Nigeria

Graphic Design

Branding and Identity Design

Paul Ikonne

Visual Designer

Typography

Communication

Presentation skills

Leadership

Project management

Brand strategy

Branding

Data visualisation

CAD design

Solidworks

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop

Affinity

Monday

Pioneering digital skills education in Nigeria

Started my long-awaited school of design and tech with two pilot courses in visual design and engineering CAD mastery. This transition into design education has been a dream that I took the courage to actualize, merging my skillset in the creative world with my outstanding engineering experience.

The goal is to build a renowned brand for digital skill education in Nigeria that meets industry standards and closes the gap between being skilled and being useful and functional in the real market.

•	Designed a real estate website with the client’s property data for Prestigious Homes Limited. The website is primarily used by the marketing team for new and old project presentations; boosting overall unit sales with over 80 units sold since launch, averaging over ₦5.2 billion in revenue.
•	Initiated a long-term web maintenance contract, ensuring a 99.9% website uptime and 92% SEO.
•	Redesigned Anietie Bature's logo and website, incorporating new brand elements, and adding an eCommerce feature to sell client’s mech, reducing the bounce rate by 37% after launch.
•	Built and currently maintaining a membership website with a blog feature for Chikwado Trading Academy with an SEO of 92%, Performance of 93%, and 100% in Best Practices. 

(SEO and performance data from Google Lighthouse)

Broken Wall Media operates as a media agency, with its flagship weekly live show titled “Common Sense for Relationship.”
• Skilfully utilized Monday.com to manage the Photo Studio and Podcast Studio Launch project from February to June 2024. The project encompassed team coordination, advertising efforts, and studio branding.
• Daily design supervision and mentoring, ensuring brand harmony across all ongoing projects.
• Actively collaborated with the Head of Marketing in goal setting and strategy meetings.

•	Top 1% earner in Graphic Design (Nigeria) with over ₦17 million in revenue in the last 3 years as a freelancer designer with zero paid ads. A testament to happy high-profile clients, good referrals, and excellence. (Data from Glassdoor, July 2024).
•	Providing design services to a diverse range of clients locally and remotely in the area of brand identity design, web design, and book layout/publishing with a >95% client retention rate and positive client reviews.
•	Conceptualized and executed the branding of the TTRWE 2024 event, with all set targets achieved including a 23% increase in event registration and attendance.
•	Employing a unique strategy of having up to four design variants of each product for the McQwenzi Pharma Product Packaging Design Project, we achieved a remarkable 17% market penetration in just 6 months of launching her debut products.

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