Joshua Sam-Alade

Joshua Sam-Alade

UI/UX, Graphics Design in Lagos, Nigeria, He/him

About

Design wizard with a love for pixels and a knack for turning ideas into visual masterpieces. 🎨✨ Fluent in Adobe Magic, I dance between UI/UX, graphic, and motion design. When not crafting eye candy or plotting chess moves, you'll find me weaving the threads of computer networks. let's create magic together! ♟️🌐✨

Contact

Portfolio
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Work Experience

2024 — Now
Lagos
  • Created and maintained a cohesive visual design system to ensure consistency across all branding materials, streamlining the design workflow.

  • Designed visually captivating landing pages that boosted audience engagement and drew attention to key brand messaging, resulting in increased customer interactions.

  • Developed dynamic graphics and motion assets for admin and customer-facing dashboards, elevating the user experience and making campaign management more intuitive and engaging.

2022 — 2024
Nigeria
  • Developed and maintained a robust visual design system, ensuring brand consistency and scalability across all digital platforms.

  • Led the creation of visually engaging and intuitive interfaces for a mobile application, delivering a user-friendly ride-booking experience that resonated with over 100 users in rural areas.

  • Collaborated with the product team to design and implement creative visual elements for product features, enhancing user engagement and overall satisfaction through dynamic and appealing design solutions.

2023 — 2023
Seattle, USA
  • Contributed to the development of a visually appealing website design, adhering to branding guidelines and incorporating clear calls to action, which improved user engagement and service comprehension.

  • Created eye-catching social media graphics for the Instagram page (@trcseattle), leading to increased engagement and enhanced brand visibility across the platform.

2022 — 2023
Graphic/Motion Designer at Huawei Technologies
Lagos, Nigeria
  • Created impactful graphic and motion ads for company events, boosting event visibility and engagement through eye-catching visuals.

  • Assisted in troubleshooting and maintaining the company’s network infrastructure, ensuring seamless operations.

2021 — 2022
Graphic/Motion designer at Turbocart
Lagos, Nigeria
  • Designed custom email templates for monthly newsletters, incorporating engaging visuals that contributed to a 20% increase in click-through rates and enhanced customer retention.

  • Created detailed infographics for internal use, improving communication within the team and streamlining project workflows through clear visual representation.

  • Revamped the company’s landing page by adhering to branding guidelines and crafting visually compelling product and service displays with clear CTAs, resulting in a significant increase in client engagement.

Some designs for Turbocart can be found here

2019 — 2020
Student intern at Huawei Technologies
Lagos, Nigeria
  • Introduction to User Interface and Experience Designs .
    Assisted in system troubleshooting, and maintenance of the company’s network.

  • Core member of the automation team, responsible for internal communication tool - (Operation Web Services, OWS). Focused on building a scalable and highly-efficient work order tool.

  • Conducted user research to understand customer needs and preferences aimed at managing networks in real-time and on-demand, across both communication technology (CT) and information technology (IT) domains.

  • Designed dashboards: integrated Geospatial technologies for data analysis, verification and visualization.

2018 — 2019
Design intern at Design Like A Pro
Ondo

Commenced a comprehensive exploration into design methodology during a rigorous one-month graphic and motion design boot camp. The program not only equipped me with foundational skills but also honed my ability to craft dynamic visuals. This immersive experience has solidified my understanding of design principles and their application in storytelling and creative expression. Eager to continue this journey of skill development and creative exploration.

Projects

2022

I had the incredible opportunity to lead a UI/UX redesign, transforming the user experience from the ground up. From refining the brand's visual identity to seamless promotion integration, every detail was crafted precisely.

2023

Inventors is a tech community that aims to help developers, creatives, and those looking to start a career in the tech space learn and grow to be exceptional in their respective fields.

I was tasked with the responsibility of redesigning the community's logo.

Volunteering

2017 — 2022
Nigeria
  1. Executed web and marketing designs for every outreach carried out.

  2. I worked closely with the content creation team to design purposeful ads for various platforms (Instagram, Facebook, etc.) to raise funds for our outreaches.

Education

2024 — 2024

Master Digital Product Design: UX Research & UI Design

2016 — 2022
Okitipupa, Ondo state

Graduate of Computer Science - Second class, Upper division

Awards

2021
1st runner-up, Build for SDG from Inventors

Build for SDG Challenge - 1st runner-up

My team and I were able to develop an app (MediPlus) that helps users schedule time for their medication and reminds them when it's time for their meds. We also implemented a feature that detects a fall and prompts the user to ask if he or she is alright. If there isn't a response within a specific timeframe, a call and text are put out to the user's close contact in case of an emergency.

Features

2022

Femoskeydev Academy organized a 30-day UX challenge, where I emerged as the best user interface designer and the 1st runner-up of the challenge.

Exhibitions

2023
Graphic posters at Random
Lagos

Kindly look through some of my selected poster designs.