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Riley Okonkwo

Junior Product Designer
Seattle, WA, United States

Professional Summary

Junior product designer with 2+ years across internship and associate roles, focused on B2B SaaS and consumer apps. Skilled in Figma, user research, design systems, and shipping UI with engineering partners. Looking for a full-time product design role where research and craft both matter.

Employment History

Associate Product Designer
Cascade Analytics · Seattle, WA
Jun, 2024 · Present
Redesigned onboarding for the analytics dashboard; cut time-to-first-insight by ~28% in usability tests with 18 users. Built and maintained a Figma component library (80+ components) adopted by 4 product squads. Partnered with PMs and engineers on weekly design critiques; shipped 12 production features in 9 months. Ran moderated usability sessions and synthesized findings into prioritized opportunity maps.
Product Design Intern
Northwind Labs · Seattle, WA
Jan, 2024 · May, 2024
Designed mobile checkout flows for a marketplace pilot; improved task success from 62% to 89% in prototype tests. Created wireframes, high-fidelity mockups, and interactive prototypes in Figma for 3 epic initiatives. Documented accessibility notes (WCAG 2.1 AA) and worked with eng to fix contrast and focus-order issues.
Design Lead (student org)
Harbor Student Union · Seattle, WA
Sep, 2022 · Dec, 2023
Led a 5-person student design team for event posters, web pages, and wayfinding for campus programs. Established a simple brand kit and templates that cut design turnaround from 5 days to 2. Coordinated with student government stakeholders on weekly delivery reviews.

Education

B.A. Interaction Design
University of Washington · Seattle, WA
2020 · 2024
Relevant coursework: Human-Computer Interaction, Visual Design, Prototyping Methods

Skills

Figma
FigJam
Adobe Illustrator
User Research
Usability Testing
Design Systems
Wireframing
Prototyping
Accessibility
Notion
Jira
HTML
CSS

Courses

Google UX Design Certificate
Google / Coursera · Online
2023 · 2023
Completed coursework in user-centered design, wireframing, prototyping, usability testing, and accessibility.