Uche Okoro

Uche Okoro Head Of User Experience / UX/UI Designer - Tavia Technologies- Summary Creative Director, Graphic Design, Website Design, Branding. Specialties: Graphic Design, Website Design, Branding. Experience Web and UX Consultant at Spectranet Limited February 2015 - December 2016 (1 year 11 months) Head Of Graphics Dept - UX-UI DESIGNER/WEBMASTER/QUALITY ASSURANCE/SHAREPOINT UI DESIGNER at Tavia Technologies November 2006 - 2016 (10 years 2 months) Working for Technology Company as a creative head using graphics to create engaging designs content. I also manage a creative team across multiple disciplines from Graphics Designer and a Front-End (UX) Developer, SharePoint End-User Admin, SharePoint Branding, Web Apps and Web portal developers and to motion graphic designers while ensuring all projects have the highest levels of creativity value possible. Other key part which I play is in new business strategy by designing mockup for pitch documents. My time in Tavia, As part of the pitch team that won work with the MTN Nigeria, Access Bank, FCMB, LNG, FIRS, WAPIC, Etisalat and FSDH. Responsibilities: • Coming up with creative design and directing the creative on ‘look and feels’ and storyboards. • A clear and good understanding of the client branding and strategies and interpreting this through all creative work • General project management and Building creative teams and briefing colleagues and running creative and project meetings • Pitching new ideas /projects to clients and keeping clients updated on project progression Client list includes: MTN Nigeria, Access Bank, FCMB, LNG, FIRS, WAPIC, Etisalat and FSDH. Web,SharePoint UI/UX Designer Analyst Consultant at Access Bank Plc 2003 - 2016 (14 years) Page 1 Head graphics, management position overseeing a team of developers, slicers and designers. I was responsible for managing the workload of the team and ensuring all deadlines throughout the season were kept. My main areas of responsibility were: • Creating a broad range of UI/UX creative concepts that promoted key elements of the website portal brand and reflected current industry trends • Presentation of team's work to directors, corporate communications and marketing departments • Attending brand meetings, content and image gathering based on bank products • Editing and selecting final images, briefing re-touching notes to in-house departments Successfully design of the following websites for Access Bank PLC (Designing of Access Bank website from 2003 to 2014) Access Bank PLC: www.accessbankplc.com Access Bank PLC: https://www.ghana.accessbankplc.com/ Access Bank PLC: https://gambia.accessbankplc.com/ Access Bank PLC: https://sierraleone.accessbankplc.com/ Access Bank PLC: https://zambia.accessbankplc.com/ Access Bank PLC Google Web Archive http://wayback.archive.org/web/-/http://www.accessbankplc.com/ http://wayback.archive.org/web/-/http://www.accessbankplc.com/nwwx/index.cfm http://wayback.archive.org/web/-/http://www.accessbankplc.com/nwwx/index.cfm http://wayback.archive.org/web/-/http://www.accessbankplc.com/ http://wayback.archive.org/web/-/http://www.accessbankplc.com/ http://wayback.archive.org/web/-/http://www.accessbankplc.com/default.aspx? http:// wayback.archive.org/web/-/http://www.accessbankplc.com/(Award winning site) Web and UI/UX Analyst Consultant at MTN Nigeria 2004 - 2014 (11 years) Graphic designer consultant under Tavia Technologies consulting for MTN and Head of Graphics, specialising in adding personality and character to websites and all creative. Work includes brand development on website, image conceptualization, come up with UI/UX for web design, brand ideas which help company in communication with customers and design consultancy. MTN Nigeria Google Web Archive (From 2002 to 2014) (2002) http://web.archive.org/web/-/http://www.mtnonline.com/ (2004) http://web.archive.org/web/-/http://www.mtnonline.com/ Page 2 (2005) http://web.archive.org/web/-/http://www.mtnonline.com/ (2008) http://web.archive.org/web/-/http://www.mtnonline.com/ (2010) http://web.archive.org/web/-/http://www.mtnonline.com/ (2011) http://web.archive.org/web/-/http://www.mtnonline.com/ (2014) http://web.archive.org/web/-/http://mtnonline.com/ MTN Business (2016) https://www.mtnbusiness.com.ng/ UI/UX Website Consultant July 2003 - August 2004 (1 year 2 months) Iddes Property Investment Ltd, a property investment company. • Come up with UI Design Concept and Project Management • Taking design from photoshop and turn it into a CSS/HTML page • Integral part of Sales and Marketing team. Responsible for ideation and design of Website UI design and cross-divisional marketing materials including the Company brochure, trade-show slicks and special marketing campaigns. Also responsible for ideation and design of key divisional marketing materials. Ultimately responsible for the overall quality, brand, and unity of all marketing materials. UI/UX Website Design Consultant at MTN Nigeria 2002 - 2003 (2 years) • All Website Creative Design: Come up with all website creative design concept, project manage the creative team and multimedia professionals. Manages clients and a team of developers, project managers and vendors. • Developed my design skills by creating colourful graphic images and combining them with MTN Picture messages for mobile phones • Responsible for the MTN Fashion UI design look and feel for web ‘Fashion Marketing Show’ and coordinator models for MTN Faces. Work on creative for web design for presentation, styling and fashion photography on MTN Yello and MTN Fashion MTN Nigeria Google Web Archive (2002) (2002) http://web.archive.org/web/-/http://www.mtnonline.com/ Web and UI/UX Analyst at Tavia Technologies November 2001 - 2003 (2 years 2 months) • Interact with client to successfully create visual solutions, create and promote identity, and effectively brand organizations. Consistently meet deadlines, communicate regularly the status and direction of works in progress, and coordinate the printing and delivery of finished works. Page 3 • Integral part of Sales and Marketing team. Responsible for ideation and design of Website UI design and cross-divisional marketing materials including the Company brochure, trade-show slicks and special marketing campaigns. Also responsible for ideation and design of key divisional marketing materials. Ultimately responsible for the overall quality, brand, and unity of all marketing materials. Graphics / Website Developer January 2000 - November 2001 (1 year 11 months) • Creative team: html web site layout designs, full web site design, flash, html, all macromedia, motion graphics and marketing and creative concepts. Corporate graphic design and web design. Alternative graphic design and web design. • Taking design from Photoshop and turn it into a CSS/HTML page System Engineer at 21ST CENTURY TECHNOLOGIES 1998 - 2000 (3 years) • Installation of QUALCOMM Communication Systems and Intercellular Phone Systems • Follow-up on proposals sent to clients, configuration of new computer systems, troubleshooting faulty systems, building of system, maintenance & installations. • Computerisation Of Central Bank Of Nigeria, With Over 400 Systems Nation Wild Education BRIGHTON LONDON SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT SHAREPOINT INNOVATIONS, PORTLAND, OR CERTIFICATE, SHAREPOINT CUSTOMIZATION AND BRANDING Honors and Awards MTN Nigeria - Best Website of 2012, Tavia Best Creative Award 2010, Designing Of Access Bank Website 2007 Access Bank Winner Web Jurist Version 2.7 In The Following Categories:, Access Bank - Best Bank Website of 2013, Enterprise Bank - 2nd Best Bank Website of 2013, FSDH Merchant Bank Page 4 Uche Okoro Head Of User Experience / UX/UI Designer - Tavia Technologies- Contact Uche on LinkedIn Page 5