Israel Babalola. Israel Babalola. Israel Babalola. Israel Babalola.
Israel Babalola - UI/UX and Graphic Designer based in Lagos, Nigeria
UI/UX · Brand · Product · Lagos, Nigeria · Open to Remote
Open to new projects
// Intro

I've been doing this for 6 years, across UI/UX, product design, and brand identity, and the thread running through all of it is the same: design that actually does something.

I built a 20-screen recruitment platform for HiredeyGo from research to developer handoff. I redesigned a healthcare website for an NGO so users could find care faster. At Sage Capita, a visual system I put together drove a 30 percent jump in audience engagement in three months and contributed to a 25 percent lift in sales. At Vouchender, the campaign work reached 150 percent more people.

Beyond client work, I run a free graphic design bootcamp in Nigeria. Over 160 students have come through it and more than a dozen have landed internships in design.

If you need someone who moves fast, thinks in systems, and ships work that holds up under real conditions, let's talk.

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Last updated: June 2026
// Services
01

Brand Identity

I build visual systems from the ground up. Logo, color, typography, brand guidelines - designed to stay consistent whether someone sees your brand on a pitch deck, an Instagram story, or a product screen.

02

UI/UX and Product Design

From early wireframes to Figma prototypes ready for handoff, I design interfaces around how people actually behave. I do the user research, map the flows, run usability tests, and stay involved until the product ships.

03

Social Media and Campaign Design

Campaign visuals that perform. At two companies, the work drove measurable jumps in engagement and reach. I build reusable template libraries so your team can keep output consistent without starting from scratch on every post.

// Projects
UI/UX design for HiredeyGo recruitment platform mobile app and dashboard
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(2026)

HiredeyGo. Recruitment Platform

HiredeyGo came to me as a pre-launch recruitment platform with a genuinely complex problem: two completely different user types - job seekers and recruiters - sharing the same product but needing it to do opposite things.

I started with user research and ran usability testing with 8 participants to understand where decisions were getting made and where friction was building up. From there I mapped both flows and designed 20+ screens across the mobile app and admin dashboard.

Everything was built in Figma and handed off with annotated, developer-ready specs. I stayed in close contact with the front-end and mobile developers throughout to make sure nothing got lost between design and build.

UI/UX Design
Mobile App
Dashboard
Healthcare website UI design for KareWell NGO
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(2026)

KareWell. Healthcare NGO Website

KareWell is a non-profit healthcare organization. The brief was straightforward but the stakes were real: the people coming to this site often need care urgently, and a confusing or slow-loading page costs more than a bad UX score.

I designed a mobile-responsive website with accessibility as a hard constraint from day one - not something retrofitted at the end. Clean visual hierarchy, honest information architecture, and a structure that puts the most critical content where people look first.

Delivered wireframes, high-fidelity mockups, and an interactive prototype for stakeholder review and sign-off.

Website Design
Healthcare
Accessibility
Brand identity system design for Zorevia
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(2025)

Zorevia. Brand Identity System

Zorevia needed a brand identity that could hold up at scale - consistent across a pitch to investors, a post on social media, and a corporate document handed across a table.

I built it from scratch: custom logo, full 8-page brand guideline, color system, and type hierarchy. The work covered every major touchpoint so that whoever uses the brand months or years from now has a clear reference point and does not have to guess.

Branding
Logo Design
Guidelines
Social media visual system for Sage Capita real estate company
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(2025)

Sage Capita. Real Estate Visual System

Sage Capita is a real estate investment company that was producing social content without a visual system to keep it coherent. Output was inconsistent and turnaround was slow.

I built a scalable template library for all their social channels and led design across every platform. Within three months, audience engagement went up 30 percent. Over the same period, conversion-focused investor materials contributed to a 25 percent lift in sales activity.

The templates are still in use, which means the work keeps compounding instead of expiring with one campaign cycle.

Social Media
Brand System
Marketing
Remi Botanicals
Coming Soon
(2026)

Remi Botanicals. West African Hot Sauce Brand

Remi Botanicals is a concept brand I designed to explore West African flavors in the premium hot sauce category - a space that has grown fast internationally but rarely centers African origin stories at the product level.

The work covers the full brand identity: name, logo, color system, label design, and packaging mockups. The design brief was to create something that could sit on a shelf at a specialty grocer in London or New York and immediately communicate both quality and origin.

This is a spec project, built to the same standard as client work - full design brief, brand rationale, and production-ready files.

Packaging Design
Brand Identity
CPG
// Other Designs

Other Designs

// Testimonials
"
Israel's work transformed how we show up visually. The templates he built are still running our social channels months later, and the engagement numbers speak for themselves.
Abraham Akpe - Team Lead, Sage Capita
Abraham Akpe
Team Lead, Sage Capita
"
He took what felt like a vague brand idea and turned it into a complete, professional identity system. It looks exactly like what we needed before we even knew what we needed.
Shegun Sikiru - Founder, Zorevia
Shegun Sikiru
Founder, Zorevia
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Before the bootcamp I had no idea what a design system even was. After it I landed an internship. Israel teaches in a way that makes the industry feel accessible, not intimidating.
David Felix - Bootcamp Graduate
David Felix
Bootcamp Graduate
// Certifications

Certifications

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// FAQ

Common questions

UI/UX design, brand identity, product design, and social media campaign visuals. Most projects involve some combination of two or more of these.

Yes. I work remotely with clients across Nigeria and internationally. My timezone is WAT (West Africa Time, UTC+1).

With a call. I ask about the business problem, the audience, the timeline, and what success actually looks like. That shapes everything from the deliverable format to how much research is needed upfront.

Figma for UI/UX design and prototyping, Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator for brand and print work, and Framer for select web projects. I document everything and deliver organized Figma files with clear handoff specs.

Both. My experience includes pre-launch startups (HiredeyGo), NGOs (KareWell), fintech companies (Vouchender), and growth-stage businesses (Sage Capita).

Brand identity projects usually run 2 to 4 weeks. UI/UX projects vary by scope but most fall between 3 and 8 weeks. Campaign and social design work can move faster depending on volume.

Yes. Send me a WhatsApp message or email and I will share what is relevant to your needs.

I run a free graphic design bootcamp in Nigeria. Over 160 students have come through the program and more than a dozen have secured internships in design-related roles.

Let's work together

I'm open to new projects and remote roles. A quick WhatsApp call is the fastest way to connect. I usually respond within 24 hours.