READING
How to Talk to Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere
Larry King
On listening first and asking better questions, useful in every client call and user interview.
ABOUT — CHAPTER 01
Designer,builder,collaborator.
I help founders, agencies and teams turn ideas into products people trust. For five years I've worked across strategy, UX, UI and front-end code, looking for the clearest version of every product.
PORTRAIT · 001
A short version of a long story
I design and build products end to end, from strategy and research through UX, UI and design systems to production-ready front-end code.
I started designing products in Lagos in 2021, leading UX and UI for a logistics ecosystem. Since then I've worked across social, e-commerce, fintech and marketplaces, for agencies in Lagos and startups in the US and Canada. Today I lead product design at Intasect and prototype in code with Cursor, v0 and Claude Code, so a team can test how a product feels within days, not weeks.
BORN
2002 · Lagos
DESIGNING SINCE
2021
STUDYING
University of Lagos
LANGUAGES
English, Yorùbá
/ 02 · JOURNEY
Five years across agencies, startups and products of my own.
20242024 — Present
Lead Product Designer
Intasect · Lagos · 2024 — Present
Lead product design across client engagements, from discovery to developer handoff. Shipped e-commerce, social commerce, mentorship and marketplace products, internal agency tools and marketing sites, prototyping in code to test ideas within days.
2023Jun 2023 — 2024
Freelance Product Designer
Startups · USA · Remote · Jun 2023 — 2024
Designed brand identities and products for 5+ startups in fintech, e-commerce and social, from wireframes to high-fidelity prototypes and design systems.
2022Dec 2022 — May 2023
Creative Designer
EV.com · Canada · Remote · Dec 2022 — May 2023
Redesigned the e-commerce site into a more professional, trust-driven experience.
2022Aug — Dec 2022
UI/UX & Product Designer
GoDigital, Inc · Lagos · Aug — Dec 2022
Led end-to-end design of a social media app, from audience research and user flows to interactive prototypes, usability iterations and developer handoff.
2022Aug — Oct 2022
UI/UX & Brand Designer
NativeBrands · Lagos · Aug — Oct 2022
Designed web UI, dashboards and brand guidelines, with responsive layouts and reusable components that kept web and dashboard experiences consistent.
2021Jul 2021 — Jun 2022
Senior Product Designer
DiamondScripts · Lagos · Jul 2021 — Jun 2022
Led UX/UI for a logistics ecosystem serving drivers, dispatch teams and customers, backed by research with each, and built the design system that kept it consistent.
/ 03 · PRINCIPLES
Four beliefs I try to bring to every project.
01
Clarity first
If someone has to stop and think about how a screen works, it isn't finished. The clearest version wins over the cleverest.
02
Earn trust
People hand products their money, documents and time. Every flow should feel safe, predictable and honest about what happens next.
03
Design for conversion
Good design moves people to act. I design pages and flows around the one thing each person came to do, and measure whether they did it.
04
Prototype in code
I work AI-native, taking ideas from concept to a live, testable product in days, and I keep learning as the craft evolves.
/ 04 · TOOLKIT
The tools do the thinking for you — if you let them.
/ 01FigmaInterface & systems
/ 02CursorDesign-to-code
/ 03Claude CodeAI-assisted builds
/ 04v0Rapid live prototypes
/ 05GitHubGit workflows
/ 06VS CodeFront-end UI
/ 07VercelDeployment
/ 08IllustratorBrand & marks
/ 05 · EDUCATION
Education and certifications.
- 2023 — 2028B.Eng. Surveying & Geoinformatics EngineeringUniversity of Lagos · expected
- 2021 — 2023National Diploma, Computer ScienceYaba College of Technology
- 2017 — 2019SSCE, Photography & Graphic DesignImmortal Glory College
- CertificateBrand Strategy for DesignersCertification
- CertificateDesigning Emotion: How to Use Design to Move PeopleCertification
/ 06 · CURRENTLY
What I'm keeping close this month.
LISTENING
Love, Damini
Burna Boy · 2022
On repeat while I design.
PLAYING
No game right now
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Nothing on the go at the moment.
/ 07 · NEXT
If any of this sounds like your kind of work, I'd love to hear from you. A new product, a website, an MVP, or an idea you can't shake: all welcome.