MICHAEL MAROSI
UI/UX DESIGNER
Nairobi
Summary
Creative UI/UX Developer with 10+ years experience facilitating and supporting human interactions with complex systems and software. Maintains user-centric designs while adhering to prescribed interface principals and related development goals. Dedicated to creating inviting and unintimidating interfaces for everything from simple open-source applications to complex proprietary systems.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Product Designer
Mark & Ryse Company Limited
Nairobi , Nairobi
2 2019 - Current
- Collaborated with diverse internal teams, resulting in 20% decrease in design and development time
- Managed team of 6, improving project delivery efficiency by up to 20%
- Conducted initial user research and planning of UI/UX strategies, building prototypes and ultimately executing development and successful launch of 100+ website projects
- Championed production of user-centric UI/UX mobile app interfaces and seamless user flows, resulting in 25% increase in app downloads
- Developed creative strategy and marketing campaigns for 30+ clients, including branding and advertising initiatives with comprehensive involvement spanning from ideation to execution, ensuring consistent and impactful representation of clients' brands
- Designed 20+ unique logos according to creative brief that capture core identity and values of companies
- Preparing mockups for clients to sample branding
- Stationery design including business cards, banners, company profiles, flyers, brochures, posters and clinic booklets
- Social media artwork design for 50+ clients.
- Developed wireframes and prototypes to effectively communicate design ideas to stakeholders and team members
- Self-motivated, with a strong sense of personal responsibility.
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
Program Manager Volunteer
Mrembo Empowerment Community
2017.01 - Current
- Orchestrated the development of a bespoke Monitoring and Evaluation (MEL) tool by an external vendor to measure program impact on beneficiaries and the community, resulting in a 40% efficiency gain in data analysis processes.
Head of Digital Division
Mediamax Network Limited
2012.10 - 2019.02
- Executed digital advertising campaigns for 20+ high-profile clients in Kenya, generating over 1,000,000 USD in revenues
- Governed the departmental budget and managed a team of 20 (including data science experts, designers, developers and journalists)
- Spearheaded the creation of 8 brand websites for radio, television and print divisions with combined 21,000,000 monthly pageviews
- Spearheaded the software development of custom Web-based Information Systems, training users, optimizing workflows and boosting departmental productivity by 25%
- Built and published electronic newspaper mobile applications for Android and iOS with over 10,000 downloads combined
- Conceptualised, built and published Mediamax app (Kenya's first multi-lingual app) with over 50,000 downloads
- Commenced content and platform partnerships with 10+ companies, resulting in over 500,000 USD in revenues.
Technical Project Manager
Competa Millman
2011.01 - 2012.09
- Developed a proprietary data collection tool for Research Triangle International, leading to an 80% increase in report accuracy
- Deployed an inhouse customer relationship management solution increasing operational efficiency by 35%.
Network Operations Engineer
Liquid Intelligent Technologies
2008.06 - 2011.01
- Engineered and deployed an SMS alert messaging system improving response times by 95% for the Cloud Infrastructure provider.
Education
MBA in Global Business and Sustainability -
Catholic University of The Sacred Heart - Milan, Italy
MilanBachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science (First Class Honors) -
Catholic University of Eastern Africa
Skills
UI/UX Design
Timeline
Program Manager Volunteer
Mrembo Empowerment Community
2017.01 - Current
Head of Digital Division
Mediamax Network Limited
2012.10 - 2019.02
Technical Project Manager
Competa Millman
2011.01 - 2012.09
Network Operations Engineer
Liquid Intelligent Technologies
2008.06 - 2011.01
MBA in Global Business and Sustainability -
Catholic University of The Sacred Heart - Milan, Italy
Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science (First Class Honors) -
Catholic University of Eastern Africa
Senior Product Designer
Mark & Ryse Company Limited
2 2019 - Current
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