Praise Ofumaduadike

Lead Product Designer

Benin City, NG.

About

Highly accomplished Lead Product Designer with a proven track record of leading teams to deliver innovative, user-centric product solutions that consistently achieve business objectives. Expert in leveraging empathetic design and advanced problem-solving to drive significant improvements, including boosting conversion rates by 32% and increasing project delivery speed by up to 50% across diverse platforms.

Work

DivverseLabs

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Lead Product Designer

Benin City, Edo, Nigeria

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Summary

Led design teams to develop innovative financial planning, language learning, and automation solutions, significantly improving efficiency and user engagement.

Highlights

Led a design team to develop an AI-powered financial planning agent, automating the manual process and eliminating human oversight for user financial plan generation.

Directed the design of a gamified mobile language learning experience for Igbo, aiming to boost user engagement during lessons.

Managed a team to develop and integrate a customer outreach application, delivering the project in 50% less time than anticipated.

Guided a team of AI Automation specialists to build AI workflows, resulting in the delivery of multiple light applications and the extraction of over 1000 qualified business leads for outreach.

Spearheaded design for a GRC automation web-app, enabling users to efficiently achieve ISMS and PCI DSS compliance.

DivverseLabs

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Product Designer

Benin City, Edo, Nigeria

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Summary

Designed and implemented healthcare, cybersecurity, and internal design systems, significantly improving patient management, security posture, and project delivery speed.

Highlights

Developed over 50 unique WhatsApp templates, creating a mobile healthcare experience for patients to manage medicare directly on the platform.

Engineered a Healthcare Management System automating billings and claims, accelerating patient enrollment speed by 80%.

Independently designed a Cybersecurity compliance platform, empowering users to self-assess security posture and identify critical gaps.

Instituted a comprehensive Design System, improving product uniformity and boosting project delivery speed by 30% across multiple initiatives.

Created functional prototypes to facilitate rapid iteration and gather immediate user feedback, streamlining the design process.

TimbuTech

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Product Designer

Benin City, Edo, Nigeria

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Summary

Enhanced feedback processes, accelerated AI platform development, and implemented design systems to improve product uniformity and delivery speed.

Highlights

Contributed to a web application designed to streamline concise feedback exchange between QA testers and Product Managers.

Ideated and iterated on an AI Agent platform, successfully shipping the Minimum Viable Product (MVP) to development within 30 days.

Implemented a robust Design System, enhancing product uniformity and achieving a 50% increase in project delivery speed.

Built interactive prototypes to facilitate rapid iteration cycles and gather prompt user feedback.

ExpressGene

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Product Designer

Benin City, Edo, Nigeria

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Summary

Conducted user research, collaborated on product delivery, redesigned the company website to boost conversion, and managed stakeholder communication.

Highlights

Performed extensive research into user needs and the competitive landscape to inform strategic product design decisions.

Collaborated with a developer in a two-person team to deliver a product in record time, ensuring rapid market entry.

Led the complete redesign of the company's website, increasing the conversion rate by 32% within the initial two months.

Fostered timely and transparent communication with company stakeholders, ensuring seamless information flow and informed decision-making.

HNG X Program

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Product Design Lead

Benin City, Edo, Nigeria

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Summary

Led a cross-functional team of 11 designers within a 30-member program to deliver a Chrome extension, achieving top performance and finalist recognition.

Highlights

Coordinated with a 30-member cross-functional team (Developers, Designers, PMs) to successfully deliver a screen recording Chrome extension.

Directed an 11-member design team, overseeing task assignments, follow-ups, and maintaining critical communication with Development and Project Management teams.

Applied extensive design expertise to ensure high-quality standards across all project deliverables.

Guided the team through the program's team phase, securing a top 5 ranking among all participating teams.

Recognized as a design finalist, placing among the top 300 out of 22,000 initial participants in the accelerator program.

Soccerwiz

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Product Designer

Benin City, Edo, Nigeria

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Summary

Independently designed a sports trivia gaming platform, creating over 200 screens and conducting market analysis to identify key opportunities.

Highlights

Independently managed the end-to-end design of a sports trivia gaming platform, from initial ideation through to the development phase.

Created over 200 product screens, encompassing user gameplay interfaces, admin portals, landing pages, and comprehensive mobile-responsive designs.

Conducted a thorough market and competitor analysis of 6 products, identifying key strategic opportunities for platform development.

Korubi E-commerce

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Product Designer

Benin City, Edo, Nigeria

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Summary

Led the design of a sports trivia gaming platform, developed over 200 product screens, and performed market analysis to inform strategic development.

Highlights

Independently managed the end-to-end design of a sports trivia gaming platform, from initial ideation through to the development phase.

Created over 200 product screens, encompassing user gameplay interfaces, admin portals, landing pages, and comprehensive mobile-responsive designs.

Conducted a thorough market and competitor analysis of 6 products, identifying key strategic opportunities for platform development.

I4G | Code Sandbox

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Hackathon Product Designer

Benin City, Edo, Nigeria

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Summary

Designed wireframes and Hi-Fi user flows, defined project scope with a team, and developed a top-ranking product solution in a hackathon.

Highlights

Developed comprehensive wireframes and high-fidelity designs for user flows, from sign-up to customized display photo generation.

Facilitated discussions to define project scope with a 4-member team, ensuring alignment on key objectives.

Engineered a product solution that achieved a top 3 ranking in the hackathon program.

Kode Camp

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Product Design Intern

Benin City, Edo, Nigeria

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Summary

Conducted user research, conceptualized a book donation app achieving 83% usability, and collaborated on a Learning Management product.

Highlights

Conducted thorough user research and structured information architecture to optimize user experience.

Conceptualized and designed a book donation application from inception to completion, achieving an 83% customer usability score.

Collaborated with a 13-member team to design and develop a comprehensive Learning Management product for the company.

Education

University of Benin

Benin City, Edo, Nigeria
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B.Eng Industrial Engineering

Awards

Design Finalist - HNG X

HNG X Program

Completed a 10-staged tech accelerator programme as a designer, finishing among the top 300 out of an initial pool of 22,000 participants.

2nd Runner Up - I4G | Code Sandbox Community Challenge

I4G | Code Sandbox

Led the design and collaborated with a cross-team of 4 (Two Designers and Two Developers) to solve a problem for event organisers. My team finished in 3rd place.

Languages

English

Skills

Design

User Interface Design, Figma, User Experience Design, Hi-fi Design, Product Design, Responsive Design, Design System, User Centered Design, AI Rapid Prototyping.

Wireframing

Low Fidelity Wireframing, Hi Fidelity Wireframing, Prototyping, Information Architecture, User Flow.

Research

UX Research, User Stories, Competitor Analysis, Wireframing.

Soft Skills

Teamwork, Active listening, Collaboration, Empathy, Leadership, Effective Communication, Problem solving.