Alexander
Akerele
The Biochemist UX
Product designer turning complex systems into clear, human experiences. Biochemistry background. Behavioural design thinking. 5+ years shipping real products across 7 industries.
Projects that shipped.
West African fintech platform for instant crypto liquidation (BTC, ETH, USDT to Naira), gift card trading, and cross-border China factory pre-orders. End-to-end product design across web and mobile.
AI-powered gig marketplace. Multi-role journeys, trust-first verification, and smart escrow.
Gamified productivity — 91% session completion. 42% W4 retention.
Trust-first childcare website — closing the gap between parent anxiety and daycare credibility.
Recruiter-grade resume matching & optimization engine with 3-pass scoring and multi-model LLM reasoning.
Where science
meets design.
I'm a biochemist turned product designer — I approach digital interfaces the same way I approach complex metabolic systems: with empirical rigour, hypothesis testing, and an obsession with how things actually function under real constraints. Not just how they look.
Services I offer.
End-to-end UX/UI — research, information architecture, wireframing, prototyping, and high-fidelity screens built for real users.
Scalable, atomic systems with tokens, components, and documentation that keep teams building consistently at speed.
Journey mapping, research synthesis, and behavioural design frameworks that turn business goals into product decisions.
User interviews, competitive audits, heuristic reviews. I don't design assumptions — I design evidence.
Synthesising research into sharp opportunity statements, journey maps, and validated problem definitions.
Rapid sketching to high-fidelity. Usability testing throughout — not just at the end.
Developer handoff, design QA, post-launch analytics. The work stops when users succeed.
Questions
people ask.
Everything you need to know before we work together — answered directly.
Ask me directly →End-to-end product design — UX research, information architecture, wireframing, prototyping, high-fidelity UI, design systems, and developer handoff. I also do UX strategy consulting and design coaching.
Yes — from rapid 4-week sprints to multi-month engagements. Short projects get sprint-focused execution; longer ones get deeper research, iteration, and system-building.
Open to full-time remote roles and select freelance projects. Building in Fintech, AI, Web3, or any complex domain? Let's talk. Remote-first, Nigerian timezone (WAT/GMT+1).
I start with understanding — not wireframes. Business goal, user context, constraints first. Then Discover → Define → Design → Deliver, with testing woven throughout.
Email is fastest: alexakerele24@gmail.com. Tell me what you're building, timeline, and what kind of help you need. I usually respond within 24 hours.
Got a project
in mind?
Whether you're building from scratch or untangling an existing product — let's make something worth remembering.