Chinonye Onuoha | Product Designer · Fintech & E-Commerce

About

Work

Resume

I design products people trust with their money

I'm Chinonye, a product designer who shows up before the brief exists. In 4+ years across fintech and e-commerce, I've taken a payments app from 3.6★ to 4.8★ as its only designer and shipped a 0→1 platform that saves $75k+ a year for products used across Africa, Europe, and North America.

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currently open to new opportunities

UX Strategy
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Design Thinking
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Stakeholder Management
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Product Design
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User Research
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Design Systems
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Fintech
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E-Commerce
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Cross-functional Leadership
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What I am good at

Not just how it looks. How it performs 🤹🏽‍♀️

Before pixels, before briefs, I'm in the room shaping product direction. I build relationships across the org, so when I need buy-in, I already have credibility. I'm comfortable in rooms where design usually isn't, like compliance reviews and growth planning, because that's where the real product decisions get made.

Built for real-world complexity

Fintech, payments, and marketplaces don't

forgive guesswork. My designs account for edge cases, failure states, compliance, and scale from day one.

Fintech, payments, and marketplaces don't forgive guesswork. My designs account for edge cases, failure states, compliance, and scale from day one.

Fintech, payments, and marketplaces don’t forgive guesswork. My designs account for edge cases, failure states, compliance, and scale from day one.

Ownership, not handoffs

I've worked as a sole designer on live products, from research to design QA, partnering directly with product, engineering, and leadership.

I’ve worked as a sole designer on live products, from research to design QA, partnering directly with product, engineering, and leadership.

Measured impact

I track what ships: ratings, completion rates, drop-offs, referrals, adoption. Delight matters, but I make it measurable.

Systems over one-offs

Design systems, patterns, and rituals that outlive me.

Selected Work ✨

Work I'm proud of (and would do again)

Scaling a cross-border payment fintech as a sole designer

Sole Product Designer

Scope : Mobile app, web, admin, design systems

Scaling a cross-border payment fintech as a sole designer

Sole Product Designer

Scope : Mobile app, web, admin, design systems

Impact

Improved app rating from 3.6 to 4.8

Multi-market research

Stronger trust & security with PINs and biometrics advocacy

Design system adoption and enforcement

Better onboarding & KYC completion

Weekly metrics ownership tracked and acted on

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Designing for Nigeria's top e-commerce platform

UX Designer

Scope: Consumer apps, merchant tools, internal platforms

Designing for Nigeria's top e-commerce platform

UX Designer

Scope: Consumer apps, merchant tools, internal platforms

Impact

Internal search platform that saves $75k+/year (0 → 1)

Internal search platform that saves $75k+/year

(0 → 1)

Revenue uplift from improved checkout & KongaNow UX

Merchant Inventory management tool design (0 → 1)

Merchant Inventory management tool design

(0 → 1)

Affiliate portal redesign

KongaPay website redesign

Improved usability across web & mobile surfaces

Seller HQ redesign

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African Music Library — Research for cultural infrastructure

Side project

Scope: Discovery, structure, and access

What I explored

User needs & mental models

Information architecture

Low-fidelity flows for discovery and cataloging

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African Music Library — Research for cultural infrastructure

Side project

Scope: Discovery, structure, and access

Want to work together?

I'm always open to new opportunities and conversations, let's connect.

I’m always open to new opportunities and conversations, let’s connect.

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Currently open to new opportunities

Chinonye Maria-Goretti Onuoha. Designed with intention, built with care

Want to work together?

I’m always open to new opportunities and conversations, let’s connect.

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Currently open to new opportunities

Chinonye Maria-Goretti Onuoha. Designed with intention, built with care