Temitayo Ajakore Email & Phone Number

Lagos State, Nigeria

• Handled the mobile responsive design for Nigeria Poverty Map, a platform that provides up-to-date insights on poverty in Nigeria by the Nigeria Federal government.
• Designing Proworks E-cabinet, a board management system that automates organisational board activities and administrative flows thereby reducing manual operation by over 70%.
• Working with Agile product team structures consisting of engineering, product managers, and operations; and also providing strategic design thinking to aid product vision.
• Maintaining high quality and consistency across all products by creating, contributing, and working with the Design Systems.
• Incorporating customer feedback, usage metrics, usability findings, business requirements, and market research data to develop scenarios, use cases, and high-level user requirements in order to enhance user experience

Lagos, Nigeria

• Led and managed the UX Research, UX Strategy, and Interface design for the MVP of Moneyger, a financial management platform.
• Facilitated the UX effort and design vision for building Flexxi a web-monetized borderless resources platform in collaboration with UI developers and engineers.
• Designed a working prototype for Berry, a decentralized lending solution.
• Worked remotely as a freelance product designer, identifying problems through client interviews and meetings; and designed user flows, usage scenarios, design mockups, and functional prototypes for assigned products

Lagos, Nigeria

• Provided support in the Market Information Analysis of the Nigeria Healthcare and MedTech industry for a German healthcare company.
• Facilitated a 2-Days learning session for the Frapapa's Leadership team and Customer Service Unit.

Lagos, Nigeria

• My contribution to the organization entails the management of multiple programs and projects from initiation to close spanning multiple lines of business (advisory services, market and developmental research.
• Managed a team of 32 consultants (including internal and external consultants) to deliver of projects spanning multiple industries.
• Served as the Lead Consultant on the Monitoring and Evaluation of the LSETF-GIZ Employability Support Programme
• Led the research and consulting team for Lagos State Employment Trust Fund (LSETF) Agriculture Opportunities Identification in Lagos State project.
• Oversaw the recruitment process for Lampara Lightning and organization restructuring for Baron Architecture (amongst other clients).
• Designed learning content and trained Customer Experience Team on providing effective customer service (Client: Frapapa, Swifta Systems and Services)

Lagos, Nigeria

• Key Contribution:
• Designed and organized the Women In Business Seminar (a roundtable discussion on improving access to business opportunities and financing for women with SMEs and MSMEs) in partnership with Dangote Women Foundation.
• Organized and facilitated the Business Masterclass for Young Professionals seminar.
• Coordinated internal resources and third parties/vendors for the flawless execution of programs and projects.
• Provided effective leadership to the project team, and takes action for quality team performance.

Lagos, Nigeria

• Worked on the redesign on the HNG Website, a learning and job-matching platform to help recruiters find talents and create visibility for new tech talents.
• Collaborated with fellow designers on the design of a Co-living platform that helps university students find cost-effective accommodation in Nigeria.
• Designed high-quality user interfaces and visual designs for web and mobile applications.

24 Awolowo Road, Bodija, Ibadan, Nigeria.

• Achievement:
• Managed relationships with over 15 clients; coordinated among client teams locally and internationally, accounting for projects with over 12 million.
• With the Project Team and Public Policy Desk, I initiated and managed the implementation of over 25 programs and projects in the areas of Youth Unemployment and Job Creation, Economic Reform and Ease of Doing Business.
• Managed a team of researchers on 3 policy research supported by the Department for International Development (DFID), UK / LEAP.
• Synthesized quantitative and qualitative data into actionable insights to inform policy design for policy consumers and policy evaluation for organizations.
• Organized the Future Value of Data workshop in partnership with Future Agenda and Facebook Nigeria Policy Team.

Lagos, Nigeria

• Achievement:
• Planed the various stages of project implementation and set direction by prioritizing and organizing activities and resources to achieve project objectives.
• Ensured project records and documents (Assessment Questionnaire, Change Request Form, Milestone Report Template, Project Checklist and Budget.
• etc) are adequately prepared, compiled and filed according to Magnate Group procedures.
• Provided regular and timely updates on progress and challenges of projects to the Director and other team members
• Drafted narrative and technical reports and contribute to the development of financial reports through regular budgetary follow up.

Masters In Business Administration (Mba), Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services

Ui/Ux Specialization, Design

Activities and Societies: - User Research - Design Strategy - User Experience Design - User Interface Design - Usabiltiy Testing A 4-month.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Philosophy, First Class Honor

Activities and Societies: Research Assistant, Member of the Electoral Committee, Career Coach and Tutor to over 200 students. Relevant.

Certificate Of Participation, Creative Industry

Description: The Young Professionals Bootcamp (YPB) is a 5-day in-residence program for high potential 20-25 year olds to learn world.

Secondary School Leaving Certificate

Activities and Societies: A member of the Literary and Debate Team, A representative at the Cowbell Mathematics Competition, Sport: Long.