Chibueze Umechukwu

I’m an Experience Designer who’s obsessed with building clean, thoughtful digital experiences that just feel right. I design high-quality websites and products that balance aesthetics, usability, and business goals because pretty pixels mean nothing if users are confused. I love bringing structure and consistency to chaos, making products look good, work smoothly, and scale without the headache. I’ve collaborated with teams across different time zones and backgrounds. Devs, PMs, stakeholders, founders, and so on to turn rough ideas into polished, user-focused solutions. I’m comfortable owning the full journey: research, flows, prototyping, visuals, micro-interactions, and launch. At the end of the day, I care about experiences that feel intuitive, inclusive, and kind of addictive. If you want to build these type of experiences, let’s make it happen together.

Projects

Innovation Hub - Responsive Web App Design

PROJECT OVERVIEW “Innovations should be visible, accessible and inspiring for the next wave of creators.” Innovation Hub is a digital platform built to spotlight groundbreaking ideas, products, and technologies. It's a space where innovation takes center stage - documented, celebrated, and followed as it evolves from concept to reality. Innovation often happens in silos. Brilliant ideas are born, built, and buried before the world even hears about them. Existing platforms focus on people, not the progress of their innovations, leaving no dedicated space for the life cycle of an idea. We set out to change that! THE GOAL To build a platform that empowers the discovery, growth, and visibility of innovation by enabling users to: 1. Showcase innovations and their development journey. 2. Share progress through updates and milestones. 3. Engage with others through reactions, and followership. In essence, Innovation Hub turns innovation into a living, evolving story - not just a finished product. FEATURES - Innovation directory - Innovation profile - Innovation updates - Innovator profile - Innovation upload THIS PROJECT IS CURRENTLY UNDER DEVELOPMENT. PS: The link takes you to the Figma file where you can find all designed UI and prototypes. See More

Leban Street - Restaurant Mobile Web App Design

PROJECT OVERVIEW Leban Street is a modern restaurant offering a fusion of Mediterranean and African flavours, popular for its quick delivery and signature street-style meals. The goal of this project was to design a mobile-first web experience that captures the restaurant’s vibrant identity while delivering a seamless and delightful food ordering flow. The challenge was to translate the in-person Leban Street experience into an engaging digital interface that allows users to browse, customise, and order meals effortlessly. PROJECT SCOPE - Restaurant Menu & Listing Interface - Dish Detail & Cart Interaction - Mobile User Flow and UX Enhancements THE PROBLEM The existing ordering process for Leban Street relied heavily on third-party platforms, which limited brand expression and user experience control. Customers faced inconsistent menu layouts, slow navigation, and limited flexibility for custom orders. The objective was to design a dedicated mobile web app where users could browse the menu intuitively, customise their meals, and check out with minimal friction. THE GOAL The design aimed to achieve three key objectives: 1. Visual Delight – Create a fresh and appetising interface that reflects the brand’s personality. 2. Ease of Use – Ensure users can browse, customise, and order in under three taps. 3. Consistency – Maintain a cohesive look and feel across all interactions and screens. METRICS - $30,000+ revenue generated within the first 4 months of launch. - 700+ customers onboarded within the first 14 days after launch. - 3,000+ orders fulfilled within the first 4 months of launch. See More

Facity - Fintech Solution

PROJECT OVERVIEW Facity is a student-centric fintech product. Facity is built to streamline the everyday financial chaos of campus life. It focuses on the small but constant transactions students make daily all from one clean, digital wallet. “Campus life is more than just payments...” Facity also includes a shuttle feature that lets students book or schedule campus rides directly in-app. On top of that, students can discover and pay for campus events without chasing physical tickets or middlemen. THE PROBLEM Students on campus deal with constant friction when handling daily payments, unreliable shuttle transportation, and messy event ticketing. Most transactions are still manual, time-consuming, and hard to track, leading to confusion, delays and wasted energy. THE SOLUTION Facity creates a single digital platform that brings structure to everyday campus life. Students can make fast, trackable payments to vendors and friends through a mobile wallet instead of relying on cash or scattered transfers. METRICS - Over 4 million naira total transaction volume within the first 3 months of launch. - 5,500+ total transaction count within the first 3 months of launch. - 1,900+ activated users within the first 3 months of launch. - 4,400+ total users within the first 3 months of launch. See More

