uikeme
Brand & Product Designer
Hello there! 👋 I’m Ugochukwu Ikeme — a Brand & Product Designer transforming business challenges into clear, cohesive visual solutions.
What you get with me: a thoughtful observer who notices the details others miss. I bring quiet innovation to brand identity, product design, and visual storytelling—working behind the scenes to craft designs that speak without shouting.
My creative superpower? Reframing familiar problems from fresh, strategic angles. The results? Award-winning work: Person of the Year at Genesys Tech Hub, Best Product Design Intern, and a 2023 Connected Awards nomination.
I’m the designer who listens more than talks, delivers more than promises, and translates business objectives into lasting visual impact.
Let’s create something meaningful together.
📩 [email protected]
What you get with me: a thoughtful observer who notices the details others miss. I bring quiet innovation to brand identity, product design, and visual storytelling—working behind the scenes to craft designs that speak without shouting.
My creative superpower? Reframing familiar problems from fresh, strategic angles. The results? Award-winning work: Person of the Year at Genesys Tech Hub, Best Product Design Intern, and a 2023 Connected Awards nomination.
I’m the designer who listens more than talks, delivers more than promises, and translates business objectives into lasting visual impact.
Let’s create something meaningful together.
📩 [email protected]
Experience: 5 years
Yearly salary: $46,000
Hourly rate: $75
Nationality: 🇳🇬 Nigeria
Residency: 🇳🇬 Nigeria
Experience
Brand & Product Manager
Stakecut 2022 - 2022
Crafted a cohesive identity for Stakecut's product, ensuring unified brand representation. Designed the Minimum Viable Product (MVP) with a focus on enhancing functionality and usability. Worked cross-functionally, integrating diverse perspectives for a compelling product experience.
Graphic Designer
Backdrop 2022 - 2023
Spearhead the development of impactful marketing materials in design and video formats, strategically aligned with business objectives. Collaborate seamlessly across departments, fostering a cross-functional approach for successful visual communication outcomes. Leverage graphic design expertise to create innovative, visually compelling solutions that resonate with target audiences and contribute to overall brand identity.
Brand & Visual Designer
Wiki Loves Africa Campaign 2022 - 2022
Established a cohesive identity for the Photofest campaign, ensuring unified representation. Designed impactful social media ads that effectively conveyed the campaign's message. Collaborated cross-functionally to deliver successful campaigns, combining brand design expertise with effective collaboration.
Visual Design Lead
Genesys Tech Hub 2021 - 2022
Led and guided a dynamic team of visual designers to deliver high-caliber design work. Collaborated effectively with cross-functional teams, ensuring visually compelling designs aligned with business objectives, and managed the entire lifecycle of design projects, meeting deadlines, and upholding high-quality standards.
Visual Designer
Genesys Tech Hub 2021 - 2022
Specialized in creating diverse campaign materials using software like Figma, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Indesign. Led the development of brand identities, collaborated on web development, and consulted on brand strategies for notable projects, including Laviemedic, Ahiam, Genesys Easter Lottery, StartUp Boost Diary, and Learnable 21'.
Product Design Intern
Genesys Tech Hub 2020 - 2021
Led teams in adopting agile methodologies for user-centric product development in a collaborative environment. Designed and prototyped user interfaces using tools like Figma, Photoshop, and Illustrator, ensuring optimal user experience alignment.
Product Designer - Tenece Professional Services
National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Deployment 2020 - 2021
Contributed to user-focused product design solutions, ensuring a seamless experience for clients and end-users. Collaborated effectively with multidisciplinary teams, including developers and stakeholders, translating project requirements into visually compelling and functional product designs. Led the design process from ideation to prototyping, conducting iterative testing to refine and enhance product functionality and user interface.
Skills
art-direction
brand
brand-designer
education
graphic-designer
head-of-design
lead-designer
product-designer
ui-ux-designer
video-creator
design
english