Profile
Product designer with six years of experience across fintech, digital health, marketplaces, and consumer apps. I work across the full product lifecycle, from early strategy and research through to shipped features and design systems, with a focus on products built for African markets and contexts. Comfortable working as the only designer or embedded in larger teams.
Experience
Leading product design across B2B and B2C products. Refreshing the design system and components, embedding AI into the design workflow, and setting new standards for how the design team operates.
Working with the product owner to design solutions for clients across different industries. Ensuring smooth design-to-development handoff and that end products match the client vision.
Joined as the first designer at the agency. Worked on all client product designs and internal tools, managed freelance designers, and led client onboarding and discovery. Later transitioned to a freelance arrangement.
Collaborated with the client to brainstorm and define the product concept. Designed both the customer-facing product and the admin dashboard end-to-end.
First designer at the company. Designed a first-of-its-kind mobile app that scaled to 100k+ users. Grew the design team from one to three people.
Part of the founding team that built the company's first mobile app using Flutter. Worked on the core product and incorporated client feedback into ongoing development.
Skills
Design
UX & UI Design
Mobile UX Design
Interaction Design
Visual Design
Design Systems
Prototyping
Usability & A/B Testing
Information Architecture
User Flows
Data-Driven Design
Engineering
HTML & CSS
Flutter
Frontend Development
Design Handoff
Component Libraries
Tools
Figma
Framer
Adobe XD
Adobe Illustrator
Sketch
Miro
Notion
Cursor
Education
Software Development Certification
Information Technology Certification
Notable
Savannah Informatics, designed mobile app that scaled to 100k+ users
Savannah Informatics, grew design team from 1 to 3 people
Moringa School, 900 in-class hours, ideation & agile training from ThoughtWorks
Get in touch
willardshikami@outlook.com