Chimdindu Chimereze

Lagos, Nigeria  |  (+234) 803 848 7734  |  creativechimdi@gmail.com  |  Linkedin  |  chimdibam.co

PROFILE

5-year experience as a product designer, proficient in crafting excellent UI and UX design, experience taking products from idea to MVP and beyond, experience talking to users and conducting usability tests, familiarity with HTML & CSS, and several other complementary skills such as excellent visual design, motion design, illustration, 3d modeling and familiarity with Mixed Reality technologies. Track record of delivering user-friendly design that converts, impressive history of taking initiative, resourcefulness, and team collaboration.

EDUCATION

Diploma in Art Direction, April 2018

O2 Academy, Lagos, Nigeria

Bachelor of Arts in History and International Studies, July 2016

University of Nigeria, Enugu, Nigeria

SKILL & SOFTWARES

• User Interface Design
• User Experience Design
• Interaction Design
• Prototyping
• Visual Design
• Visual Identity Design
• Art Direction
• Illustration
• 3D modeling
• Figma
• Figjam
• Adobe CS Suite
• Framer
• Webflow
• Spline
• Blender
• Zeplin
• Chat GPT

WORK EXPERIENCE

Product Designer (Contract), September 2023 - Present

Aliveo AI, Austin, TX . Remote

• I consult with the team to craft unique AI focuses UX patterns for their users
• Designed and implemented the marketing website using framer. I also manage this website
• Created a basic design system with variables, primitives, and components
• Created video assets for the marketing website

Product Designer, October 2022 - January 2024

Tellie, San Francisco, CA . Remote

• Collaborated with the product team to craft the UX of our AI product that transforms creators’ content library into their virtual replica, which their customers and followers can engage with
• Spoke to users and analyze findings from user interviews
• Design modular UI for our AI product and a few other ideas we are piloting
• Maintained our design system

Product Designer (Contract), October 2020 - October 2022

Edlyft, San Francisco, CA . Remote

• Redesigned web application from the top down, to meet usability and accessibility standards, also boosted aesthetic delight of the product
• Structured Edlyft’s design to follow the atomic design framework
• Built and maintained a functional design system in Figma
• Successfully assisted over 5oo students to graduate
• Contributed to Edlyft’s $1.4 million raise

Visual Designer, August 2020 - November 2022

Cake DeFi, Singapore, SG . Remote

• Designed user interfaces for the website and marketing landing pages and boosted their conversion rate by over 6%
• Contributed to the design system
• Designed image and video assets for marketing campaigns
• Contributed significantly to the company’s rebrand in 2022 by designing a new illustration pack of 60+ illustrations, redesigning reusable marketing assets, and creating templates

Product Designer, April 2019 - August 2020

Casava, Lagos, Nigeria . Hybrid

• Successfully took Casava’s design from idea stage, up to MVP
• Established a basic style guide and component library
• Engaged customers in usability tests and interviews, which was instrumental in the decision to pivot the business from B2C to B2B
• Played a significant role in growing the platform to over 100,000 users

User Interface Designer, October 2018 - February 2019

Interswitch Group, Lagos, Nigeria . On-site

• Successfully collaborated with stakeholders, product and engineering teams to take 2 products from idea through MVP and V1 respectively
• Began the process of harmonizing UI components across similar projects, to simplify management
• Contributed to the funding of one of the products I designed at Interswitch