Nigerian boy, born in Japan, raised in London, living in Newcastle Upon Tyne!
I currently head up design at SoPost. I strongly believe in using data to drive design decision-making and manage cross-functional teams, helping them grow through mentoring and (S.M.A.R.T.) goal setting.
I also LOOOOVE facilitating fun, informative workshops and really enjoy working with people to create awesome stuff.
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I'm really good at
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Championing design
Organised and hosted monthly design-show-n-tell sessions, weekly design logs, company-wide updates and accessible training sessions to promote design better.
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Community building
Promoted design knowledge-sharing via design book clubs, rapid ideation sessions, hackathons and creative challenges.
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Promoting collaboration
Created design department processes that focus on better business alignment through collaboration, research and frequent communication.
As well as…
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Speaking
Selected to speak at conferences, podcasts, and meetups such as DesignMatters, DIBI, Litmus Live, UXintheCity, Cloudflare TV, and UXCircus.
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Facilitating
Led 50+ workshops to bolster creative confidence and design thinking within teams and businesses.
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Mentoring
I've volunteered as a mentor via Designed.org and ADPList for six years. I enjoy helping designers level up in their roles, pivot in careers, or review and better align their design principles.