Top Talent like Danielle are on Pangea

Pangea, a YC company, connects companies with fractional talent. Fractional hiring allows companies to move faster and work with more specialized talent, while giving talent more flexibility and independence. If you are talent open to fractional work, apply here. If you’re a company looking for high-quality fractional talent, learn more here.

Danielle Akinbade

UI Designer
Product Designer
UX Designer
Toronto, ON, CA
User Personas
Quantitative Analytics
Qualitative Analysis
A/B Testing
Market Analysis
Market Research
Research
UI/UX Design
Available for hire fromNegotiable
Contracts
Experienced UX Designer | Digital Innovator
With a Master's degree in Digital Experience Innovation from the University of Waterloo and a Certificate in User Experience Design from BrainStation, I bring a robust educational background to my role as a UX Designer. My career began at Lotus Beta Analytics, where I designed websites, mobile applications, and software products for diverse clients. At AKIRS and C&I Leasing Plc, I honed my skills in user research, prototyping, and design execution. As a User Experience Designer at DNA, I created functional and user-friendly digital experiences. Currently, at Topron Consulting Inc, I work across various sectors, designing hybrid apps and healthcare applications, and building dashboards to enhance customer engagement. My expertise spans the entire Software Development Life Cycle, utilizing both Waterfall and Agile methodologies.

Work History

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UX Designer

Topron Consulting Inc- Worked with clients in different fields such as manufacturing, consumer goods, telecom, e-commerce, healthcare, and insurance sectors, where I was involved in the Software Development Life Cycle phases (requirement analysis, design, implementation, and estimating the time-lines) for these projects using Waterfall for design and Agile for development model. - Designed an 80+ screens hybrid app for Android and IOS platform, successfully finishing design output during the project time frame and deadlines. - Successfully designed a healthcare application feature to boost customer engagement. - Built a dashboard for on-boarding, managing, monitoring gateways and their activities that allowed customers and clients to manage gateways.
D

User Experience Designer

DNAJan 2018 - Dec 2020 • 3 yrs- Design, prototype, and launch great digital experiences that are functional, easy to use, and informed by data and research. - Create concepts, user flows, screens, and prototypes that support the company's mission. - Make design decisions with a deep understanding of the entire end-to-end service and customers. - Plan and run user tests and other design research to inform your point of view. - Collaborate with developers and architects to evolve and refine visual language, framework, style guide, and design process. - Work alongside Product Managers and business owners to understand the problem and define the scope and requirements for a solution.
C

Visual Designer

C&I Leasing PlcJul 2019 - Nov 2019 • 5 mosDevelop a comprehensive understanding of project needs by attending design thinking workshops, performing user research, conducting user tests, and designing rich interactive experiences. Work with developers and consultants to understand technology requirements and business objectives as they relate to the designs of the products. Build industry-leading solutions by staying up to date with design best practices and latest technologies. Contributed to C & I Leasing's overall design culture by learning emerging software, standards, and processes.
A

User Experience Designer

AKIRSMay 2019 - Sep 2019 • 5 mosWorked with developers and consultants to understand technical requirements and business objectives related to the designs of the products. Built industry-leading solutions by staying up to date with design best practices and the latest technologies. Contributed to C & I Leasing's overall design culture by learning emerging software, standards, and processes while leveraging best practices, research, testing, and analytics to inform decision-making. Experience creating end-to-end user journeys and all aspects of design execution from customer research to ideation, prototyping, usability tests, and final product. Experience conducting research and communicating qualitative and quantitative feedback throughout the design process, leveraging surveys, user testing, and user data to measure feature performance in the app.
L

UX Designer

Lotus Beta AnalyticsFeb 2017 - Sep 2018 • 1 yr 8 mos- Actively involved in defining product strategy. - Design websites, mobile applications, and software products for creative brands, large enterprise clients, entrepreneurs, and Non-Profit organizations. - Took broad problems and high-level user needs and transformed them into meaningful products for millions of home-shopping users. - Create user flows and experiences that are deceptively simple and elegant in nature. - Gathered feedback from developers as well as product leaders which helped continually raise the organization bar for quality; directly and professionally give feedback, for the same purpose. - Partner with PMs and engineers to steward the user experience of a product, from conception to launch. - Create a unified, end-to-end experience through close collaboration with team members from across the Product and Marketing design teams.

Education

U

University of Waterloo

Master's degree, Digital experience innovation2021 - 2023
B

BrainStation

Certificate, User Experience Design2021
R

Redeemers University

Redeemers, Computer Science2015 - 2019

How Pangea Works

Effortlessly discover top talent

We've distilled the candidate search from endless hours down to just a few minutes. Using Pangea's AI-powered search tools, you can find top fractional talent able to take on your next project. Our system looks at your company's niche and your needs to find the perfect match faster than any traditional hiring platform.

Start working with talent today

The top talent on Pangea is ready to get started with you right now. You can message or hire a candidate right from their profile page and start assigning work as soon as they respond. And the best part? Pangea's fractional contract structure lets you start small and ramp up as your needs change, keeping your costs manageable and your team's capabliities flexible.

Track work and invoices in one place

Assign tasks, track progress, and complete invoices all on Pangea. We've combined every part of the hiring process into one platform to eliminate the miscommunication that's unavoidable on other freelance platforms. We even send out 1099s to your contractors at the end of the year!

