Canada

Product Design

UX Design

UX Research

Springboard UI/UX Design Career Track

Bachelor of Arts (BA)

Aimua

Product Designer

Product strategy

Prototyping

Communication

Collaboration

Problem-solving

Critical-thinking

Empathy

Accessibility

ChatGPT

Figma

Adobe Creative Suite

Stakeholder management

Conflict resolution

Leadership

Project management

Information architecture

User research

Usability Testing

Product roadmap

Qualitative research

Introduce yourself, define mentoring expectations and goals. Learn and grow together.

General mentorship

Talk to people who have learned to manage their imposter syndrome.

Dealing with imposter syndrome

Understanding factors that lead to a motivated team - recognition, communication and more.

Keeping team members motivated

Understand the process of training, motivating and directing your team members.

Managing people

Steps to building and maintaining a strong, cohesive and effective team.

Building an effective team

Learn the tips to successfully manage a team in a remote environment.

Managing a remote team

How to set up the team for success by defining and measuring team's performance.

Choosing metrics and team goals

Best practices for running productive design critiques.

Running effective design critiques

How to define and execute a successful launch and managing stakeholders expectations. (eg. MVP)

Launching new products or features

Methods of prototyping and solution validation. When to use which kind of prototype (eg. Webflow, Notion, etc)

Prototyping methods and tips

Manage team expectations and get the most out of your meetings.

Running effective meetings

Identify and define potential product problems and generating possible solutions.

Identifying problems vs solutions

Learn how to properly present your work and share ideas and opinions.

Presenting your work with impact

Tips on how to work and collaborate with designers.

Working with designers

How to work with team members with different skill sets but towards a common goal?

Working cross-functionally

Managing being the only designer at your company and working with non-designers.

Being the only designer

Explore different generative and evaluative research techniques. User research synthesis and presentation.

Conducting good user research

Ways and resources to improve your design skills.

Improving design skills

Navigating the working relationship with PM's and engineers as a designer.

Working with product and engineering

How to define an ambitious product vision and how to best communicate it to stakeholders?

Creating a product vision

Tips on how to work and collaborate with engineers and developers.

Working with engineers

Best practices for documenting projects, epics, and stories

Writing product requirement documents

How to conduct interviews, what to ask, and how to analyze your results? (eg. user interview)

Conducting effective customer interviews

How to think about design career paths and what progression looks like for designers?

Design career path

Redesigned the user experience for Canada Post’s 2022 flexible loans service, targeting underbanked Canadians.

Achieved a 32% increase in conversion rates through design improvements.

Collaborated with the design systems team to develop a new design system, creating assets and components.

Provided art direction for imagery.

Contributed to design reviews.

I am co-creating an NFT project dedicated to providing prosthetic arms to those who need one. I also manage the end-to-end product design process.

I helped start the first guerilla media company in West Africa, Space Guerilla. I designed, pitched, and executed guerilla marketing media ideas including the customer service week consumer engagement for Nigeria's number 1 airline, Arik Air, in 2019 and 2020.

Led a strategic pivot from a physical product to a crowdfunding software model, and later to a flexible payment model.

Managed a team consisting of a developer, a designer, a systems engineer, and a project manager to build the MVP.

Conducted user/customer discovery and interviews.

Developed product strategy and design decisions.

Created wireframes and interactive prototypes for efficient developer hand-offs.

Developed a comprehensive style guide and internal UX process.

I managed a decentralized creative team while leading business development. I had to learn to create as well as organize pitch decks, manage brainstorms, present concepts to clients and manage client expectations.

Led the creative and strategy department at EXP, Africa's top experiential agency at the time.

Directed the creative and strategy team, organizing brainstorms and leading campaign development.

Created successful campaigns for major brands like MTN, Nokia, and Unilever.

Promoted from Visualizer to Art Director at West Africa's leading advertising agency.

Designed communications for top brands including MTN, Virgin Nigeria, Virgin Atlantic, Swift Broadband, and Indomie Noodles.

Co-created the iconic Indomitable characters for the successful Indomitables campaign.

Imran Hosen Sajib

Christopher Odoom Abuenyi (O. A. Chris)

User Interface Designer

Zaid Shakil

Davydd Howard II

Freelance/Projects

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/machaer-kouti-18102114b/

Bryenne

UI/UX Designer

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