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Usman Ndako

@usmanndako

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Senior Product & UI/UX Designer driving measurable product impact.

Nigeria

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What I'm looking for

I seek a collaborative, outcomes-driven team where I can lead product and UX strategy, mentor designers, and build scalable design systems that improve user retention and speed product delivery.

I am a Senior Product Designer with 8+ years designing user-centered digital products across AI, Web3, FinTech, and SaaS. I focus on delivering scalable systems, simplifying complex workflows, and driving measurable business impact.

Throughout my career I have improved retention by 25% and supported products that secured $8M in VC funding, while shipping experiences used by 50k+ users. I excel at building design systems, information architecture, and conducting usability audits.

My execution strengths include prototyping, user research and testing, responsive design, and advanced Figma skills (auto-layout, components, tokens). I collaborate closely with engineering, product, growth, and founders to align on outcomes and ship global products.

I have led and mentored teams, worked across Agile/Scrum environments, and delivered solutions in AI, FinTech, Web3, SaaS, E-commerce, EdTech, and Wellness—consistently reducing friction, improving task completion, and accelerating delivery cycles.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Senior UI/UX Designer

Migranium Health

Feb 2025 - Sep 2025 (7 months)

Streamlined user journeys for an AI-powered healthcare EMR, improving task completion by 40% and reducing clinician task time by 25% while increasing dashboard data accuracy by 40%.

UX Design UI Design Prototyping User Research Figma Design Systems Usability Testing

Senior UI/UX Designer

Studio Booking

Nov 2024 - Sep 2025 (10 months)

Redesigned web and mobile apps to improve navigation efficiency and boost retention by 18%, cut booking time by 40%, and increase repeat bookings by 22%, raising app rating to 4.6 stars for 50k+ users.

Interaction Design Prototyping Figma User Testing Retention Responsive Design

Senior UI/UX Designer

AskAIs

Oct 2024 - Mar 2025 (5 months)

Led responsive redesign of a generative AI platform, increasing user engagement by 25%, reducing onboarding drop-off by 15%, and simplifying navigation to save users ~5 minutes per task.

Responsive Design Onboarding Prototyping Figma User Research Interaction Design Usability Testing

UI/UX Designer

OneLiquidity

Jun 2022 - Dec 2024 (2 years 6 months)

Designed a crypto trading and compliance product that reduced onboarding drop-offs by 20% and cut KYC onboarding time by 35%, translating complex DeFi flows into user-friendly experiences.

KYC UX Research Figma Design Systems Interaction Design Remote Collaboration

UI/UX Designer

Lucia Protocol

Apr 2023 - Nov 2023 (7 months)

Built a unified design system to improve UI consistency, simplified DeFi flows to lower onboarding drop-offs by 15%, and shortened feature delivery cycles by two weeks via streamlined design-to-code workflows.

Design Systems Figma Component Libraries UX Research Workflow Optimization Cross Functional Collaboration

Senior UI/UX Designer

Let’s Level Up

Apr 2023 - Nov 2023 (7 months)

Designed gamified learning flows that increased engagement by 25%, improved onboarding to boost course completion by 18%, and reduced instructor setup time by 35% through optimized content upload UX.

Gamification Onboarding Figma User Research Interaction Design UX Strategy

Senior UI/UX Designer

illo.ai

Dec 2021 - Jun 2022 (6 months)

Built a customizable e-commerce site builder and integrated CRM and marketing features that improved customer satisfaction by 30%+ and materially increased conversion rates.

SaaS Design CRM Figma Prototyping Responsive Design

Product Design Lead

Kippa Africa

Jul 2021 - Nov 2021 (4 months)

Led design team to launch a bookkeeping app that secured $8M pre-seed funding, conducting user research and shaping design strategy to achieve product–market fit for small businesses.

Product Design Team Leadership User Research Figma Design Strategy Stakeholder Management

Executive Web Developer

SQT Web Solutions

Apr 2018 - Oct 2021 (3 years 6 months)

Delivered 15+ websites and digital products for SMEs, converting UI wireframes into live sites using HTML, CSS, and WordPress to drive client digital presence.

HTML CSS WordPress UI Design Responsive Design Client Delivery