Hi, I’m Boluwatife Olasupo, a Senior UX Designer with six years of end-to-end product design experience across HR tech, edtech, and enterprise SaaS. I enjoy turning complex problems into clear, scalable interfaces and design systems that empower teams to ship with confidence. I founded Illumino Technologies to build No'Books and Brava—two products designed to improve education and employee experience—while sharpening cross-functional collaboration, stakeholder management, and design leadership across products.

Boluwatife Olasupo

Hi, I’m Boluwatife Olasupo, a Senior UX Designer with six years of end-to-end product design experience across HR tech, edtech, and enterprise SaaS. I enjoy turning complex problems into clear, scalable interfaces and design systems that empower teams to ship with confidence. I founded Illumino Technologies to build No'Books and Brava—two products designed to improve education and employee experience—while sharpening cross-functional collaboration, stakeholder management, and design leadership across products.

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Hi, I’m Boluwatife Olasupo, a Senior UX Designer with six years of end-to-end product design experience across HR tech, edtech, and enterprise SaaS. I enjoy turning complex problems into clear, scalable interfaces and design systems that empower teams to ship with confidence.

I founded Illumino Technologies to build No’Books and Brava—two products designed to improve education and employee experience—while sharpening cross-functional collaboration, stakeholder management, and design leadership across products.

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Language

English
Fluent
Spanish; Castilian
Beginner

Work Experience

UI/UX Designer & Consultant (Freelance) at ConstructAfrica
March 1, 2025 - November 20, 2025
Redesigned the landing page and CMS-driven platform, improving content clarity, editor usability, and conversion flow. Collaborated with stakeholders to define scalable page templates and reusable components for marketing and content teams.
UI/UX Designer & Consultant (Freelance) at Brava
March 1, 2025 - November 20, 2025
Designed end-to-end UX and UI for a transaction-heavy benefits platform. Created secure onboarding and authentication flows emphasizing clarity, trust, and error prevention. Simplified complex user journeys by improving information architecture and reducing cognitive load.
Incident Manager at The Knowledge (Microsoft Partner)
January 1, 2025 - Present
Manage end-to-end lifecycle of high-severity incidents affecting enterprise customers across global Microsoft SaaS environments; lead stakeholder communications during outages and translate technical status into clear updates for non-technical audiences; analyze recurring service patterns and produce post-incident improvements.
UX Consultant at Side Hustle Bootcamp
March 1, 2023 - April 20, 2023
Led a multi-designer product team delivering four digital products, including mobile apps and web platforms. Developed personas, user flows, and journey maps to align design decisions with user needs and business goals. Designed wireframes, high-fidelity UI, and interactive prototypes for mobile and web applications. Validated concepts through usability testing and stakeholder reviews.
Principal UX Designer at Illumino Technologies
April 1, 2021 - Present
Led end-to-end UX design for a data-intensive productivity and note-taking platform, from discovery and research to high-fidelity UI and validation. Improved task completion by 22% through usability testing, iterative refinement, and interaction optimization. Designed and optimized onboarding and activation flows, reducing friction, and improving early user engagement. Built and maintained a scalable design system and reusable UI components, improving visual consistency and reducing feature delivery time by 30%. Collaborated closely with product managers and engineers to translate business goals and analytics insights into user-centered design solutions. Mentored junior designers, improving design quality, critique culture, and documentation standards.
UX Designer at Illumino Technologies
April 20, 2020 - Present
Led end‑to‑end UX design for a digital note‑taking and productivity platform with complex data workflows, improving task completion by 22% through usability testing and iterative design. Designed and optimized onboarding flows, reducing user friction and improving early‑stage activation. Built and maintained a scalable design system used across multiple products, improving UI consistency and reducing feature delivery time by 30%. Conducted user research (interviews, surveys, usability tests) and translated insights into actionable product improvements. Partnered with product managers and engineers to define roadmap priorities based on user behavior, analytics, and support feedback. Mentored junior designers, improving design quality, documentation standards, and review processes.
Founder & Lead Product Designer at Illumino Technologies
April 1, 2020 - Present
Led end-to-end UX design for No'Books (AI-powered active learning platform for Nigerian secondary schools) from concept to pilot; redesigned onboarding flow, information architecture, and user journeys; built a reusable design system and launched Brava, an employee experience platform for peer recognition and internal communications; established cross-product design practices across No'Books and Brava.

Education

Bachelo of Technology at Federal University of Technology, Akure
November 6, 2012 - December 15, 2017
Diploma, Product Management at Coursera
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2024
Diploma, UX Design at Coursera
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2023
BTech, Marine Science and Technology at Federal University of Technology, Akure
November 6, 2012 - March 13, 2018
B.Tech, Marine Science and Technology at Federal University of Technology, Akure
January 11, 2030 - July 1, 2026

Qualifications

Google Certified UX Designer
April 3, 2023 - June 24, 2023
Professional Diploma, UX Design
January 11, 2030 - July 1, 2026
Professional Diploma, UX Design
January 11, 2030 - July 1, 2026

Industry Experience

Education, Software & Internet, Media & Entertainment, Professional Services, Other