● Played a key role in designing and optimizing the "So-Col website" (socol.io), a pioneering web3 blockchain application using NFT technology, resulting in a remarkable 75% increase in signups.

● Engaged in product marketing activities, crafted innovative concepts, and communicated design decisions to both internal teams and external users, resulting in 10k+ active users on the platform.

2021 — 2022
Singapore

● Lead the research, UX design, project management, and Front-end/UI development of different products for clients.
● Conducted in-depth user-centered analysis through contextual inquiry and listening labs.
● Mentored and collaborated with a team of two designers in an agile development environment.
● Crafted high-level and detailed mockups, prototypes, and implemented them in Webflow to effectively
communicate interaction and design ideas, also utilized Framer to create prototypes and test various app flows, presenting innovative system changes.

2020 — 2021
Lagos, Nigeria

● Contributed significantly to the evolution and strategy of design policies and practices, including standards, interaction design, color theory, typography, and visual expressions of the user experience.
● Designed diverse in-house promotional materials, such as presentations and newsletters.
● Collaborated seamlessly with in-house developers and project managers to interpret product vision and translate them into pixel-perfect designs;
○ HR Suite: a platform to streamline staff tasks, learning and development, and leave requests. The proposition was to design a mobile application for its 50+ staff, offering them a seamless way to work and develop within the organization.
○ Client Digital Onboarding: a platform that was designed to be a fast and seamless way to onboard
clients (Client information, KYC registration etc.) to help them to trade and choose from hundreds of stocks of publicly traded companies.
○ I-invest: Collaborated with fellow designers to overhaul and revamp the existing UI design for the long-standing I-Invest application.

2020 — 2020
UX Designer at StoreHarmony
Lagos, Nigeria

● Championed the proposal and implementation of a new site content architecture and navigation scheme for the company website redesign.
● Conducted rigorous usability analyses and implemented UX enhancements for the software product.

2017 — 2018
Graphics Designer Intern at Penyl Consult
Ibadan

● Gained experience in visual design, interaction design, user research, motion design, collaboration, and marketing.

Side Projects

Ongoing
Product Designer at Midst

Currently collaborating with a close-knit team in a startup environment working on a new Social experience product. I work on designing the information architecture, low and high- fidelity designs and prototypes, also involved in product strategy and in building out the first MVP for launch

2022
Product Design Program from Figma Academy

Speaking

2022
A day in the life of a Designer at Leapspring Network 2022
Lagos
2021
Design process at NUS - National University of Singapore
Singapore

Education

2014 — 2019
Bachelor in Computer Engineering at Obafemi Awolowo University
Ile-Ife