Raymond Okoro

Product designer with 10+ years shaping digital products across fintech, mobility, education, and community.

Indie builder. Photographer. Writer.

UK-based. Proudly Nigerian.

Raymond Okoro
Skills
Product DesignUX ResearchInteraction DesignDesign SystemsPrototypingBrand IdentityDesign EngineeringPhotographyWriting & Editing
Interests
PhotographyIndependent publishingAfrobeats musicArchitectureTravelMoviesFood
Experience

Senior Product Designer

Arrive · Full-time · Remote · London, UK

Leading strategic design efforts for the YourParkingSpace business unit with a focus on UX/UI improvements towards CRO and CLTV. Built YourParkingSpace's first design system — defined core components, patterns, and guidelines, established consistency across the platform while reducing design-to-development handoff friction.

Aug 2024 — Present

Product Designer

Moneybox · Full-time · Hybrid · London, UK

Designed simplified and engaging experiences that helped 1M+ customers save and invest with confidence. Led design of the customer AML compliance journey, achieving a substantial first-time completion rate. Contributed to growing and documenting the design system.

Mar 2023 — Oct 2023

Senior Product Designer

EduTech Global · Full-time · Remote · Lagos, Nigeria

Led and mentored a design team to deliver complex cross-platform edtech products. Championed the branding, design, and launch of Studio — a teleconferencing solution bridging the gap between learners and teachers across borders. Led the redesign of large multi-tenant school and student management solutions using sprints and design thinking.

Apr 2022 — Mar 2023

Product Designer

Vatebra Limited · Full-time · On-site · Ikeja, Lagos

Drove and established the user-centered, design-led approach to product delivery. Designed the end-to-end experience for a procurement application for a prominent oil & gas firm in Africa, a mobile result checker enabling candidates across multiple countries to easily check their results, and an electronic voting platform that digitised a problematic manual voting process for a government body.

Aug 2017 — Apr 2022

Brand & UI Designer

Vatebra Limited · Full-time · On-site · Lagos, Nigeria

Designed strategic communications — flyers, brochures, and banners for print, social, and digital advertising. Designed visual identity systems including logos, ID cards, contact cards, signatures, and brand guides. Redesigned legacy UIs for a plethora of white-label and proprietary solutions.

Jun 2014 — Aug 2017

Visual & UI Designer

RightClick Limited · Full-time · On-site · Ikeja, Lagos

Designed visual identity elements like logos, ID cards, contact cards, signatures, and brand guides. Designed banners, illustrations, landing pages, and icons for websites. Pioneered award-winning website designs for leading financial brands like Wema Bank and ARM.

Oct 2013 — Jun 2014
Features & Publications

What people say

One of the most amazingly creative and innovative minds I've encountered in the design, product, and technology space.
PMPrecious Mabubuike

Precious Mabubuike

Staff Product Designer · Tamara · Prev Meta, Booking.com

Raymond's dedication to user-centred thinking shows in every part of his work. He's a self-starter, deeply committed to growth, and the kind of team player who adds value to any project.
LWLewis Wain

Lewis Wain

Senior Product Designer · Moneybox · Prev Shopify, adidas

Raymond made a significant impact through his design work and the charisma and positivity he brought to the team. He continuously designed for both the end-user and the wider business — and motivated those around him to do the same.
JBJoe Baker

Joe Baker

Principal Product Designer · Moneybox

I've worked with Raymond at two organisations and watched his passion for design grow stronger each time. If you need someone whose focus is creating a beautiful, satisfying experience for users, Raymond is your guy.
COChibuzor Obilom

Chibuzor Obilom

Software Quality & Process Engineering Lead · Passpoint

Ray is incredibly diligent and pays attention to the very minute details. He sees design in multiple dimensions.
ASAbiola Shehu Yushau

Abiola Shehu Yushau

CTO, CSA · Vatebra

Let's work together
or just say hi.

I'm open to design collaborations, photography projects, consulting, and interesting conversations. Drop me a line and I'll get back to you.