Victor EmokpareVictor EmokpareProduct designer

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About

Product designer across B2B SaaS, fintech and AI products. I simplify complex workflows through clear product architecture and scalable design systems, and own design end to end, partnering with founders, product teams and engineers from product definition through delivery.

Experience

Product Designer · Hyperscale MediaMar 2024 – Present

B2B SaaS, AI and fintech product studio · Remote

  • Own client projects end to end across B2B SaaS, AI and fintech, serving as sole designer on the studio's flagship AI and fintech products. Delivered 12+ client projects since joining.
  • Redesigned a US lending operations platform, consolidating 20+ navigation destinations into nine functional domains (direction approved within six weeks), and led the redesign of an AI-powered PR platform whose onboarding, campaign management and analytics the client launched.
Product Design Lead / Co-Founder · ThriftNestSep 2023 – Present

Fintech · Remote

  • Shaped product direction and led design from concept to launch for a community finance platform, directing designers, engineers and growth marketers through expansion from rotational savings into personal savings, shared goals, shared pots and managed plans.
  • Designed a WhatsApp agent around coordinators' existing workflows, letting them onboard members and manage contributions without an app download, and introduced a tiered Trust Score linking on-time contributions to earlier payouts.
Product Designer · Veloci TechnologiesAug 2026 – Sep 2026

Contract · SaaS · Remote

  • Designed an internal procurement and finance platform coordinating purchasing, approvals and payments across eleven enterprise roles and external vendors, from requisition and sourcing to invoice matching and payment approval.
  • Translated finance-control requirements into exception queues, segregation-of-duties rules, audit trails and role-specific dashboards; finance teams used the platform to identify and resolve unmatched invoices.
Product Designer, DesignOps · Paramount StudentsOct 2023 – Feb 2024

EdTech · Remote

  • Built a shared design system with colour foundations, design tokens and reusable components, adopted by design and engineering across three products to replace separate interface patterns and support consistent implementation.
  • Established documentation and usage guidance as a shared team reference, reducing recurring cross-team questions and shortening onboarding for new members.
UI/UX Design Intern · Paramount StudentsJul 2023 – Sep 2023

EdTech · Remote

  • Contributed to the definition and design of a student accommodation MVP, working with a senior product designer and another UI/UX designer to translate product ideas into information architecture, user flows and mobile and admin dashboard experiences.

Earlier experience

UI Designer · Realties RealtorsJan 2023 – Dec 2023

Contract · Remote

UI Design Intern · Blank LabsDec 2022 – Mar 2023

AI productivity SaaS · Remote

UI/UX Design Intern · Zummit AfricaNov 2022 – Mar 2023

Remote

Skills and tools

Strategy and research
Product definition, UX strategy, user research, usability testing, competitive analysis
Product architecture and craft
Complex workflows, information architecture, user flows, design systems, variables and tokens, prototyping, responsive UI design
AI-assisted product workflow
Research synthesis, rapid concept exploration, UX copy drafting and design-to-code handoff within day-to-day product work
Tools
Figma, Miro, ProtoPie, UserBit, Framer, Illustrator, Photoshop; HTML/CSS

Education and certification

B.Tech, Meteorology and Climate ScienceFederal University of Technology, Akure · 2012–2017
Google UX Design Professional CertificateCoursera · Sep 2022