Consonance Club - Website Redesign & Developement

PROJECT OVERVIEW Developing and implementing a user-centered design approach to create an intuitive and engaging interface for Consonance website and product, improving the user experience and increasing engagement. Collaborating closely with the product team, stakeholders, and developers to ensure a cohesive and effective design solution that meets the needs of the users while aligning with the company's business objectives.See More

Fund Cycle — Digital Thrift & Savings Management App

PROJECT OVERVIEW THE PROBLEM Traditional thrift savings (ajo/esusu/adashe) rely heavily on manual tracking, trust, and offline coordination. This often leads to missed contributions, disputes, lack of transparency, and difficulty scaling savings groups beyond close-knit circles. THE SOLUTION Fund Cycle was designed to digitize the thrift savings experience—allowing users to create or join savings groups, automate contributions, track payouts, and manage cycles securely through a mobile app. PRODUCT GOAL To create a secure, transparent, and easy-to-use platform that enables individuals and groups to save collaboratively while reducing friction, errors, and trust issues. DESIGN GOAL The design focused on three core goals: 1. Accessibility – Design an experience that works for users with varying levels of financial and digital literacy. 2. Transparency & Trust – Ensure every contribution, payout, and cycle status is visible and traceable. 3. Efficiency – Reduce the effort required to create groups, contribute funds, and receive payouts. See More

Work History

UI/UX Designer

Consonance ClubFull-time EmployeeDeveloping and implementing a user-centered design approach to create an intuitive and engaging interface for Consonance website and product, improving the user experience and increasing engagement. Collaborating closely with the product team, stakeholders, and developers to ensure a cohesive and effective design solution that meets the needs of the users while aligning with the company's business objectives. ● Designed UX architecture enabling innovators to document and share product progress in real time. ● Structured scalable information architecture to support long-term growth and engagement. ● Designed and implemented the complete website interface using WordPress.

UI/UX Designer

FacityFull-time EmployeeDec 2023 - Feb 2026 • 2 yrs 3 mos● Led end-to-end UX design for a student-focused digital wallet, shaping onboarding, KYC verification, wallet management, and transaction flows. ● Simplified complex financial and compliance requirements into clear, intuitive user journeys. ● Collaborated with product managers and engineers to ensure alignment between backend logic and frontend interactions. ● Re-structured transaction flows to reduce friction and improve clarity within in-app payments. ● Designed the complete loan experience for SMEs from request submission and approval tracking to disbursement and repayment. ● Built structured dashboards for loan officers and compliance teams to streamline internal operations. ● Defined clear decision states and approval pathways to reduce operational complexity. ● Developed scalable interface patterns to support product expansion.

Product Designer

Convergetec (Australia) Contract EmployeeApr 2025 - Jul 2025 • 4 mos● Designed and built the full mobile experience for Fund Cycle, a rotating thrift savings platform. ● Translated cyclical savings logic into intuitive contribution, payout, and group management flows. ● Designed features to enhance transparency, accountability, and user trust within group cycles. ● Developed a responsive landing page to communicate the product value and drive acquisition.

UI/UX Designer

Fosad - HRIS ProductContract EmployeeOct 2025 - Nov 2025 • 2 mosThe Fosad HRIS (Human Resource Information System) is a digital HR platform designed to streamline and automate core employee management processes within an organization. The system was created to replace FOSAD’s highly manual HR operations and improve efficiency, employee experience, and scalability across its client organizations. The platform provides a centralized environment where administrators and employees can manage essential HR activities such as employee onboarding, profile management, leave requests, and exit/offboarding processes. ● Led UX research and designed Admin and Employee dashboards for onboarding, exits, and leave management. ● Created structured workflows reducing complexity within HR operations. ● Developed a scalable design system ensuring system-wide consistency

Product Designer

Leban StreetFreelancerSep 2025 - Sep 2025 • 1 moDesigned a mobile first web application for Leban Street that enables customers to browse the restaurant’s menu, customise meals, and place orders seamlessly. The product was built to give the restaurant full control over its digital ordering experience rather than relying solely on third party delivery platforms. ● Designed a mobile-first ordering experience enabling checkout within three interactions. ● Established cohesive visual systems while maintaining strong usability standards.

Education

Obafemi Awolowo University

Bachelor's Degree, ScienceMar 2019 - Aug 2024

Miva Open University

Bachelor's Degree, EntrepreneurshipJan 2026 - Present

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