About me

Hi, I’m Mercy Mercy smiling a product designer & founder from Lagos Me in Lagos now in London

I turn messy, regulated or brand-new problems into products people trust, and I measure the work in growth.

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postcards from the journey

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The story so far

Six chapters, three countries.

  1. 2019Lagos, Nigeria

    Won a scholarship at Aptech’s Career Quest, then a software engineering diploma certified by Aptech India. Volunteered at Aptech events, learnt to code, fell for the interface.

    Lagos, Nigeria 2019Lagos, Nigeria 2019
  2. 2022Lagos

    Joined Vale Finance, promoted within a year. As the only designer I redesigned the app into a digital bank: +70% active users, +50% downloads, 100k+ Android installs. In TechCabal.

    Lagos 2022
  3. 2023Remote · Sierra Leone

    Designed Kala, a Web3 finance product, from scratch. Started Design Clan: 700+ designers signed up and 60%+ took part. Volunteered at UDC 2023, Lagos.

    Remote · Sierra Leone 2023Remote · Sierra Leone 2023
  4. 2024London

    First Class degree at Middlesex. Joined Kit & Caboodle as an intern and was kept on full-time with a raise.

    London 2024
  5. 2025Founder

    Started Isometry Studio. TRU raised $136,570. Led Qrious Quest at Merry Hill, described as the UK’s largest QR activation: 336,859 scans. In the press.

    Founder 2025Founder 2025Founder 2025
  6. 2026Now

    Product Lead at Demi’s Kitchen since March, where weekly revenue went from under £3k to £8k+. Building Sted, shipping TherraHelp, creating UGC with 2M+ views, and looking for my next product team.

    Now 2026Now 2026Now 2026
Worked with

Teams I’ve built with.

Founders, banks, agencies and brands, from Lagos and Freetown to London and LA.

  • 01Vale FinanceFintech · Lagos
  • 02TRUWearables · US
  • 03TherraHelpHealth-tech · US
  • 04Kala FinanceWeb3 · Sierra Leone
  • 05Merry HillShopping centre · UK
  • 06Kit & CaboodleExperiential agency · UK
  • 07Demi’s KitchenRestaurant · London
  • 08OSCAOpen source · Africa
  • 09Bio-KultUGC content
  • 10Sections UKDesign community
  • 11Middlesex UniversityMindSpace · uni project
  • 12StedMy startup · UK
Giving back

I build rooms for designers
to grow in.

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A Glovo redesign from the 30-day challengeA UI style guide from the 30-day challengeA tablet landing page from the 30-day challenge700+ designers · 30 days
Founder · since 2023

Design Clan

Three editions: a 30-day challenge with 700+ sign-ups, the Rayna UI Design Showdown with cash prizes, and Explore & Elevate, judged by industry designers.

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Sections community meetup
Partner · since 2023

Sections UK

I curate meetups for experienced designers in Birmingham and London, and co-ordinated design getaways to Wales and Albania.

Sections ↗Meetup recap ↗
Representing OSCA at SOOCON25 in LondonIDB website listing Mercy as Program Manager and Product Designer
Program manager & designer · 2024

IDB by OSCA

IDB began as my own initiative. Open Source Community Africa asked me to grow it into an accelerator for African product talent, and I represented OSCA at SOOCON25 in London.

IDB by OSCA ↗SOOCON25 ↗
Mercy speaking with a microphone
Speaking & mentoring

Talks, Spaces & mentoring

Spaces with 800+ listeners, a talk for NLNG-backed Bonny Digital Literacy, mentoring at She Code Africa, and 15 women sponsored into design training.

Listen to a Space ↗She Code Africa ↗

Outside of Figma, you’ll find me…

✦ hiking✦ at the gym✦ at design conferences✦ making content✦ giving back✦ with other creatives