
Ohalewe Richmond
Senior Product Designer in Lagos, Nigeria, He/Him
About
My name is Chiemezie Ohalewe, a Product and brand identity designer passionate about designing delightful and useable experiences. I have over five years of professional experience working in different sectors like Fintech, Blockchain/Web3, Education, Gaming, and much more. I love going to the gym, listening to good music, and reading.
I am proficient in industry-standard design and management software, such as Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign), Figma, Jira, Monday, Miro, ClickUp & Canva.
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Work Experience
- Mentored and trained junior designers to enhance their design skills and expertise.
- Led design sprints with a user-centric approach to achieve project goals for successful outcomes in web and mobile applications.
- Implemented Jitter as a prototyping tool, enhancing client presentations and reducing feedback by 20%.
- Developed an efficient design system that expedited delivery times for more than 10 projects on web and mobile platforms.
Collaborate with other designers and engineering teams while conducting user research, testing, and designing experiences for businesses and software companies to foster growth and business objectives.
- Using Agile workflow, i organized and led design sprints, research sessions, creation of user flows &prototypes and product audits to optimize both internal and external products to improve user experience while following current market trends.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to conduct user research, testing, and design experiences that drove business growth for various software companies.
- Designed a successful entertainment and event platform for Kennis music group, which currently boasts over 200 active users.
- Conducted research and designed Axeon Headless CMS, a developer tool that facilitates easy and flexible website management.
- Designed Sophee, a contactless payment aggregator to promote safe payment options.
- Developed brand identities and marketing strategies for finance and fashion industry clients.
- Designed and launched successful blockchain products, including Dapps, Launchpads & NFT marketplaces with a user base of over 500+
- Researched and implemented cutting-edge blockchain technologies in the African fi nancial space, drivinginnovation and growth within the industry.
Blockchain Hub Africa, has set out to build Africa’s web3 talents, to become part of those building the Future of the internet. We also build innovative blockchain based solutions that aim to increase the adoption of the Blockchain technology in Africa.
- Revamped the company's website, resulting in a revenue surge of $20k in just 2 months.
- Orchestrated an outstanding blockchain event in 2022 that drew in over 1500 enthusiasts.
- Led design and research efforts for Beima, a web3 documentation tool with 200+ sign-ups.
- Created the identity and User Interface design of a blockchain exchange platform called Zeus with over 200+ users on the waitlist.
- Implemented marketing design contents and promoted the company's program, growing up to 1,000+ customers.
Findeet is a school management solution aimed at providing elementary and high schools with the ability to organize, manage and run the institution's day-to-day operations. Such solutions include a school finder app, an easy-to-use web builder for website creation, a learning platform for students and an enterprise app for general operations.
- Conducted user research resulting in successful integration of the solution into schools
- Designed wireframes, hi-fidelity designs and working prototypes leading to the development of 10+ web builder templates
- Collaborated with teammates to implement effective marketing strategies and campaigns
- Led a team of 3 designers in designing early stages of the product, resulting in successful development.
- Created external marketing documents that successfully attracted investors to the brand.
- Researched and developed social media designs that heightened the brand's promotion and awareness.
Genesys is a people centred community. We create opportunities for young Nigerian techies and entrepreneurs to grow and innovate, and a platform for the collaborations that make the impossible a days work.
- Revamped the identity of Urban Emporium, a fashion house, and aligned their products with new brand goals and business model through brand strategy sessions with the owner.
- Boosted community engagement for Genesys Tech Hub by redesigning the website experience, resulting in 2,000 new members and increased company awareness.
- Created brand identities and strategies for businesses in diverse industries which generated a revenue of 5 million naira in 3 months.
- Developed marketing campaigns and designed ADs for Learnable, an annual internship program, leading to over 500 registered participants.
- Conducted research and strategy sessions for market penetration campaigns for Chloe, a P&G product.
- Conceptualized the brand identity for Lavie Medic, a hospital management system, and led its design.
- Executed successful marketing campaign strategies for Lavie Medic, resulting in integration into two federal hospitals within three months of launch.
Socialander is a Digital Marketing Agency that doubles all your business’ digital and social engagements efforts into a revenue generating channel.
- Designed and implemented brand identity strategies for 50 local businesses, resulting in increased customer engagement and recognition.
- Revolutionized company website experience, leading to a fivefold increase in daily site visits from 100 to 500.
- Collaborated with diverse industries (health, finance, real estate, e-commerce, and food) to develop effective marketing campaigns, generating over 15 million Naira in sales for business owners in 2019.
Zonado is commercial real estate company based in Ontario, Canada, which provides a unique system for real estate enthusiasts and realtors to easily search for commercial properties to purchase.
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Redesigned the entire experience of the platform enabling users get property information with less clicks.
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Redesigned the brand identity of the organization while focusing on the core values which is simplicity.
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Created brand assets and templates used in reaching out to realtors and property listers to drive traffic to the platform.
Projects
Beima suite is an all-in-one web3 documentation and smart-contract auditing tool that allow users to generate documentation for their smart contracts for easy integration.
Side Projects
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Certifications
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Awards
I was presented with the companies Unsung Hero Award as the most collaborative and best team player for the year.
Education
Volunteering
I and my team organised the pilot IRL event for
buildspace Africa, which brought about the gathering of
over 200+ blockchain devs and designers in attendance
from different states in the country