Nigeria

Industrial Design

Content Design

Product Design

Business Development

Growth Design

Bachelor of Technology - BTech

Victor (O) Babatunde

Head of Design

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Communication

Collaboration

Problem-solving

Organisation skills

Leadership

Adobe Photoshop

Affinity

Figma

Adobe Creative Suite

Adobe After Effects

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

How to create a positive workplace culture that drives collaboration and productivity?

Fostering a good team culture

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

Making remote and globally distributed teams work for you and your needs.

Working remotely

Learn essential burnout prevention techniques and replenish physical and emotional energy.

Managing burnout

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

Dealing with imposter syndrome

Talk to other immigrants about the nuances and challenges of working in the tech industry.

Being an immigrant in tech

Keeping your sanity, career growth and job satisfaction.

Surviving a merger or acquisition

Navigating micro-aggression, getting paid what you are worth and finding a community.

Being a woman in tech

Strategies for maximizing your design internship or co-op program.

Getting the most out of my internship

Tips for transitioning into a new role or company.

Changing roles

How to successfully prepare and position yourself for a job promotion?

How to get promoted

How to ask for a promotion and negotiate for salary raise?

Negotiating a job offer

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

Design career path

Get actionable feedback on your resume or portfolio.

Resume and portfolio review

Practice HR, technical and behavioural interviews with mentors.

Practice mock interviews

Talk to people who've broken into the tech industry and learn their stories.

Breaking into tech

Learn the best ways to answer technical interview questions with frameworks

Acing technical interview questions

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

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

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

Presenting your work with impact

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

Working cross-functionally

Methods and models of exploring, deciding and delivering design.

Building a design process

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 create personas, and leverage them in design.

Creating and leveraging user personas

Ways to provide constructive feedback to team members.

Giving effective feedback

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

Conducting effective customer interviews

What are design systems and how to work with them?

Building successful design systems

- I reviewed marketing elements such as logos, advertising media, and messaging
- I wrote and disseminated publicity materials, content to promote the organization’s brand, activities, or products
- I collaborated with product managers on appropriate branding
- I monitored the delivery of the brand direction and recommended areas of improvements
- I wrote, edited, and distributed content, including publications, press releases, website content, annual reports, speeches, and other marketing material that communicates the organization’s products and projects
- I created and implemented long term communication strategies and produced yearly calendar plan
- I acted as the organization’s spokesperson with media relations
- I  formulated and implemented public relations strategies
- I selected and managed communications with external agencies
- I developed media marketing strategies and other non-campaign activities
- I provided strategic input and direction for the brand, developed style guides, templates, and other materials while keeping in mind the organization’s vision, mission and core values
- I advised internal and external stakeholders on issues relevant to the brand
- I responded to inquiries from the public and media
- I increased the engagement strategy, creative approach, planning, and execution for the organization’s employee events, including day-of-event management
- I designed recommendations for strategic approach, policies, budget, and creative direction of new events
- I managed communications and promotional materials for special organization’s events

I am responsible for reviewing the portfolio of mentees, preparing them for job interviews, and also giving them industry advice for career advancement.

I led all efforts that activated strategic partnerships, sponsorships, and valuable relationships for the Hultprize community in Nigeria to achieve her present and future goals, moving forward.

I was responsible for leading all branding efforts within and outside the organization.

I was responsible for leading strategic branding efforts within and outside the organization.

I creatively and spontaneously curated content – graphics, cartoons, short skits, and/or videos on issues related to T4D’s initiatives.

Led a team of visioners to pitch a carbon-emitting machine efficiency solution that earned us a slot at the national competition.

I co-created various solution-oriented brand designs in alignment with client briefs and needs.

- I led a team full of passionate individuals to reverberate my faculty and put the association's affairs to greater heights
- My team gave scholarships to members of the association
- My team organized the biggest faculty-hosted sports event (NAES Olympics)
- My team gave palliative (foodstuff) to students during the examination period

I led a team of problem-solvers to pitch our solution that solves the problem of food scarcity in Nigeria.

I led the design team to create all internal and external communications and marketing materials to communicate organizational goals to various stakeholders.

- Raised about two thousand dollars ($2000) to cater for the tuition fee of over 45 indigent students of my university.

- I organized health camps for over 2000 students of my institution.

- My team mediated for the reduction of acceptance fee for students of my institution.

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