Hi, I’m Nia Oloyede

A Product Designer passionate crafting human-centred & innovative designs that drive impact.

I have 7 years end-to-end design experience in startups. As a former engineer & founder, I adopt a multidisciplinary approach to solve problems.

End-to-end development

Product design

Innovation

UX/UI

Startups

Communication

Stakeholder management

End-to-end development ✦ Product design ✦ Innovation ✦ UX/UI ✦ Startups ✦ Communication ✦ Stakeholder management ✦

Experience

Nia Design ✦ 2024 – Now

Freelance Product & Web Designer

Leading the end-to-end design of apps and ecommerce websites, including research, analytics & frontend development

Aviard Inspires ✦ 2022 – Now

Lead Product Designer

Leading the end-to-end UX/UI design of a mobile app, including research, design systems and stakeholder management

HEXR ✦ 2021 – 2024

Product Project Manager

Managed cross-functional design and engineering teams to deliver hardware product projects worth over £250k

HEXR ✦ 2021

Lead Design Engineer

Led the end-to-end development of hardware products, resulting in over 30 high-fidelity prototypes made and tested

Compact Cane ✦ 2018 – 2020

Product Design Lead & Founder

Led the end-to-end development of a software & hardware product, including user research, prototyping and software development

DCA Design International ✦ 2016 – 2017

Design Engineer

Designed, prototyped and tested hardware products for clients including GSK, Unilever and Hitachi


Awards & Certificates

Black Girls In Tech UX/UI Design Bootcamp ✦ 2024

APMG AgilePM® Project Management Foundation ✦ 2022

Makerversity Maker with a Mission Residency ✦ 2020

Bethnal Green Ventures Investment Portfolio & Business Accelerator Graduate ✦ 2019

Santander Universities Entrepreneurship Award: Semi-Finalist ✦ 2019

University of Bath Alumni Innovation Award ✦ 2018

Crown Europe Prize: Best Student Graduating in Innovation and Engineering Design ✦ 2018