OLAJUMOKE RACHAEL AKERELE

UI/UX Designer

akerelejumoke9@gmail.com
www.akerelejumoke.design
Birmingham, United Kingdom

ABOUT ME

I have a degree in user experience design and over three years of experience in creating seamless and intuitive user experiences. I specialize in designing for finance, SaaS, B2B, and business management companies, transforming complex challenges into user-centric solutions. My expertise spans user research, usability testing, interaction design, and design handoff. I aim to make every interaction memorable and impactful, I am currently seeking a dynamic role where I can apply and expand my skills further.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Digital skills:Product design | Visual Design | User Experience Design | UX Research | Personas and Scenario | Journey mapping | Accessibility Design | Prototyping | Design Handoff | Mobile & Web Design | Usability testing | Accessibility design | AR Design
Languages:HTML | CSS | Javascript | Webflow | Framer
Tools:Figma | Miro | Procreate | Adobe XD | Whimsical | ProtoPie | Notion | Slack | Trello

EXPERIENCE

Product (UX) Designer | Sylphh

Birmingham, UK

July 2023 - Nov 2024
  • As a Product Designer at Sylphh, I focused on designing digital products in Fashion, and Retail.
  • Designed the sylphh app; an e-commerce product for product display and purchase used by over 50k users.
  • I designed a tracking and delivery portal that allows non-customers and returning customers to track orders from payment to delivery easily. Increased customer adoption and satisfaction rates by 40%.
  • Led the research to redesign the information architecture, user flow, and user journey of the product to simplify the process of product purchase. After deployment this led to a reduction in the average time taken to purchase a product by 30%.

Product (UX) Designer | Advansio

Jan 2023 - July 2023
  • Designed financial software for multiple clients of the organisation.
  • Implemented a stakeholder feedback system between the organisation and client which led to a 15% increase in NPS.
  • Led the design of a credit SaaS for lenders in the northern region of the country, catering for over 300k underbanked users

Product (UX) Designer | Truparse

Nov 2021 - Dec 2022
  • Developed and maintained websites using responsive design principles to ensure cross-browser compatibility.
  • Contributed to the debugging and testing of websites to ensure functionality and performance.
  • Led a UX research initiative to improve product usability, reducing reported usability issues by 30% and created documentation for design handoff, improving collaboration with engineers.
  • Collaborated with senior developers to architect and launch a next-generation form builder, driving innovation and usability improvements for a prominent form creation platform.

LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE

Course demonstrator | Birmingham city university

Sept 2023 - Dec 2023
  • Facilitated engaging lectures, workshops, and practical sessions on UX development principles and methodologies
  • Provided individualised support, helping students grasp frameworks like Bootstrap, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Vue.js
  • Assisted students with assessment and feedback sessions to monitor student progress, identify areas for improvement, and tailor support to meet individual learning needs effectively.

EDUCATION

Birmingham city university, United Kingdom

Masters Degree in User experience design (2023 - 2024)

Federal university of Technology Akure, Nigeria

BTECH in Applied Geophysics (2017 - 2021)

CERTIFICATION

Stutern graduate accelerator Bootcamp

User interface design (2021 - 2022)