Taiwo Kokoroabu
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Taiwo Kokoroabu

Product & Graphics Designer in Lagos, Nigeria

All hands on deck!

I can make your brand stand out among its competitors, watch me as I perform my magic. Let's get started now.

10 months ago

Crafting Innovative Designs, Unifying Brands, and Enriching User Experiences.

Skills:

  • Graphics Design

  • Branding Identity Design

  • UI Design

  • Wireframing

  • Prototyping

  • Mockups

  • Design System

  • User Research

  • Responsive Web

  • Design Thinking

  • Design Sprint

  • Communication and Interpersonal Skills

Tools:

  • Figma

  • CorelDraw Graphic Suite

  • Adobe Photoshop

  • Adobe Illustrator

  • Adobe XD

  • Microsoft Office Suite

  • Powerpoint

  • Whimsical

Work Experience

2023 — Now
UX Designer at SkillHat
Remote

- Design multiple screens for the Techpath responsive website, and collaborated effectively with my teammates on enhancing the user interface.

- Create design systems of 40+ elements that align with the brand guide.

- Create low-fidelity, and iterated high-fidelity designs.

- Create visually appealing mockups for proper presentation of designs.

2020 — Now
Art Director at Prize Communications Limited
Lagos, Nigeria

- Design brand logos, Press AD, and BTL (Below The Line) Marketing for the agency's customers.

- Illustrate concepts by designing a rough layout of art and copy regarding arrangement, size, type and style, and related aesthetic concepts.

- Provide graphic design and visual content for the company's emails and on all social media platforms.

- Supervise outsourced printed jobs for the company and executed installation/delivery for the client.

2023 — 2023
Product Designer (UI/UX) at Terra Learning
Lagos, Nigeria

- Designed user interfaces for a fintech mobile app.

- Created low-fidelity, and iterated high-fidelity designs.

- Created visually appealing mockups for proper presentation of designs.

2023 — 2023
Product Designer at Dev and Design
Remote

- Collaborated closely and brainstormed with my teammates on designing and adding new features to the Loom website.

- Redesigned the Conversion and ARC Websites pixel-to-pixel to be responsive.

- Designed multiple screens for the Clientdorm website, and collaborated effectively with my teammates on enhancing the user interface.

2022 — 2022
Product Designer at Ingressive For Good
Lagos, Nigeria

- Conducted user experience research with a focus group of 5 to iterate on early design concepts.

- Developed solutions for a new mobile app, and created visual design prototypes, resulting in a 20% increase in user satisfaction.

- Created design systems of 30+ elements that align with the brand guide.

- Designed user interfaces that are both user-friendly and visually appealing.

2021 — 2022
UX Designer at Google UX Design Professional
Remote

- Conducted UX research by interactively testing designs using low and high-fidelity prototypes.

- Designed and implemented a user-centered design process to develop websites and mobile apps that met the needs of the target audience.

- Designed a responsive website and 2 mobile apps in under 8 months using Figma and Adobe XD through sketching, wireframing, conducting competitive analysis, prototyping, and user testing.

- Obtained all the necessary information on UI/UX design and skills to design 3 projects.

2021 — 2021
Product Designer at Utiva
Remote

- Conducted user research on the PiggyVest mobile app with 7 of my teammates to improve customer retention and ensure its variety of users find the app seamless for savings and making investment choices, including two rounds of surveys and interviews with 20+ users.

- Led the designers in my team to design new user interfaces that align with the users' needs to improve their interaction with the mobile app.

- Increased design speed by 20% by establishing an expandable design system in Figma.

- Improved the savings capability of users by 40% through conducting user research, wireframing, designing high fidelity, and creating mockups that are seamless to navigate.

- Collaborated with 2 of my teammates to present the final design to the Product manager and Engineers.

2018 — 2020
Lagos, Nigeria

- Designed brand logos, flyers, banners, and wedding invitations for Kiakiaprint clients, including small businesses and consumers.

- Illustrated concepts by designing a rough layout of art and copy regarding arrangement, size, type and style, and related aesthetic concepts.

- Determined printing procedure and provided raw files.

- Trained graphic design novices on how to create great designs and designs for prints.

2017 — 2018
Graphic Designer at Naijaloaded Limited
Lagos, Nigeria

- Designed graphical needs and social media templates.

- Illustrated concepts by designing rough art layouts and copy regarding arrangement, size, type, style, and related aesthetic concepts.

- Obtained approval of concepts by submitting a rough layout for approval.

2015 — 2017
Lagos, Nigeria

- Produced accurate and high-quality design work.

- Designed and created a wide variety of graphic art and promotional material for SMEs and individuals such as brand logos, flyers, mug designs, marketing materials, and banner designs.

- Produced designs for both internal and external communications, involving customers in the design process.

- Provided graphical support for Printivo blogs, websites, and social media.

- Determined printing procedure and provided raw files.

- Liaise with clients via Phone, Email, and WhatsApp to discuss their design needs and objectives.

Projects

2024

Lota

Real Estate

2023

Fastestcakes

2023

Yummy Treats

2023

10Seeds Partners

2022

Bayo Agunbiade Real Estate

Side Projects

Ongoing
Logo design & Mobile app design

Rafeeqah

Ongoing
Logo design & Mobile app design

Koyo

Education

2016 — 2018
Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) at Yaba College of Technology, Yaba, Lagos
Lagos, Nigeria
2019
Graphic design from Ellae Creative Agency

Contact

Website
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