UI / UX Design
End-to-end interface design grounded in research and a clear visual hierarchy.
Maya Okonkwo · Available for Q3
Product & Visual Designer making the complex feel obvious.
I'm Maya — I design digital products and brand systems with a Swiss eye for clarity. Ten years turning messy problems into interfaces people actually understand.
Trusted by teams shipping real products
Northwind
Verde
Pulse
Cura
Atlas
Echo
Relay
About
Design that feels effortless takes intention.
Based in Lisbon and working worldwide, I help founders and product teams ship interfaces that earn trust. My work sits at the intersection of editorial craft and product thinking — every grid, weight, and pixel has a reason.
- Research-led, outcome-driven design
- Embedded collaboration with engineering
- Systems that scale long after launch
Expertise
What I do best
A focused toolkit, sharpened over a decade across fintech, health, and SaaS.
Branding
Identity systems and visual languages that feel distinct, durable, and unmistakably yours.
Design Systems
Documented component libraries and tokens that keep fast-moving teams consistent.
Prototyping
Interactive, testable prototypes that de-risk the big decisions before a line of code.
Motion
Purposeful micro-interactions and transitions that make a product feel alive.
Art Direction
Editorial layout and typography that give a brand a confident, considered voice.
By the numbers
A decade, measured in shipped work
10+Years designing
80+Products shipped
40+Happy clients
5Design awards
Kind words
What clients say
Maya turned a vague idea into a product our users genuinely love. The calmest, clearest designer we've worked with.
Sara MonteiroCEO, Lumen
Our design system finally clicked. Velocity went up and the whole team speaks the same visual language now.
James DunnHead of Product, Pulse
A rare mix of taste and pragmatism. Maya ships, communicates clearly, and makes everyone around her better.
Lucia NunesFounder, Verde