Precious Ogar — Senior Product Designer. Portfolio of product design work across fintech, payments and crypto, based in Lagos, Nigeria and working with teams in the United States, Europe and Nigeria.

Role

Senior Product Designer · Fintech, SaaS & AI

Available for full-time remote
About

I'm a senior product designer who helps teams move from ambiguity to direction, aligning user needs, technical constraints, and business direction into experiences that scale. For more than six years, I've worked across fintech, payments, and crypto products, helping teams translate nuanced requirements into clear, scalable user experiences.

I've contributed to products at Acumen Digital, BitGo, HostFi, and Mercurie, designing onboarding flows, transaction experiences, and product systems that improve usability, strengthen trust, and support growth.

Outside of client work, I create tools and open resources for designers, mentor early-career talent, and explore the intersection of AI and design engineering. My latest project, Reframeo, helps designers animate SVGs faster.

I’m in Toptal’s top 3% of designers. I’ve also designed Trove’s investment app (100K+ downloads, 4.2★ rating) and built a design system at Brass that cut development time by 40%. I hold an MBA in Fintech & Blockchain (Distinction) and a BSc in Computer Science.

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Cross-Border Payments in Africa: Challenges and Emerging Models

This paper examines cross-border payment challenges across Africa's 54 countries, analyzing why average transaction costs (7.4-8.3%) remain 2.5x above G20 targets despite significant fintech innovation.

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AI-Focused Prototyping: A Practical Guide for UI/UX Designers

Prototyping used to feel like pushing pixels for hours. Now, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing the way designers create and evaluate user experiences.

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Systems Thinking for Designers

Design is the unseen system that links user behavior, technology, and commercial results; it is not just a collection of beautiful screens. Instead of thinking like decorators, the top designers think like system architects.

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Design ROI: How every pixel impacts revenue

Design isn’t just what happens in Figma; it’s what happens to the business because of it. Every design choice you make carries financial weight.

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Designing Fintech Products for Africa: Building Trust and Accessibility

People didn’t just need a better way to move money; they needed a reason to believe the system wouldn’t fail them.

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