01 Senior UX Designer · Research-led, systems-minded
Ten years designing accessible, evidence-based digital services for regulated and public-sector environments. Turning ambiguous problems into interfaces that hold up in production, in audits, and in daily use.
Practice at a glance
02 About
I'm Abiodun, a Senior UX Designer working across public sector, defence-adjacent and regulated commercial projects. My background sits at the intersection of user research, interaction design and accessibility. I care as much about how a service performs for someone using a screen reader on a low-bandwidth connection as I do about the polish in a Figma file.
Most of my recent work has been inside long-running, multi-stakeholder programmes, translating conflicting requirements from policy, security and operations into services that are simple enough for a first-time user, and robust enough to pass a formal accessibility audit. I lead discovery research, build and govern design systems, and sit close to delivery so what ships matches what was designed.
03 Skills & expertise
Framing the right problem before designing the solution, with methods chosen to fit the constraints of live programmes.
High-fidelity, testable prototypes that communicate intent clearly to engineers, policy leads and assessors alike.
Building shared component libraries that scale across teams without collapsing under edge cases.
Accessibility treated as a design constraint from day one, not a remediation pass at the end.
Working embedded with engineering, product and policy so design decisions survive contact with delivery.
Comfortable operating within information-security constraints and formal assurance processes.
04 Selected case studies
Each case study below opens into a full project page with challenge, process, artefacts and measured outcome.
Public sector · Defence-adjacent
Transforming a fragmented, form-heavy internal tool into a task-based, user-centred service designed to streamline casework, improve processing efficiency, and simplify onboarding for new caseworkers.
Local government · London Borough of Hounslow
I redesigned Hounslow’s paper-based Household Support Grant application into a simpler, accessible digital service, using user research, journey mapping, and GDS guidance to make the process faster and easier for residents.
E-commerce · Personal project
I redesigned a cross-border e-commerce platform that simplifies international shopping through a seamless purchasing experience and an integrated rewards system, allowing users to earn cashback and exclusive benefits with every purchase.
05 Experience
Own end-to-end UX for enterprise software products, from discovery research through developer handoff, within a cross-functional Agile team. Run interviews, usability tests and workshops with 20+ end users to validate designs early, turning complex enterprise workflows into clear journeys and prototypes, and embedding WCAG-aligned accessibility into product decisions from the outset.
Ran 10+ research sessions and usability tests with defence users, following GOV.UK Service Manual guidance. Designed to the GDS Service Standard using GOV.UK Design System components, helping the service pass both its alpha and beta assessments, and built coded prototypes in the GOV.UK Prototype Kit to test journeys within a multidisciplinary Agile team.
Led discovery research across Housing, Benefits and Adult Social Care, contributing to a 33% increase in digital service adoption through research-led, evidence-based usability improvements. Designed service blueprints and journeys that simplified complex council processes, applying GDS accessibility standards across a large, diverse resident population.
Built leadership and decision-making skills in high-pressure operational environments, and delivered public engagement and recruitment presentations to diverse audiences.
06 Testimonials
Abiodun is the rare designer who can sit comfortably in a security-assurance meeting in the morning and run a usability session in the afternoon. The research was always airtight.
The design system Abiodun built is still the backbone of how our teams ship UI two years on. It was documented well enough that engineers could self-serve.
Accessibility was never an afterthought with Abiodun; it shaped decisions from the first sketch, which is exactly why we passed our re-audit first time.
07 Contact
Open to contract and permanent Senior UX Designer roles, particularly public sector, regulated, or accessibility-critical services. Usually able to start within 2–4 weeks.
Standards
This portfolio is built to conform to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 at Level AA, the standard I design and test against in my own professional work. Accessibility is treated as a design requirement from the first sketch, not a remediation pass applied at the end.
Scope
This statement covers all pages and sections of this portfolio site, including navigation, case study content, the contact form and all interactive elements.
What this site does to meet AA
Known limitations
This site is a design concept built to demonstrate practice rather than a commissioned, formally audited service. Some supporting demo content (the desktop/mobile preview toggle, for example) is provided for illustrative purposes and sits outside the scope of this statement.
Feedback
If you encounter an accessibility barrier anywhere on this site, I want to know about it: aadebayor147@gmail.com.
Standards
A shorter, practical companion to the formal statement above: what I actually paid attention to while designing and building this site, and why.
Every text and interface colour pair was checked against WCAG AA contrast thresholds, including the teal and gold accents against both dark and light backgrounds.
Every link, button and form field can be reached and operated by keyboard, with a clearly visible focus outline, including through the mobile preview toggle.
Headings follow a logical order, landmarks mark out navigation and main content, and the page is built to be skimmed by screen reader users, not just sighted ones.
The contact form uses explicit labels tied to each field, marks required fields clearly, and avoids placeholder text as a substitute for a proper label.
Layouts hold together from a 390px mobile viewport up to wide desktop, and content reflows cleanly at 200% browser zoom rather than clipping or overlapping.
Transitions are short, purposeful and non-essential to understanding the content; nothing auto-plays, loops indefinitely, or flashes.
Spotted something that doesn't hold up? I'd genuinely like to hear about it at aadebayor147@gmail.com.