Andrew Ugbechie

Senior Product and UX Designer

About

Innovative Product Designer with 6 years of experience leading impactful design solutions across fintech, ed-tech, and enterprise platforms. Known for blending deep user empathy with sharp business insight, I specialize in building scalable design systems, driving cross-functional collaboration, and delivering intuitive experiences for web and mobile products.

Work

Lipa Later, Kenya
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User Experience Designer

Highlights

Created a comprehensive design system to maintain brand consistency and streamline the design process across all Lipa Later digital platforms.

Designed Lipa v2.0 customer-oriented mobile app and web application, streamlining the user experience for obtaining credit, completing purchases, and enabling convenient deferred payments..

Designed PayCloud, a merchant-focused banking service that offers effortless bank account setup and a suite of financial services tailored to support their business needs.

Led the redesign of the company's landing pages to improve user engagement and conversion rates, and utilized data-driven insights and A/B testing to optimize designs for better performance.

Collaborated closely with cross-functional teams to gather requirements, create wireframes, and produce other high-fidelity designs.

GetEquity, Nigeria
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Lead Product Designer

Highlights

Led a team of designers, fostering collaboration in designing new features for both web and mobile platforms.

Created intuitive dashboards tailored for venture capital firms and syndicate funds, providing them with valuable insights and data.

Conducted user testing and design audits to continuously improve and refine the user experience, ensuring alignment with user needs and expectations.

Maintained and updated the design system to adapt to the growing needs of the company, ensuring design consistency and efficiency across the organization.

Outsource Global Technologies, Nigeria
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UI/UX Designer

Highlights

I designed NASIMS, a monetary disbursement app which includes N-POWER self-care portal, facilitating government relief fund distribution to over 14 million Nigerians.

I designed other products, including VREG, a vehicle registration system for the Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget, and National Planning of Nigeria.

I spearheaded a culture of prioritizing design excellence in product development, ensuring user-centric solutions and seamless user experiences.

I engaged in thorough product testing and audits, ensuring the highest quality and compliance with industry standards.

Zebulon Developers Network, Nigeria
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UI/UX Designer

Highlights

At Zebulon, I worked in a team to design and develop websites and cross platform mobile applications for clients with specific product requirements.

Freelance
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Visual and Brand Identity Designer

Highlights

I created visual concepts to help brands and companies communicate to their customers. My work revolved around brand identity designs, publicity and merch designs, as well as pitch decks for small business owners and organizations.

Centre for Satellite Technology Development, Nigeria
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Intern

Highlights

I worked with the payload department to design and build an application for calculating the trajectory and motion properties of satellites in orbits.

Education

University of Ibadan, Nigeria

M.Sc

Physics

University of Ibadan, Nigeria

B.Sc

Physics

Certificates

Design Thinking

Issued By

International Business Management Institute (IBMI)

Product Masterclass - How to Build Digital Products

Issued By

Product School

Skills

Top Skills

User Research, Information Architecture, Visual Design, Wireframing, Prototyping, Micro Interactions, Webflow.