Charles Njoku
Designer and Entrepreneur
Address: Lagos, Nigeria, Phone: (-, Email:-Linkedin | Website | Github | Dribbble | Behance
I am passionate about people or at least I try to be. As people exist so do problems, they need solutions, and to be able to
solve their problems it is important that I am able to empathize with people, their choices, their wants and needs and be
able to use my skills to design solutions that are meaningful, usable and will essentially impact their lives.
EDUCATION
● University of Virginia Darden Business School— MOOC Certificate via Coursera (2019)
Digital Transformation
● University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu— B.Sc Biochemistry (2014 - 2018)
Completed 7 Semesters towards a degree in Biochemistry
SKILLS
Design and Research:
Collaboration:
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● Design Systems, Multimedia Design, Package Design,
Brand Identity, and Style guides design using Adobe
Creative Suites.
● User flows, wireframes, prototyping and mockups
with Adobe XD, Figma, Protopie and InVision Studio.
● Strategy and visual presentations with Google Slides,
Keynote, and PowerPoint.
Coding:
● HTML and CSS, Wordpress and CMS Development
Organizing workshops, campaigns, events.
Mentoring and managing teams.
Design critique and moderator.
Self-starter and Flexible Communicator
INTERESTS
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Digital Design and Technology, People, Food,
Music, and Politics, Entrepreneurship, Public
Policy, and Management
LANGUAGES SPOKEN
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Igbo and English
WORK EXPERIENCE
Softcom Limited, Lagos, Nigeria— Marketing and Communications Designer
MAY 2019 - PRESENT
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Collaborating with different teams; Engineering, Client Services, and Sales, to design visually engaging content
that helps drive their processes to showcase ‘human-centeredness’ and ‘customer intimacy’ in the different
enterprise products, platforms or programs they build to serve over 3,000,000 people.
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Successfully advocating for human-centered design and strategy methods and processes within a
cross-functional, horizontal team, that is responsible for building technology solutions that solve Africa’s
biggest challenges.
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Working closely with product partners and other stakeholders to develop research plans, conducting and
executing research activities, and leading insight synthesis and communication to drive forward design and
product work.
Arone Technologies, Enugu, Nigeria— Design Lead and Comms Strategist
MARCH 2018 - APRIL 2019
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Successfully designed themes for collateral materials (social media, user interfaces, etc. and conducted highly
persuasive sales and marketing presentations (pitch decks). for brands
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Arone Delivery (www.aronedelivery.com), a drone manufacturing startup with a focus on emergency
medical supplies delivery
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QView (www.Qview.ai), a video-based AI-enabled analytics solution for retail stores.
Provided support to the technical team during the 2018 Slush GIA Regional Finals, where we won to represent
Nigeria at the Global Finals in Helsinki, Finland and also Finalist at GITEX 2018 Supernova Challenge Dubai and
grants worth over $15,000.
MyBodyIsMine (MyBim), Lagos Nigeria - Lead Designer/Strategist
SEPTEMBER 2018 - PRESENT
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Modeled sex-ed content, brand identity, social media content, interfaces, and highly persuasive sales and
marketing presentations.
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Lead discovery and research work for a new initiative to transform how teenagers learn about their bodies,
sexual developments, and consent.
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Designed unparalleled creative experiences and digital stories through illustrations to help teenagers get the
most from a comprehensive SexEd curriculum.
Funded Today, South Ogden, Utah, USA — Remote Data Analyst, Lead Generation Agent and Web Researcher
MARCH 2016 - MAY 2018
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Liaised with clients to design, generate and develop contact list search-filter and target market audience list for
one of US most successful crowdfunding marketing agencies; Funded Today.
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Acquired over 1.4million customer leads, resulting in a higher volume of confirmed sales consultations, and
largest market audience database.
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Created and maintained complete records for all prospect and customer interactions
Adol Digital Arts Press, Makurdi, Benue State — Executive Manager and Design Lead
JANUARY, 2010 - NOVEMBER, 2014
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Directed the entire creative design team by defining process, principles and manage design briefs, shaping
concepts and seeing it through to detailed design and implementation across a variety of devices and
platforms.
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Managed all printing projects including brochures, newsletters, banners and posters; and oversaw publications
inventory and archiving process that generated annual revenue of over $50,000.
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Implemented pioneering print media and IT infrastructure solutions for our clients as part of a high performing
team and increased client approval ratings by 58%.
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Partnered with the executive team to identify potential new capabilities that will help the company to continue
to gain market share and improve service excellence through technology platforms.
