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DESIGNER BY DAY, OTAKU BY NIGHT

DESIGNER BY DAY

OTAKU BY NIGHT

Designer, Manager, Solopreneur & Crafting clean, user experiences. Helping users increase their value.

A product designer, a design manager, and a builder on weekends. With over 5 years of experience working with diverse agencies, innovative startups, and visionary founders, from concept to production.

I’m interested in how people and software can work together to make life better.

Currently, I work as a remote at Rvysion Group as a Design Manager and Design Advisor where I lead a team of 13 designers across 8 flagship products and consulting on design for their studio.

As a designer, I enjoy being a strategist with a focus on craft, prototyping, leadership and design ops. I value beautiful visuals backed by smart systems thinking. I love the concept that a digital product is a living thing that can adapt and evolve over time.

Outside of design, I love food in all capacities. I spend my time exploring new restaurants, cooking new dishes, and talking about my next meal.

Location -- Lagos, nigeria

Time zone -- GMT+1

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I have been opportune to work at amazing places

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Rvysion Group

Design Manager

Led and grew a team of 4 designers into 12, providing direction, and ensuring that the team works collaboratively to deliver high-quality designs across internal company products and clients projects.

/ 2023 - Present

Outliant

Design Manager

Was responsible for defining a strategic direction, setting expectations, providing actionable feedback, supporting personal and career development through coaching and mentoring, and assessing performance leading a team of 16 designers.

/ 2020- 2023

EngineerSF

Product Design Lead

Led and focused on user-centred design principles creating simple and intuitive user interfaces for our clients that converted to 30% increase in revenue growth for EngineerSF in first year of employement.

/ 2020- 2022

Why these startups loved working with me?

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I am client-centric

Your goals are my focus. I listen, understand, and work closely with you to achieve your vision.

I craft tailored solutions

I don't do one-size-fits-all. I craft solutions that are unique to your business, ensuring you stand out in your industry.

I offer creative innovation

I stay ahead of design and branding trends to offer fresh and innovative ideas that set you apart.

Take it from my past employees & teammates

Collins is a great designer with solid management skills. He's helped scale our design team during multiple phases of aggressive organizational growth (with many shifting needs and priorities). His impact has touched many aspects of our business.

Marcus Jones,

COO of Outliant

Collins is a remarkable designer. He was able to grasp my abstract ideas and transforms them into exceptional visuals.Throughout the time we spent together, I've witnessed him produce everything from small symbolic icons to comprehensive adaptive web pages.He has crafted designs like a master chef on a barbecue Sunday evening on the grill, just chef kiss”

Murray Gray,
Co-Founder, Engagify

I have rarely encountered individuals with as strong a work ethic as he has. Collins worked with my team to redesign our entire software platform. He came in, analyzed the system, articulated its deficits, and proposed changes.He worked quickly and diligently to build our new designs. He was communicative, insightful, and productive.The entire team is ecstatic with the designs that he produced.

Lucas Fridman,

CTO, FactoredQuality (YC 22)

Collins gets it. He gets my needs, the business needs. He gets the customer. He gets how to work with engineers. He gets feedback loops, testing, experimentation.I am super satisfied with the end results, and even when that was done, he saw opportunities to improve the work done and he suggested it and got it done easily without much sweat.That takes grit, great job Collins.

Ashley F. Smith,

CEO, Idara

In my time working with Collins, I was impressed by his organizational skills and executional prowess. Collins excels in breaking down complex projects into achievable tasks, ensuring high-quality results while meeting tight deadlines. His proactive approach and attention to detail have been instrumental in driving our team's success. Collins was a true asset to Outliant, and I am confident in his continued success and invaluable contributions in any endeavor.

Robert K. Boland,

Senior Director, Strategic Accounts, Outliant

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