Skip to content
BackNov 7
Samuel O.
Upwork badge

Samuel O.

Senior UI/UX Designer | Design System Engineer | Figma, Claude

🎯 Design Systems Engineer | Senior UI/UX Designer | Creator of Sakani UI 🏆 Top Rated · 100% Job Success | 5+ Years of Product Design Experience Hi, my name is Sam, and I'm the creator of Sakani Design System. For over 5 years, I've designed end-to-end product experiences and built scalable design systems for founders and product-led teams across the US, Europe, East Asia, the Middle East, and the UK, working with everyone from pre-seed startups to global high-street brands across SaaS, B2B, legal tech, edtech, fintech, and consumer apps. About: 🏆 Upwork Top Rated with 100% job success score ⚡️ 5+ years delivering SaaS, mobile, and web UX/UI design 🎯 Projects spanning SaaS platforms, mobile apps, web apps, and design systems engineering 🌟 Clients from pre-seed startups to global high-street brands 📱 End-to-end design for iOS, Android, and desktop software 📐 Production-ready Figma files, built for engineering handoff, not just presentation 💜 Clients: LegalZoom, Gozango, Afterschool HQ, MyMetaSoftware. What makes my work different: I don't just design screens; I think about the entire product experience. For SaaS products, that means understanding how different user roles move through a platform, where workflows break down, and how to design interfaces that reduce friction at every touchpoint. For mobile, it means designing for real usage patterns, thumb zones, loading states, and edge cases, not just clean screens in a mockup. And when a product needs to scale, I build the design infrastructure to support it: component libraries, design tokens, and documentation that keeps teams aligned and speeds up future development. Whether it's a full product redesign, a new feature, a mobile app, or a design system from the ground up, I ask the questions most designers skip and push back when something won't serve the user. What I offer: ✔ SaaS & Software UX/UI Design. End-to-end product design for web apps, desktop software, and SaaS platforms, from discovery and wireframing through to pixel-perfect, developer-ready UI. ✔ Mobile App Design. Native iOS and Android experiences designed around how people actually use their phones, not just how they look in a portfolio. ✔ Design Systems & Documentation. Full design system built in Figma, tokens, components, variants, and handoff-ready documentation your engineers will actually use. ✔ Web & App Development. I bring designs to life in Framer (websites) and Cursor/Lovable (web apps), closing the gap between design intent and working product. Comprehensive expertise: SaaS, B2B, and B2C interface design Mobile app design (iOS & Android) Web app & desktop software design Design systems, component libraries & design tokens Wireframing, prototyping & high-fidelity UI UX research, user journey mapping & information architecture Design audit & UX audit Website design & development (Framer) Web app development (Cursor · Lovable · Antigravity) Developer handoff & Figma-to-code pipelines My stack: Design: Figma, Storybook, Chromatic, Make, FigJam, Zeplin, Development: Claude, Cursor, Framer, Lovable, Antigravity Collaboration: Slack, Linear, ClickUp, Odoo If you're looking for a senior UX/UI designer, SaaS product designer, mobile app designer, design systems expert, or a design partner who brings both strategic thinking and hands-on execution, I'd love to hear about what you're building. 🙌

🇳🇬Lagos, Nigeria$30/hr100% JSS5.00 (10)Since Dec 2021
GlobeUpwork

Earnings and projects

MRR
$948

Last 6 months ÷ 6

World#50,586 / 412k
🇳🇬Country#1,088 / 13.8k
Revenue, last 30 days
$2.1k

Last 6 months: $5.7k

World#20,477 / 412k
🇳🇬Country#301 / 13.8k
Total earnings
$37k

Billed in all: $38k

World#96,163 / 412k
🇳🇬Country#1,133 / 13.8k
Per project
$1.9k

$948 in the last 6 months

World#79,044 / 412k
🇳🇬Country#1,297 / 13.8k
Projects, last 6 months
6
17% fixed83% hourly
World#34,405 / 412k
🇳🇬Country#2,240 / 13.8k
Projects in all
19

Across 21 contracts

43% fixed57% hourly
World#138,388 / 412k
🇳🇬Country#4,302 / 13.8k

Earnings, last 30 days

$38.4k+$2.1k earned in the last 30 daysBilled in all, before Upwork's fee · drag across the chart to see what was earned in any stretch
$36k$38k$40kOct 8Oct 23Nov 7

Skill rankings: Top 8% in UIKit

Ranked by MRR among everyone on Upwork with the skill.

  1. #18Design Handoff138 freelancers · 🇳🇬 #1Top 13%
  2. #66UIKit818 freelancers · 🇳🇬 #1Top 8%
  3. #119Design Thinking1,165 freelancers · 🇳🇬 #2Top 10%
  4. #200App Design1,737 freelancers · 🇳🇬 #2Top 12%
  5. #242User Flow1,972 freelancers · 🇳🇬 #7Top 12%
  6. #336UX Research2,772 freelancers · 🇳🇬 #8Top 12%
  7. #441Dashboard2,955 freelancers · 🇳🇬 #13Top 15%
  8. #450Mobile UI Design4,166 freelancers · 🇳🇬 #10Top 11%