About · b. 1998 / based in Lagos

A designer who
sweats the small,
slow details.

Five years designing AI and SaaS products at startups that move fast. I care about clean layouts and I document obsessively. Both have a way of paying off later.

* ask my engineers,
they'll back me up.
Ayowande working on a laptop at an outdoor cafe
Working session with the team around a dining table, laptops open
Close-up of a saxophone held in performance
Portrait of Ayowande in a brown shirt, mango tree behind
Chess king piece in focus, terminal glowing behind
Home desk with monitor, laptop, and notes
The Journey

From learning Adobe XD
to leading product design.

I landed my first real role at Groflex, a German startup. Spent five months on the WebApp team alongside two other designers which became my first taste of actual product work, with actual deadlines.

After that, I joined Approvam as their only designer. Just me. I figured it out, delivered, and learned more in that stretch than any course could teach.

Then I joined Dexla. UK-based startup. They brought me in to lead the redesign of their low-code app builder into a fully no-code AI product. That project stretched me in ways I didn't expect, leading design across multiple teams, keeping documentation tight, communicating with people who thought very differently from me. It's also what pulled me into the AI space.

Now I'm at Airstride, and honestly, it's the most I've ever grown in a role. I came in to design version 2 of the product, specifically Carmen, an AI agent that helps vendors find and acquire partners without the usual headaches. The role kept growing. I ended up owning the website redesign too, and diving into SEO. Before I knew it, I was in everything. It worked. The website redesign drove an 84% jump in conversions. I'm not just designing here, I'm building.

Where I have been

Five years. Five teams.
Always shipping.
  • 2025 - NowProduct Designer
  • 2024 - 2025UX Designer
  • 2023 - 2024Product Designer
  • 2023Product Designer
  • 2022 - 2023Product Designer
Beyond the screen

Things I do
when I'm not designing.

01

Saxophone

I play the saxophone. It's the one thing in my life that has nothing to do with screens, and that's exactly why I love it.

02

Videography

I shoot video for my church media crew. Different kind of storytelling, same obsession with getting the details right.

03

Chess

I play chess. Probably why I think five steps ahead in design. Or maybe I just like the game. Either way.

Toolkit

Tools are tools. The thinking is what ships.
That said, here is what is on my desk.

  • Figma
  • FigJam
  • Framer
  • ProtoPie
  • Notion
  • Linear
  • Loom
  • Webflow
  • Cursor
  • After Effects
  • Principle
  • Maze

Let's build
something good.

Got a project? Or just want to talk design, chess, or debate FPL transfers? I'm always open to a conversation.