Product designer who takes high-stakes work from research through shipped front-end. First-class UX experience, two product sprints, and a live product built end-to-end using a toolset backed by research and delivered as a functioning prototype.

Chinenye Ikebudu

Product designer who takes high-stakes work from research through shipped front-end. First-class UX experience, two product sprints, and a live product built end-to-end using a toolset backed by research and delivered as a functioning prototype.

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Product designer who takes high-stakes work from research through shipped front-end. First-class UX experience, two product sprints, and a live product built end-to-end using a toolset backed by research and delivered as a functioning prototype.

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Work Experience

Founder & Product Designer at CAELASPACE
June 1, 2026 - Present
Founded and built a workspace product connecting strategy, visual direction, and content planning around continuity across the whole flow against fragmented multi-tool marketplaces. Owned full research and design stack (18-person survey, 6 interviews, design system across three sequenced spaces), validated at 100% task success, SUS 81.2 (Grade A) and 26.7 idea-to-plan. Built a React front-end using Figma Dev Mode and Claude Design to turn designs into a functioning prototype for further development.
Founder & Product Designer at CAELA SPACE
June 1, 2026 - Present
Founded and built a work space product connecting strategy, visual direction, and content planning structured around continuity across the whole flow against a fragmented multi-tool marketplace. Owned end-to-end research and design stacks (18-person survey, 6 interviews, design system across three sequenced spaces), validated with 100% task success and achieved SUS 81.2 (Grade A), plus 26.7 idea-to-plan scoring. Built a working React front-end using Figma Dev Mode and Claude Design, turning own designs into a functioning prototype for further development.
Design Sprint at TRIAD
July 1, 2025 - September 30, 2025
Independently assessed by Triad experts across four UX strengths: research, accessibility, cognitive load, and prototype quality. Designed and built symptom-logging and tracking features, singled out in assessment and executed with a high-fidelity, production-polished Figma prototype. Resolved competing clinician and patient requirements into one set of end-to-end flows, choosing safety and trust over interface economy where requirements conflicted.
Design Sprint (Project) at TRIAD
July 1, 2025 - September 1, 2025
Independently assessed by Triad experts across four UX strengths: research, accessibility, cognitive load, and prototype quality. Designed and built symptom logging and tracking features; singled out in assessment and executed in a high fidelity, production-polished Figma prototype. Resolved competing clinician and patient requirements into one set of flows, selecting safety and trust over interface economy where they conflicted.
Product Design Sprint (Design Sprint Lead/Designer) at TRIAD
July 1, 2025 - September 1, 2025
Independently assessed by Triad experts across 4 UX strengths: research, accessibility, cognitive load, and prototype quality. Designed and built symptom logging and tracking features, singled out in assessment and executed inside a high-fidelity, production-polished Figma prototype. Resolved competing clinician and patient requirements into one set of flows, choosing safety and trust over interface economy where they conflicted.
Product Lead & Publicity Officer at University of Manchester & Manchester Metropolitan University (Gift Project)
January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024
Led the design of a non-profit end-to-end product (University of Manchester Student Planner), generating £3,000 in revenue and iterating based on post-launch performance. Built and held a visual system across 50+ digital assets, and secured MSF sponsorship from pitch through funding and distribution.
Front of House at Laser Clinics
July 1, 2023 - Present
Managed patient and clinician scheduling across a high volume clinic, coordinating bookings and handoff points where the service experience broke down.
Front of House (Patient and clinician scheduling) at Laser Clinics
July 1, 2023 - Present
Managed patient and clinician scheduling across a high-volume clinic, coordinating booking and handoff points where the service experience breaks down.
Operations & Guest Experience at SELINA
June 1, 2020 - May 1, 2021
Built an issue logging system that removed recurring guest-journey friction at the source by reframing one-off failures as structural problems to address through design.
Junior Software Coder / Software Coder at Console.Code Juniors
September 1, 2019 - September 30, 2020
Built a JavaScript product and pitched it live, with the technical grounding that helped peers take designs and turn them into working front-end themselves.
Junior Software Coder at Console.Code Juniors
September 1, 2019 - September 1, 2020
Built a JavaScript product and pitched it live, demonstrating the technical grounding that helped team members turn designs into a working front end themselves.

Education

BSc (Hons) UX Experience Design at First Class Manchester Metropolitan University
January 1, 2022 - January 1, 2026
at Loreto College
January 1, 2020 - January 1, 2022
BSc (Hons) UX Experience at First Class Manchester Metropolitan University
January 1, 2022 - January 1, 2026
at Loreto College
January 1, 2020 - January 1, 2022
BSc (Hons) UX Experience at First Class Manchester Metropolitan University
January 1, 2022 - January 1, 2026
Lo re to College at Law, Psychology, English Literature
January 1, 2020 - January 1, 2022

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Industry Experience

Education, Software & Internet, Healthcare, Non-Profit Organization, Media & Entertainment