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Ryan Abwao

@ryanabwao

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Senior product designer blending UX strategy, prototyping, and branding to ship user-centered digital experiences.

Kenya

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking for a role where I can lead product design end-to-end—wireframing to user testing—while building strong design systems and collaborating closely with stakeholders to ship measurable improvements.

I’m a senior product designer and design lead working across climate tech, fintech, and digital health, shaping mobile apps, web apps, websites, and SaaS tools. I partner with stakeholders to translate goals into lo-fi/hi-fi wireframes, prototypes, and user-tested experiences, while also handling branding deliverables like investor decks.

Most recently, I led design across Tamu Group companies—redesigning Tera’s dMRV web and mobile experience, designing CYNK’s climate assets marketplace at the intersection of carbon credits, crypto, and blockchain, and rebuilding DolFin’s website and carbon accounting platform. Previously, I redesigned LOOP DFS onboarding and key product areas (profile, statements, investment landing, send money, budgeting) and served as the risk champion for product design delivery, while at Savannah Informatics I built design systems and shipped healthcare platforms including a Safaricom health navigator redesign and Roche cancer screening prototypes.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Industry Advisory Panelist

Current

Moringa School

May 2025 - Present (1 year 1 month)

Advised the structure of Moringa School’s Product Design course by providing feedback on the course content and participating in workshops with teachers and students.

Curriculum Advising UX UI Mentorship Workshop Facilitation

Current

Design Lead

Current

Tamu Group

Mar 2025 - Present (1 year 3 months)

Led product and brand design for multiple climate-tech companies within Tamu Group, supporting mobile apps, web apps, and websites. Managed stakeholder reporting, wireframing/prototyping, user testing, and investor deck design, including major redesigns and product UI work for Tera, CYNK, DolFin, and Tamuwa.

Product Design Brand Design Mobile App Design Web Design Wireframing User Testing Stakeholder Management Investor Decks

Current

Designer (Volunteer)

Current

UI/UX Nairobi

Nov 2024 - Present (1 year 7 months)

Organized recurring virtual design events and mentored young designers in both graphic and UI/UX design.

UI UX Design Graphic Design Mentorship Community Building Virtual Events Collaboration

Current

Designer (Volunteer)

Current

Google Devfest Nairobi

Aug 2024 - Present (1 year 10 months)

Supported the annual GDG Fest by working on brand assets for Devfest Nairobi 2024 and serving as a festival crew member.

Graphic Design Brand Asset Creation Community Events Cross functional Coordination Visual Design

Senior UX/UI Designer

NCBA Group

Oct 2024 - Apr 2025 (6 months)

Designed UX/UI for LOOP DFS digital business applications across payments, marketplace, and investments. Conducted user interviews and usability studies, created wireframes and prototypes, presented to stakeholders, and served as the risk champion for delivery-related design risks.

UX UI Design User Interviews Usability Studies Wireframing Risk Assessment

Senior Product Designer

Savannah Informatics

Nov 2023 - Nov 2024 (1 year)

Built digital healthcare experiences (mobile apps, web apps, websites, and SaaS tools) for Savannah brands, partnering with directors, PMs, tech leads, client success, marketing, data scientists, and engineers. Delivered user research and visual design from benchmarking and site visits through wireframes, high-fidelity prototypes, developer hand-off, and QA, including redesign and design-system wo

Product Design Figma User Research Design Systems Wireframing Quality Assurance Jira Documentation

Product Designer

Presta Africa

Nov 2022 - Aug 2023 (9 months)

Maintained Presta Africa’s brand consistency across offline and online touchpoints while improving product experiences across Presta apps. Used competitor analysis, user interviews, user journeys, wireframes, mockups, and prototyping/testing; delivered a landing page redesign to improve sign-up flow and recommended SEO integration.

Product Design Brand Consistency Adobe XD Adobe Illustrator Adobe Photoshop Canva Wireframing Prototyping User Interviews SEO Integration

UI/UX Designer

Oakley Devnet Ltd

Feb 2021 - Feb 2022 (1 year)

Provided UX/UI design support for cross-functional teams, delivering user research, site maps, user flows, wireframes, and prototypes. Participated in weekly brainstorming sessions and redesigned user experiences for Kazzo OTP and Livia Health portals.

UI UX Design User Research User Flows Wireframing Prototyping Cross Functional Collaboration

Graphics & UI/UX Designer

Legibra

Feb 2019 - Jan 2021 (1 year 11 months)

Collaborated with creative and product stakeholders and worked with front-end and back-end developers on market research, website layouts, logos, and design for social media and print. Delivered branding and UI/UX-focused website work, including the Eyemagine branding and additional client website designs.

UI UX Design Website Design Visual Identity Logo Design Market Research Social Media Design Print Design Cross Functional Collaboration

Graphic Designer

Creatives Garage

Nov 2017 - Sep 2018 (10 months)

Produced social media campaign designs, branding assets, storyboards, and documentation, collaborating with the creative director, social media specialist, videographer, motion designer, developer, and other team members. Designed UI/UX for Kalabars and branded the Sondeka Awards across web and campaign materials.

Graphic Design Branding Campaigns Storyboarding UI UX Design Presentation Design