Chike Opara

Chike Opara​ ​ Senior Product Designer -​ ​ ​ -​ ​ ​ LinkedIn ​ ​ ​ Portfolio Versatile Designer with over 7 years experience designing seamless and innovative user-centric experiences based on understanding of people’s needs and business goals across diverse teams. I have a proven track record of mentoring multidisciplinary designers (Product, UX, UI and Brand Designers) to deliver the best-in-class B2C and B2B solutions. My expertise spans numerous sectors including education, consumer marketplaces, fintech, restaurant tech, automotive and Telco. As a product designer I leverage my deep understanding of human-centered design to craft excellent products. WORK EXPERIENCE MTN Nigeria, Lagos, Nigeria — Product Design Lead DECEMBER 2022 - PRESENT Leading product design teams in the software development team by actively designing and driving visual design direction as well as guiding the design team to deliver excellent products for internal and customer facing products in line with strategic goals of the organization. Impact - Increased productivity by 250%, reduced time to complete tasks by 65%, and saved cost on software development by 45%. Today’s Solutions, Lagos, Nigeria — UX Designer AUGUST 2020 - NOVEMBER 2023 Created responsive user interfaces for key products including a learning management solution and online testing and assessment software. These products have helped the company triple revenue in the last two years. OTHER PROJECTS Carlofty - Designed UX for responsive landing pages and dashboards for a car auction website with emphasis on trust and security. Hobink - User experience design for dashboards for Hobink, a restaurant management software. E2E Payment - UX design for landing page and dashboard for a payment gateway. Tunu - Design sprint and UX design for responsive landing pages and dashboards for Tunu, an AI powered mental health mobile application. Pneumacare - Created dashboards for Pneumacare a healthtech platform with features like appointment booking, medication refill, lab requests etc. SKILLS ​Design: Brainstorming, Moodboarding, Design Sprint, Design Strategy, Design Thinking, Product Innovation, Product Design, Visual Design, Interaction Design, User Experience, Concept Sketches, User Flows, Wireframes and Mockups, prototyping, Typography. Visual Development: Figma, Framer and Webflow. HTML/CSS, Responsive, Desktop and Mobile UI Design. Research: Usability testing, A/B Testing, Data Analysis, UX Research. Collaboration: Stakeholder engagement, Organizing team workshops, Facilitating design sprints, Presentation, Problem-solving, story-telling, Empathy, Critical thinking.