Future-proofing through Design

Full Stack Product Designer

Hey now! My name’s Obed but most call me “Obi” and have been doing this since ’96 with small local businesses to the world of higher education for Seton Hall University and now working with CVP as a technologist furthering my career in Human Centered Design with my ever growing background in UI/UX/CX.

The creative route I’ve chosen has taken me to place and worked on projects I never would’ve dreamed of and I’m not stopping any time soon!

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My Experience

After almost 10 years (and a pandemic) at Seton Hall University, it felt like it was time to move onto a new role and further my career in the world of UI/UX/CX and came across CVP (Customer Value Partners, Inc) where being a technologist allows me to take part in life changing projects and bring my years of experience to the ease of use for users while making it pleasing to the eye.

  • Translate high-level requirements into interaction flows, artifacts and transform them into beautiful, intuitive, and functional user interfaces on a daily basis with “mobile first” in mind.
  • Collaborate with management and web development team to define and implement innovative solutions for the product direction, visuals and experience.
  • Execute all visual design stages from concept to final production as requested.
  • Conceptualize original ideas that bring simplicity and user friendliness to complex design.
  • Create wireframes, storyboards, user flows, process flows and site maps to effectively communicate interaction and design ideas.
  • Present and defend designs and key milestone deliverables to peers and management.
  • Establish and promote responsive design guidelines, accessibility, best practices and standards.
  • Design and develop templates for Content Management Systems, including (but not limited to) Joomla and Drupal.
  • Logo Design.
  • Redesign/update front-end designs.
  • Design/Develop/Alter back-end/CMS to better suit the customer needs.
  • Provide reports/analytics to compare and show progression in traffic and ease-of-use.
  • Designed and developed new web layouts for the company’s 8 subsidiaries; Launch 3 Telecom, NMS Cards, VoIP Route Products, Lucent 5ESS, Lucent Gear, Lucent Cellular, Antenna Supply and Telco Scrap with the use of PHP, MySQL, Ajax, jQuery, Photoshop CS5, Wireframe, Site Outlines and Mock-Ups for desktop and mobile.
  • Successfully implemented the design and guidelines for ‘banner’ advertising.
  • Standardized templates for e-mail newsletter marketing.
  • Created dynamic, clean logos for Antenna Supply, Lucent 5ESS & NMS Cards.
  • Trained employees on the proper use of social media product placement and advertising.
  • Re-design/Update of warehouse/marketing/client management systems.
  • Designed and developed new web layouts for the company’s 8 subsidiaries; Launch 3 Telecom, NMS Cards, VoIP Route Products, Lucent 5ESS, Lucent Gear, Lucent Cellular, Antenna Supply and Telco Scrap with the use of PHP, MySQL, Ajax, jQuery, Photoshop CS5, Wireframe, Site Outlines and Mock-Ups for desktop and mobile.
  • Successfully implemented the design and guidelines for ‘banner’ advertising.
  • Standardized templates for e-mail newsletter marketing.
  • Created dynamic, clean logos for Antenna Supply, Lucent 5ESS & NMS Cards.
  • Trained employees on the proper use of social media product placement and advertising.
  • Re-design/Update of warehouse/marketing/client management systems.
  • Designed and developed new web layouts for the company’s 8 subsidiaries; Launch 3 Telecom, NMS Cards, VoIP Route Products, Lucent 5ESS, Lucent Gear, Lucent Cellular, Antenna Supply and Telco Scrap with the use of PHP, MySQL, Ajax, jQuery, Photoshop CS5, Wireframe, Site Outlines and Mock-Ups for desktop and mobile.
  • Successfully implemented the design and guidelines for ‘banner’ advertising.
  • Standardized templates for e-mail newsletter marketing.
  • Created dynamic, clean logos for Antenna Supply, Lucent 5ESS & NMS Cards.
  • Trained employees on the proper use of social media product placement and advertising.
  • Re-design/Update of warehouse/marketing/client management systems.

Industry Knowledge

  • Web Development/Design
  • Graphic Design and Illustration
  • User Interface and Experience Development/Design
  • Typography
  • Photo editing and (small to large) print
  • Art Direction
  • Responsive Web Design
  • Section 508 (Accessibility Compliance)
  • Video Editing
  • Sound Design

Tools & Languages

  • Next.js
  • Sketch
  • React
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Adobe XD
  • Adobe Premiere
  • Adobe After Effects
  • Adobe Lightroom
  • CSS / SCSS / SASS
  • HTML 5
  • PHP
  • Bootstrap
  • Foundation (by Zurb)
  • Node.js
  • Material.io
  • Tailwind CSS
  • Joomla
  • Drupal
  • WordPress

Things to come:

Case studies, UI/UX conversations, tips and tricks, etc…