Work with me
Hire me, bring me a product, or book a talk.
I'm a senior product designer for SaaS, B2B and B2C products, mostly the hard ones: payments, compliance, and platforms with several kinds of user. Pick the way in that fits, or just write and I'll work out which it is.
01 · Hiring for a role
What you'd be hiring.
A senior product designer who works out the structure first and stays until it ships.
The why behind the what
I ask the questions nobody thought to ask. Once we know why something happened, we know how to fix it, and what's actually worth building.
Structure before screens
I map a product's objects, roles and states before I design a screen, so the edge cases turn up on paper, not in production.
Regulated, multi-role products
Payments, identity checks and KYC, and platforms where several roles share one system, like MentorMe's parents, students, tutors and admins.
Through to build
I built web platforms before I moved into design, so I stay with engineering until it ships the way it was designed.
Teaching
1,000+ designers trained through Women Techsters. I can explain a decision, and help a team make the next one.
- Works
- Remote, hybrid or on-site
- Role type
- Full-time or contract
02 · A product design project
Products with real complexity underneath.
When it goes wrong, it's almost never because the interface was ugly.
A good fit when
- Your product has more states than screens, and the states are winning.
- Compliance shapes the flow and nobody has designed around it properly.
- Several roles use the same object and mean different things by it.
- A redesign has been tried before and fell apart at the edge cases.
Probably not when
- You need a visual refresh and the structure is already sound.
- The screens are already specified and you need them drawn.
- There's no time for any discovery at all.
If it's this list, I'll say so straight away, and I'll usually know someone better suited.
How a project starts
You write
A paragraph on the product and what isn't working.
I reply within 48 hours
With questions, or a no and a name.
We agree the problem
On a call, before any scope or price.
03 · A talk or workshop
Talks from work that shipped.
Structure before screens, compliance without a maze, and what designers should do about AI.
Latest · WordCamp Port Harcourt · March 2026 · in person
Topics and booking04 · Mentoring
Designers who can defend their decisions.
Portfolio reviews, mock interviews and career direction, one to one.
Top 10 UX Research Mentor · January to March 2026
MentoringStart with a paragraph.
What you're hiring for or building, what isn't working, and roughly when. I reply within 48 hours.
Adebayo Chike
I read and answer every message myself.
Mentoring sessions are booked from the Mentoring page.