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Product Designer with 5 years of experience designing consumer and B2B digital products from concept to launch. I specialize in creating polished, user-centered interfaces, building scalable design systems, and delivering cohesive visual experiences that bring brand and product together. I partner closely with product managers and engineers to deliver pixel-perfect experiences, using AI as a core part of my day-to-day workflow to accelerate research, ideation, UI exploration, content creation, design systems, and production.…Product Designer with 5 years of experience designing consumer and B2B digital products from concept to launch. I specialize in creating polished, user-centered interfaces, building scalable design systems, and delivering cohesive visual experiences that bring brand and product together. I partner closely with product managers and engineers to deliver pixel-perfect experiences, using AI as a core part of my day-to-day workflow to accelerate research, ideation, UI exploration, content creation, design systems, and production.

Valerie Izugbe

UI Designer, Product Designer, UX Designer, +1

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Product Designer with 5 years of experience designing consumer and B2B digital products from concept to launch. I specialize in creating polished, user-centered interfaces, building scalable design systems, and delivering cohesive visual experiences that bring brand and product together. I partner closely with product managers and engineers to deliver pixel-perfect experiences, using AI as a core part of my day-to-day workflow to accelerate research, ideation, UI exploration, content creation, design systems, and production.…Product Designer with 5 years of experience designing consumer and B2B digital products from concept to launch. I specialize in creating polished, user-centered interfaces, building scalable design systems, and delivering cohesive visual experiences that bring brand and product together. I partner closely with product managers and engineers to deliver pixel-perfect experiences, using AI as a core part of my day-to-day workflow to accelerate research, ideation, UI exploration, content creation, design systems, and production.

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Product Designer with 5 years of experience designing consumer and B2B digital products from concept to launch. I specialize in creating polished, user-centered interfaces, building scalable design systems, and delivering cohesive visual experiences that bring brand and product together.

I partner closely with product managers and engineers to deliver pixel-perfect experiences, using AI as a core part of my day-to-day workflow to accelerate research, ideation, UI exploration, content creation, design systems, and production.

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Work Experience

Visual Design Lead at Mode (Fashion Tech)

February 1, 2024 - Present

Established brand authority and built a component design system to accelerate beta readiness and improve launch velocity. Built Mode’s brand and visual system (logo, typography, color, tone) to create a distinct editorial identity. Created launch-ready, mobile-first onboarding and discovery prototypes for a waitlist > beta pipeline. Built and documented a scalable 40+ component early design system and style tokens to speed execution and ensure visual consistency. Integrated AI across end-to-end design workflow (research synthesis, UI exploration, content generation, component creation, and rapid iteration) while maintaining high visual quality. Set up design QA and clear documentation to reduce developer rework and improve implementation fidelity.

User Experience Designer at Sefarvest (Investment Platform)

December 1, 2023 - November 1, 2025

Launched an investor dashboard and brand that turned complex data into actionable insights, boosting development throughput by ~30%. Designed an investor dashboard (investment tracking, funding progress, performance views) to simplify decision-making. Created Sefarvest’s visual identity and high-conversion landing pages to build credibility with investors and startups. Produced high-fidelity prototypes and specifications to speed development delivery and reduce iteration cycles by ~30%. Combined AI-assisted ideation with user-centered design methods to rapidly iterate dashboard experiences and communicate complex financial information more clearly. Advised on content and microcopy to improve clarity, navigation, and conversion across public site and dashboards.

Founding User Experience Designer at CodUllam (Startup Studio)

December 1, 2023 - December 1, 2025

Delivered MVP and conversion-focused landing and modular UI, reducing developer rework by ~30%. Led Trailck’s brand and landing experience, including logo, visual language, copy guidance, and conversion-focused landing pages to capture waitlist sign-ups. Designed core MVP interfaces (dashboards, task boards, timers, analytics) prioritizing clarity for technical and non-technical users. Ran discovery workshops with founders to map needs and translate findings into prioritized features and clickable prototypes. Used AI-assisted workflows to explore interaction patterns, generate UI variations, refine UX copy, and produce developer-ready documentation more efficiently. Delivered annotated specs and a modular component library for rapid developer handoff and future feature scaling.

Product Designer at Keza Africa (BNPL Fintech)

August 1, 2022 - November 1, 2023

Redesigned onboarding/KYC to drive activation uplift (~20%) and improved dashboards to increase retention. Owned B2B, B2B2C mobile and web onboarding and KYC flows, redesigning experiences that reduced drop-off and increased activation by ~20%. Designed dashboards and payment flows for agents, vendors, and admins to support multiple role-based workflows. Introduced contextual microcopy and in-flow guidance to reduce user errors and support requests. Partnered with engineers in sprint cycles to ensure high-fidelity implementation and fast iteration.