About Me

Purposeful design that balances clarity, usability, and real-world impact.

  • Payments & Fintech UX
  • AI-Forward Product Building
  • 6+ Years
Excellent Makanju, a collage of work, teaching, gym and time with friends
150K+ Retailers & merchants served across products I've led design for
$124M+ Annual NMV processed on the platforms I've designed
6+ Years designing fintech, edtech & B2B products across Africa

01 The Short Version

01

I'm a Senior Product Designer

With 6+ years designing payment, wallet, credit, and B2B commerce experiences across African fintech, I currently lead end-to-end design at OmniRetail, embedded alongside PMs and engineers as the primary design voice, taking flows from research through shipped product across a multi-app ecosystem serving 150,000+ retailers and a shared wallet layer. I'm increasingly building what I design, too: Figma MCP alongside Claude is a standing part of my workflow, and I've shipped small products end-to-end with Lovable and the Anthropic API. I combine systems thinking, research-led decisions, and hands-on AI fluency to move payment experiences from ambiguous problem to reliable, trustworthy product.

02

Beyond Design

I'm committed to growing design talent. Through Muidemakz, my independent practice, I mentor junior designers and lead small cross-functional teams shipping production-grade work for early-stage founders. At OmniRetail and Synarktech I've coached designers, facilitated workshops, and championed collaborative practices that elevate both teams and outcomes. For me, leadership is about empowering others to create impact while aligning design with business strategy.

03

Currently

I'm focused on advancing into senior leadership roles where I can influence design strategy at scale, shape cross-functional product direction, and foster growth-minded cultures, while staying hands-on with the AI tools reshaping how design gets built, from agent prompting to generative prototyping.

04

When I'm Not Designing Or Mentoring

I'm probably watching movies, burning calories at the gym, making memories in the kitchen, hanging out with friends, thinking through a strategy game, or taking long walks that spark fresh ideas.

02 My Expertise

01

Product Strategy & Leadership

  • Roadmap influence
  • Product prioritisation
  • Stakeholder management
  • Design vision & advocacy
  • Mentorship & design management
02

UI/UX Craft

  • End-to-end product design
  • Information architecture
  • Interaction design & prototyping
  • High-fidelity UI
  • Responsive & mobile-first design
03

Design Systems & Scale

  • Multi-product design systems
  • Design tokens & components
  • White-label theming
  • SSO design patterns
  • Accessibility (WCAG 2.1)
04

AI-Enhanced & Build Workflows

  • Figma MCP + Claude (daily)
  • Claude Code & Cursor
  • Anthropic API & agent prompting
  • Generative prototyping (v0, Figma Make)
  • LLM-powered UX copy
05

Research & Validation

  • User research & usability testing
  • Journey mapping
  • Competitive & market research
  • Behavioural analytics & A/B testing
06

Process & Collaboration

  • Agile/Scrum delivery
  • Cross-functional partnership
  • Engineering handoff
  • Design ops & rituals

03 Skills & Tools

Design & Testing

  • Figma (advanced)
  • FigJam
  • Framer
  • Adobe XD / Suite
  • Sketch
  • InVision
  • Maze
  • Hotjar

AI & Build Tools

  • Claude / Claude Code
  • Cursor
  • Lovable
  • v0
  • ChatGPT
  • Midjourney

Management & Collaboration

  • Notion
  • Linear
  • Jira
  • Miro
  • Slack
  • Google Workspace

04 Experience

01 OmniRetail (Omnibiz) Senior Product Designer Nov 2024 – Present
02 Synarktech Lead Product Designer & Design Manager Sep 2024 – Mar 2025
03 Teesas Education Lead Product Designer (Contract) Jan 2023 – Jan 2025
04 Traction Apps Senior Product Designer Oct 2022 – Nov 2024
05 Fundall Product Designer Mar 2022 – Jun 2023
06 Muidemakz Founder & Product Design Lead Jan 2019 – Present
07 Ustacky UI/UX Design Instructor Feb 2022 – Apr 2022
08 Nomba (formerly Kudi) Creative Designer Feb 2020 – Nov 2021
09 Canary Nigeria Creative Director Jul 2019 – Nov 2019

05 Education

MBA, Business Administration

Obafemi Awolowo University · Dec 2014 – May 2017

B.Sc., Economics

Obafemi Awolowo University · Nov 2008 – Mar 2013

06 Certifications & Leadership

LSETF UI/UX Design Training

2018

Realkathon by Pertinence Ltd

2019

President, AMBAS

Obafemi Awolowo University · 2016 – 2017

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