OLAMIDE ALOWOOJA

About

Senior Product Designer and venture builder with 10+ years of experience creating high-impact digital products across fintech, SaaS, PropTech, media, and Web3. Combines UX strategy, systems thinking, and AI-assisted design workflows to drive measurable product and business outcomes.

Experience

• Founder
  2025 – Present
• Senior Product Designer
  Toptal
  2024 – 2026
• Head of UX/UI Design
  Postpay
  2023 – 2024
• Senior Product Designer
  Mara (CoinMara)
  2022 – 2023
• Lead Designer
  Ultima Studios
  2020 – 2022
• Design Director
  Virtualcore CR8TV
  2018 – 2020
• Freelance Product & Brand Designer
  2016 – 2018

Education

• Honorary Doctorate, Art & Design
  Prowess University
  Art & Design · 2025
• Google UX Design Certificate
  Institution
  2024
• IBM Cybersecurity Analyst
  Institution
  2016
• B.Sc. Computer Engineering
  Obafemi Awolowo University
  Computer Engineering
• ND Computer Science
  Federal Polytechnic Ede
  Computer Science

Skills

• CSS
• HTML
• Figma
• Notion
• Jira
• Interaction Design
• Framer
• Slack
• Information architecture
• AI-assisted Design
• Cross-functional Leadership
• Conversion optimization
• User Research
• Accessibility
• Design Systems
• Product Design
• Product-Led Growth
• Venture Building
• UX Strategy
• Loom

Courses & certifications

• Yale Financial Markets · Yale · 2024
• Google Project Management Certificate · Google · 2024
• Google UX Design Certificate · Google · 2024
• IBM Cybersecurity Analyst · IBM · 2016

🏆 Achievements & awards

• ADPList Top 50 Global Mentors · 2022
• Super Mentor Award · 2024

  Q4 2024

• Iconic Creative Entrepreneur · 2025
• Honorary Doctorate, Art & Design · 2025

  Prowess University

⚽ Extracurricular activities

• Founder — Ddsgnr Academy

  Design education initiative.

• UX Mentor

  Mentor for Women Techmakers, Seedstars, and DigiFemmes (Francophone Africa).