Samuel
Based in Lagos, working with distributed teams across Nigeria, the UK, Portugal and the US.
I simplify complex, trust-dependent products across marketplaces, fintech and consumer mobile.
Bio
I am a product designer and design engineer with 5+ years across UI/UX, product strategy and front-end development, specialising in taking early-stage products from 0 to 1.
I have led design on two-sided marketplaces, fintech platforms and consumer mobile apps, owning research, information architecture, user journeys, interaction design and the design systems that hold them together. The work I like most sits in complex, trust-dependent workflows: verification, matching, escrow, messaging, trust and safety.
I build front end in React and Next.js, which means my handoffs are written in terms engineers can implement without guesswork. Mathematics degree from the University of Ilorin. Based in Lagos, working with distributed teams across Nigeria, the UK, Portugal and the US.
Experience
- Senior Product Designer at Jaye2026
- Founding Product Designer at RunBeta2026
- Founding Product Designer at Governance Clout2025
- Lead Product Designer at Visio2026
- UI/UX Designer at Penaid SLA & PLA2023 – 2025
Services
- Product design
- UX research
- Information architecture
- Interaction design
- Design systems
- Front-end development
Industries
- Marketplaces
- Fintech
- Mobility
- Civic tech
- Consumer mobile
Toolkit
- Figma
- FigJam
- React
- Next.js
- React Native
- Framer
- Webflow
- Bubble.io
- Maze
- Miro
- Whimsical
- Jira
- Git
- years in the design industry
- 7+
- design teams led and mentored
- 3
- countries of distributed teams: NG, UK, PT, US
- 4
- founding designer on three early-stage products
- 0→1
Let's build the version that actually ships.
Open to senior and staff product design or design engineering roles, full-time or contract. Fastest reply by email; I usually answer within a day.