Emmanuel Nwaeze

NWAEZE EMMANUEL OSINACHI Benin Republic (Cotonou) | Remote Global | +234 - | +229 - |-,- Executive Summary Strategic design leader with 5+ years scaling B2B SaaS, e-commerce, and marketplace products from 0 - 1 and 1 - 100. Proven record of N3.2 M+ revenue lift, 40 % faster page loads, and 30 % higher NPS by fusing user-centered design with growth tactics. Adept at building and mentoring multi-disciplinary teams (6–12 designers, 3–5 PMs, 10+ engineers) across 4 continents. Core Competencies           Product Strategy UX Research & JTBD Design Systems Growth Experiments Revenue Optimization Accessibility WCAG 2.2 Front-End (HTML5, CSS3, JS) No-Code (Framer, Webflow) Agile & OKRs Team Leadership Professional Experience BLACKG CO-OPERATION — Benin Republic / Remote Head of Product Design 2022 – Present Series-A branding & growth studio serving 50+ global start-ups  P&L Impact: Drove N500 K incremental ARR for flagship e-commerce client by redesigning checkout,  pricing, and post-purchase flows.  and lifting SEO rank to Top-3. Performance: Cut mobile load time from 14 s → 1.9 s (Google Lighthouse 95+), reducing bounce 40 % Design System: Authored a token-based Figma library adopted by 12 designers & 4 dev teams, cutting build time 25 %.  Leadership: Managed 6 senior designers & 3 researchers; instituted weekly design crits, raising peer  QA score 20 %.  shaped 3 new SaaS lines now generating N1.1 M ARR. Product-Market Fit: Led 15 generative research sprints (interviews, surveys, diary studies) that Recognition: 2 mobile apps redesigned under my direction were featured on Apple’s App Store homepage. BLACKG CO-OPERATION Senior UX/UI Designer & Instructor 2021 – 2022  Education: Designed and taught a 12-week bootcamp that upskilled 50+ students; 85 % placement  rate into junior UX roles.  code MVPs for SMBs. Freelance Pipeline: Grew agency revenue 34 % YoY by packaging UX audits, design sprints, and noProcess Excellence: Introduced OKR-driven design cycles; reduced average project turnaround 25 %. Independent / Global Clients — Remote Principal UX Consultant 2020 – Present   Portfolio: projects across fintech, health-tech, ed-tech, and D2C e-commerce.  N1.6 M annual lift. Revenue Wins: Redesigned checkout for a Shopify-Plus merchant → 30 % uplift in conversion and Research Ops: Built lean research playbooks that cut user-testing costs 50 % while increasing insight velocity 3×. G-LINK — Lagos, Nigeria Lead UI Designer Jan 2020 – Dec 2020 Design System 1.0: First company-wide component library; reduced UI debt 60 % and unified brand across 20+ properties. Education & Continuous Learning B.Sc. Computer Science École Supérieure de Management — Cotonou, 2025 2 B.Sc. Electrical Engineering Nigerian Maritime University — Warri, 2022 Certifications Google UX Design (coursera) • Reforge Growth Series • Nielsen Norman UX Master UX/UX Design mobile and web-Mindluster Academy Leadership-MIndluster Acedemy Ai impact on Software Learning- Mindluster Academy Metric Revenue Generated Page-Speed Boost Conversion Uplift Team NPS Student Placement Products Featured Outcome N3.2 M+ via UX optimization 14 s → 1.9 s mobile up to 40 % +30 points 85 % within 90 days 2× Apple App Store Portfolio & Thought Leadership Live Work & Case Studies: mybgportfolio.framer.website Speaking: Guest lectured at Abundance Private School & Benin Republic Design Meet-up (2023-24). Writing: “Designing for Revenue” newsletter (2 000+ subs). Ready to Drive 10× Design Impact Open to Head of Design, Staff/Principal Product Designer, or UX Director roles: remote or hybrid. 3