I am a passionate Frontend Developer and Product Designer with leadership experience as an acting CTO at Braiding Nairobi. I excel at building and designing scalable and inclusive digital products, working effectively across global teams. My expertise lies in product strategy, UX, and cross-functional collaboration, which has enabled me to lead impactful projects such as UI redesigns that significantly improve business outcomes. Throughout my career, I have focused on creating seamless user experiences and maintaining UI consistency through reusable component libraries and design systems. I bring a friendly and collaborative approach to working with diverse teams, always aiming to deliver high-quality, user-centric solutions.

Lulu Mutuli

I am a passionate Frontend Developer and Product Designer with leadership experience as an acting CTO at Braiding Nairobi. I excel at building and designing scalable and inclusive digital products, working effectively across global teams. My expertise lies in product strategy, UX, and cross-functional collaboration, which has enabled me to lead impactful projects such as UI redesigns that significantly improve business outcomes. Throughout my career, I have focused on creating seamless user experiences and maintaining UI consistency through reusable component libraries and design systems. I bring a friendly and collaborative approach to working with diverse teams, always aiming to deliver high-quality, user-centric solutions.

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I am a passionate Frontend Developer and Product Designer with leadership experience as an acting CTO at Braiding Nairobi. I excel at building and designing scalable and inclusive digital products, working effectively across global teams. My expertise lies in product strategy, UX, and cross-functional collaboration, which has enabled me to lead impactful projects such as UI redesigns that significantly improve business outcomes.

Throughout my career, I have focused on creating seamless user experiences and maintaining UI consistency through reusable component libraries and design systems. I bring a friendly and collaborative approach to working with diverse teams, always aiming to deliver high-quality, user-centric solutions.

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Language

English
Fluent
Swahili
Fluent
French
Advanced

Work Experience

Acting CTO & Head of Product at BRAIDING NAIROBI
March 1, 2025 - Present
Led a full redesign of the website, customer-facing, and braider-facing apps along with launching a Flutter web extension, doubling weekly bookings within 4 months. Improved SEO clicks by 200% via meta descriptions and JSON-LD implementation. Automated booking process integrating Little Cab’s API collaborating with the founding engineer, CEO, and external stakeholders. Created a reusable Flutter component library using Cursor, Widgetbook, and Figma to ensure UI consistency and speed up development under a 6-week deadline. Standardized brand UI across digital channels and implemented social media scheduling with Canva Sheets fostering team collaboration.
UI/UX Designer + Developer at REGULAITION
August 31, 2024 - August 27, 2025
Led design of a SaaS B2B dashboard collaborating with a global cross-functional team to create intuitive user interfaces and experiences. Delivered wireframes, high-fidelity mockups, and interactive prototypes improving stakeholder alignment and speeding decision-making by 40%. Built a scalable design system with Vuetify and Storybook, enhancing UI consistency and promoting reusable components documented for better team collaboration. Partnered closely with developers to ensure smooth design-to-development handoffs by building reusable Vue.js components reducing implementation errors by 30%.
UI Developer at IMMEDIATE MEDIA
March 31, 2023 - August 27, 2025
Developed 10+ React components integrated by 50+ brands including BBCGoodFood and RadioTimes, increasing the codebase scalability by 25% in 9 months. Optimized web performance and API efficiency achieving multiple perfect 100% Lighthouse scores in 2-week sprints through payload reduction, accessibility improvements, and faster load times. Implemented new authentication features for the BBCGoodFood App including voice-over functionality compliant with WCAG accessibility guidelines.
Frontend Web Developer at BEMYGUEST
March 31, 2020 - August 27, 2025
Led migration of legacy design system from InVision to Figma improving designer documentation and collaboration by 12%. Delivered premium voucher mockups for the ArtScience Museum, securing a contract renewal worth SGD 200k.
Acting CTO & Head of Product at BRAIDING NAIROBI
March 1, 2025 - Present
Led the redesign of the website, customer-facing and braider-facing app, and launched a Flutter web extension, which doubled weekly bookings within four months. Increased SEO clicks by 200% in three months by implementing meta descriptions and JSON-LD. Automated the booking process by integrating Little Cab's API through collaboration with the founding engineer, CEO, and external stakeholders. Developed a reusable Flutter component library using Cursor, Widgetbook, and Figma to ensure UI consistency and speed up development under a six-week deadline. Standardised brand UI across web, mobile, and social media, updated brand kit and messaging on Canva, and implemented a social media scheduling process for team collaboration using Canva Sheets.
UI/UX Designer + Developer at REGULAITION
August 1, 2024 - August 27, 2025
Spearheaded the design of a SaaS B2B dashboard, leading the creation of intuitive user interfaces and experiences in collaboration with a global cross-functional team. Delivered wireframes, high-fidelity mockups, and interactive prototypes that aligned stakeholders and streamlined decision-making by 40% over 12 weeks. Developed a scalable design system using Vuetify and Storybook, enhancing UI consistency and team collaboration through comprehensive documentation. Partnered closely with developers to ensure seamless design-to-development handoff by building a reusable Vue.js component library, reducing implementation errors by 30%.
UI Developer at IMMEDIATE MEDIA
March 1, 2023 - August 27, 2025
Developed over 10 React components integrated by 50+ brands, including BBCGoodFood and RadioTimes, increasing codebase scalability by 25% in three quarters. Optimised web performance and API efficiency, achieving 100% Lighthouse score across multiple two-week sprints by reducing payload size and enhancing accessibility. Developed new authentication features for the BBCGoodFood App, including accessibility voice-over functionality following WCAG guidelines.
Frontend Web Developer at BEMYGUEST
March 1, 2020 - August 27, 2025
Led and migrated a legacy design system from InVision to Figma, improving designer documentation and collaboration by 12%. Delivered premium voucher mockups for the ArtScience Museum which secured a contract renewal worth SGD 200k.

Education

Full Stack Web Development Certification at Moringa School Nairobi, Kenya
January 11, 2030 - August 27, 2025
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Fashion Design at Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), Savannah, Georgia, USA
January 11, 2030 - August 27, 2025
Full Stack Web Development Certification at Moringa School Nairobi
January 11, 2030 - August 27, 2025
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Fashion Design at Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD)
January 11, 2030 - August 27, 2025

Qualifications

Full Stack Web Development Certification
January 11, 2030 - August 27, 2025
Full Stack Web Development Certification
January 11, 2030 - August 27, 2025

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Media & Entertainment, Travel & Hospitality, Professional Services, Retail
    paper Braiding Nairobi (App + Website Redesign) + Airbridge
    Multiple projects, for 2 companies where I was both a Frontend developer and created and built component libraries that paired with the design system work I did as a UI/UX Designer. These projects are examples of Brand Design, Frontend Development, and Product Design