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Femi Ogungbile

Toronto,ON

Summary

5 Years + facilitating and supporting human interactions , designed products and experiences across various industries, including fin-tech, travel-tech, health, and education, at a range of companies and startups across Africa and North America.

Advocate of the user, constantly looking for ways to make a product usable through thorough research, cultivating user empathy, collaborative design and applying strong design principles to deliver products that not only meet but exceed user expectations.

Transforming the way businesses develop products, services, processes, and strategy to execute design solutions that achieve business objectives.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience

Work History

UX/UI Designer

Stocate
Montreal
03.2024 - 06.2024
  • Collaborated in dedicated pod to perform extensive market and customer research, analysing behaviours and edge cases to guide strategic design decisions aimed at increasing user engagement
  • Contributed to updating and re-designing experiences on web & mobile app, with 3000 unique users, aimed to improve sustainability across North America
  • Contributed to internal Design System by developing components and design guidelines, improving workflow efficiency, ensuring consistency, and enabling scalable designs across both team and product, significantly reducing design time by.
  • Identified and addressed usability issues through heuristic evaluations, leading to product refinements that better served user needs.
  • Established style guides and pattern libraries to maintain consistency throughout product interfaces and branding materials.
  • Improved website conversion rates through strategic placement of call-to-action elements within UI designs.
  • Reduced project timelines by utilizing agile design processes, resulting in increased productivity without sacrificing quality.
  • Presented comprehensive design deliverables to stakeholders, effectively communicating rationale behind proposed solutions while addressing concerns or questions proactively.

UX/UI Designer

Oato Media
07.2021 - 07.2023
  • Collaborated with product managers, engineers and other designers to develop a mobile app for Flyairpeace, one of Nigeria & West Africa’s private and largest airlines
  • From start to finish (research, design, test, implement)
  • Designed mobile design of key user flow of inter-city bus app providing services via 100,000 routes to over 1,000 destinations across Nigeria
  • Liaised with key stakeholders, product owners, and team members to prioritize tasks and work efficiently
  • Closely partnered with other UX/Product Designers to ideate and visualize new concepts, solutions that enhance and elevate human experience of products
  • Synthesized user insights into feasible design decisions , deployed MVP within 3 months
  • Gathered detailed feedback through surveys and usability tests, then iterated on initial design by simplifying form fields and adding clear instructions
  • After implementing these changes and conducting another round of testing, user satisfaction improved by 30%, and form submission errors decreased by 25%
  • Mentored junior team members in UX/UI principles and techniques, fostering a culture of continuous learning and growth.
  • Championed user-centric mindset within the organization by advocating for UX/UI best practices in meetings, presentations, and internal communications.

Product Designer

Digit Technologies
02.2019 - 05.2021
  • Remote
  • Collaborated closely with stakeholders to design intuitive merchant and wallet management dashboards, providing merchants with actionable insights into their accounts and transactions
  • Led strategy and design process of 2 AI-driven mobile and web platforms
  • Conducted research and led over 3 prioritization workshops with stakeholders, aligning business goals to successfully launch new features for MVP
  • Worked closely with the engineering team across the product lifecycle to ensure cross-functional alignment on design and technical specifications, ensuring seamless implementation of design solutions.
  • Established strong relationships with clients through effective communication, addressing concerns promptly and professionally.
  • Utilized AI-driven design approaches to create compelling solutions that catered to diverse user needs.

Education

Post Graduate Certificate - Interactive Media Management - Interaction Design

Conestoga College

Skills

  • Design Tools:
  • Figma, Sketch, Adobe Creative Suite, Slack, Miro, Confluence, Invision
  • Design Skills: Interaction Design, Visual Design, Human-Centered Design Methodology, Design System, Information Architecture
  • Storytelling, Rapid Prototyping, User Story, Concept Testing, Accessibility, Inclusive Design, Design Thinking, Wireframing
  • Interaction Design, Typography
  • Research: User Interviews, Usability Testing, Affinity Maps, User Research Methods, Competitive Analysis, A/B Testing
  • Development: Basic front-end development technologies including: HTML 5, Git-hub, Jira
  • Soft Skills: Excellent Communication Skills, Presentation Skills, Learning Mindset, Ability to Adapt, Comfortable with Ambiguity
  • Intellectually Curious, Self-Starter, Proven ability to articulate

Timeline

UX/UI Designer

Stocate
03.2024 - 06.2024

UX/UI Designer

Oato Media
07.2021 - 07.2023

Product Designer

Digit Technologies
02.2019 - 05.2021

Post Graduate Certificate - Interactive Media Management - Interaction Design

Conestoga College

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