Talk with a Talent Expert

Members of our team are available to help you speed through the hiring process.
Available Now
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Experienced UX Designer | Digital Innovator
With a Master's degree in Digital Experience Innovation from the University of Waterloo and a Certificate in User Experience Design from BrainStation, I bring a robust educational background to my role as a UX Designer. My career began at Lotus Beta Analytics, where I designed websites, mobile applications, and software products for diverse clients. At AKIRS and C&I Leasing Plc, I honed my skills in user research, prototyping, and design execution. As a User Experience Designer at DNA, I created functional and user-friendly digital experiences. Currently, at Topron Consulting Inc, I work across various sectors, designing hybrid apps and healthcare applications, and building dashboards to enhance customer engagement. My expertise spans the entire Software Development Life Cycle, utilizing both Waterfall and Agile methodologies.

Talk with a Talent Expert

Members of our team are available to help you speed through the hiring process.
Available Now
Book a Call

Top Talent like Danielle are on Pangea

Pangea, a YC company, connects companies with fractional talent. Fractional hiring allows companies to move faster and work with more specialized talent, while giving talent more flexibility and independence. If you are talent open to fractional work, apply here. If you’re a company looking for high-quality fractional talent, learn more here.

Danielle Akinbade

UI Designer
Product Designer
UX Designer
Toronto, ON, CA
User Personas
Quantitative Analytics
Qualitative Analysis
A/B Testing
Market Analysis
Market Research
Research
UI/UX Design
Available for hire fromNegotiable
Contracts

Work History

T

UX Designer

Topron Consulting Inc- Worked with clients in different fields such as manufacturing, consumer goods, telecom, e-commerce, healthcare, and insurance sectors, where I was involved in the Software Development Life Cycle phases (requirement analysis, design, implementation, and estimating the time-lines) for these projects using Waterfall for design and Agile for development model. - Designed an 80+ screens hybrid app for Android and IOS platform, successfully finishing design output during the project time frame and deadlines. - Successfully designed a healthcare application feature to boost customer engagement. - Built a dashboard for on-boarding, managing, monitoring gateways and their activities that allowed customers and clients to manage gateways.
D

User Experience Designer

DNAJan 2018 - Dec 2020 • 3 yrs- Design, prototype, and launch great digital experiences that are functional, easy to use, and informed by data and research. - Create concepts, user flows, screens, and prototypes that support the company's mission. - Make design decisions with a deep understanding of the entire end-to-end service and customers. - Plan and run user tests and other design research to inform your point of view. - Collaborate with developers and architects to evolve and refine visual language, framework, style guide, and design process. - Work alongside Product Managers and business owners to understand the problem and define the scope and requirements for a solution.
C

Visual Designer

C&I Leasing PlcJul 2019 - Nov 2019 • 5 mosDevelop a comprehensive understanding of project needs by attending design thinking workshops, performing user research, conducting user tests, and designing rich interactive experiences. Work with developers and consultants to understand technology requirements and business objectives as they relate to the designs of the products. Build industry-leading solutions by staying up to date with design best practices and latest technologies. Contributed to C & I Leasing's overall design culture by learning emerging software, standards, and processes.
A

User Experience Designer

AKIRSMay 2019 - Sep 2019 • 5 mosWorked with developers and consultants to understand technical requirements and business objectives related to the designs of the products. Built industry-leading solutions by staying up to date with design best practices and the latest technologies. Contributed to C & I Leasing's overall design culture by learning emerging software, standards, and processes while leveraging best practices, research, testing, and analytics to inform decision-making. Experience creating end-to-end user journeys and all aspects of design execution from customer research to ideation, prototyping, usability tests, and final product. Experience conducting research and communicating qualitative and quantitative feedback throughout the design process, leveraging surveys, user testing, and user data to measure feature performance in the app.
L

UX Designer

Lotus Beta AnalyticsFeb 2017 - Sep 2018 • 1 yr 8 mos- Actively involved in defining product strategy. - Design websites, mobile applications, and software products for creative brands, large enterprise clients, entrepreneurs, and Non-Profit organizations. - Took broad problems and high-level user needs and transformed them into meaningful products for millions of home-shopping users. - Create user flows and experiences that are deceptively simple and elegant in nature. - Gathered feedback from developers as well as product leaders which helped continually raise the organization bar for quality; directly and professionally give feedback, for the same purpose. - Partner with PMs and engineers to steward the user experience of a product, from conception to launch. - Create a unified, end-to-end experience through close collaboration with team members from across the Product and Marketing design teams.

Education

U

University of Waterloo

Master's degree, Digital experience innovation2021 - 2023
B

BrainStation

Certificate, User Experience Design2021
R

Redeemers University

Redeemers, Computer Science2015 - 2019

How Pangea Works

Effortlessly discover top talent

We've distilled the candidate search from endless hours down to just a few minutes. Using Pangea's AI-powered search tools, you can find top fractional talent able to take on your next project. Our system looks at your company's niche and your needs to find the perfect match faster than any traditional hiring platform.

Start working with talent today

The top talent on Pangea is ready to get started with you right now. You can message or hire a candidate right from their profile page and start assigning work as soon as they respond. And the best part? Pangea's fractional contract structure lets you start small and ramp up as your needs change, keeping your costs manageable and your team's capabliities flexible.

Track work and invoices in one place

Assign tasks, track progress, and complete invoices all on Pangea. We've combined every part of the hiring process into one platform to eliminate the miscommunication that's unavoidable on other freelance platforms. We even send out 1099s to your contractors at the end of the year!

Talk with a Talent Expert

Members of our team are available to help you speed through the hiring process.
Available Now
Book a Call
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