iKhokha
Digital tools driving growth for South African merchants
Building a unified design system powering merchant
payments across iKhokha’s product ecosystem
Year
2023
Company
iKhokha
Team
1x Design Lead (I), 2x Design Managers, 2x Engineering Managers, 3x Product Managers, 12x Designers
Impact
When I took ownership of iKhokha’s Design Systems across Web, Mobile Apps, Card Machines, and Websites, I led a company-wide shift in how design was built and shipped. I migrated the org from Adobe XD to Figma, onboarding 16+ designers, reducing tooling costs, and unlocking real-time collaboration across teams. By partnering with Engineering Managers to align design guidelines with code, I reduced UI inconsistencies and cut development time by 75% for system-driven features. I owned and maintained the component library across platforms, ensuring accuracy and consistency at scale, and served as primary illustrator, revamping the illustration system used across Web, Mobile, and Card Machine experiences. This work established a scalable design foundation, accelerated delivery, and strengthened design–engineering collaboration across the company.
My Role / How I Shaped The Product
I joined the iK team as Design Systems Lead, where I owned the evolution and adoption of the company’s design system across products. Led audits, migrations, and rebuilds to improve consistency, speed, and collaboration between design and engineering. I spearheaded the migration from Adobe XD to Figma, moving the entire team off a fragmented setup that slowed design workflows and caused unsynced components. This enabled real-time collaboration, faster iteration, and a single source of truth for design assets. Led the transition from v2 to v3 of the design system, rebuilding core components in both design and code. This work focused on components flagged during audits for high inconsistency across products, reducing UI drift and improving implementation quality. Also, I led the introduction of a new illustration system, redefining visual guidelines and aligning illustrations with the updated component library to ensure a cohesive, scalable visual language across the product. Throughout this work, I partnered closely with engineers to align design and code, provided direct implementation feedback, and ensured the system scaled with the product and team.
Showcase
Screenshots from select project I championed during my time at iKhokha.
Improved Nav Portal. This enabled SEND to over 11 countries; cash, MoMo & Pickup.
Partnership with Plaid
Refined CashOut UI. This reduces CX Requests by 96.25%
Refined CashOut UI. This reduces CX Requests by 96.25%
Updated Transaction History UI
Refined CashOut UI. This reduces CX Requests by 96.25%
Updated Transaction History UI
iKhokha
Digital tools driving growth for South African merchants
Building a unified design system powering merchant
payments across iKhokha’s product ecosystem
Year
2023
Company
iKhokha
Team
1x Design Lead (I), 2x Design Managers, 2x Engineering Managers, 3x Product Managers, 12x Designers
Impact
When I took ownership of iKhokha’s Design Systems across Web, Mobile Apps, Card Machines, and Websites, I led a company-wide shift in how design was built and shipped. I migrated the org from Adobe XD to Figma, onboarding 16+ designers, reducing tooling costs, and unlocking real-time collaboration across teams. By partnering with Engineering Managers to align design guidelines with code, I reduced UI inconsistencies and cut development time by 75% for system-driven features. I owned and maintained the component library across platforms, ensuring accuracy and consistency at scale, and served as primary illustrator, revamping the illustration system used across Web, Mobile, and Card Machine experiences. This work established a scalable design foundation, accelerated delivery, and strengthened design–engineering collaboration across the company.
My Role / How I Shaped The Product
I joined the iK team as Design Systems Lead, where I owned the evolution and adoption of the company’s design system across products. Led audits, migrations, and rebuilds to improve consistency, speed, and collaboration between design and engineering. I spearheaded the migration from Adobe XD to Figma, moving the entire team off a fragmented setup that slowed design workflows and caused unsynced components. This enabled real-time collaboration, faster iteration, and a single source of truth for design assets. Led the transition from v2 to v3 of the design system, rebuilding core components in both design and code. This work focused on components flagged during audits for high inconsistency across products, reducing UI drift and improving implementation quality. Also, I led the introduction of a new illustration system, redefining visual guidelines and aligning illustrations with the updated component library to ensure a cohesive, scalable visual language across the product. Throughout this work, I partnered closely with engineers to align design and code, provided direct implementation feedback, and ensured the system scaled with the product and team.
Showcase
Screenshots from select project I championed during my time at iKhokha.
Improved Nav Portal. This enabled SEND to over 11 countries; cash, MoMo & Pickup.
Partnership with Plaid
Refined CashOut UI. This reduces CX Requests by 96.25%
Refined CashOut UI. This reduces CX Requests by 96.25%
Updated Transaction History UI
Refined CashOut UI. This reduces CX Requests by 96.25%
Updated Transaction History UI
iKhokha
Digital tools driving growth for South African merchants
Building a unified design system powering merchant payments across iKhokha’s product ecosystem
Year
2023
Company
iKhokha
Team
1x Design Lead (I), 2x Design Managers, 2x Engineering Managers, 3x Product Managers, 12x Designers
Impact
When I took ownership of iKhokha’s Design Systems across Web, Mobile Apps, Card Machines, and Websites, I led a company-wide shift in how design was built and shipped. I migrated the org from Adobe XD to Figma, onboarding 16+ designers, reducing tooling costs, and unlocking real-time collaboration across teams. By partnering with Engineering Managers to align design guidelines with code, I reduced UI inconsistencies and cut development time by 75% for system-driven features. I owned and maintained the component library across platforms, ensuring accuracy and consistency at scale, and served as primary illustrator, revamping the illustration system used across Web, Mobile, and Card Machine experiences. This work established a scalable design foundation, accelerated delivery, and strengthened design–engineering collaboration across the company.
My Role / How I Shaped The Product
I joined the iK team as Design Systems Lead, where I owned the evolution and adoption of the company’s design system across products. Led audits, migrations, and rebuilds to improve consistency, speed, and collaboration between design and engineering. I spearheaded the migration from Adobe XD to Figma, moving the entire team off a fragmented setup that slowed design workflows and caused unsynced components. This enabled real-time collaboration, faster iteration, and a single source of truth for design assets. Led the transition from v2 to v3 of the design system, rebuilding core components in both design and code. This work focused on components flagged during audits for high inconsistency across products, reducing UI drift and improving implementation quality. Also, I led the introduction of a new illustration system, redefining visual guidelines and aligning illustrations with the updated component library to ensure a cohesive, scalable visual language across the product. Throughout this work, I partnered closely with engineers to align design and code, provided direct implementation feedback, and ensured the system scaled with the product and team.
Showcase
Screenshots from select project I championed during my time at iKhokha.
Improved Nav Portal. This enabled SEND to over 11 countries; cash, MoMo & Pickup.
Partnership with Plaid
Refined CashOut UI. This reduces CX Requests by 96.25%
Refined CashOut UI. This reduces CX Requests by 96.25%
Updated Transaction History UI
Refined CashOut UI. This reduces CX Requests by 96.25%
Updated Transaction History UI
iKhokha
Digital tools driving growth for
South African merchants
Building a unified design system powering
merchant payments across iKhokha’s
product ecosystem
Year
2023
Company
iKhokha
Team
1x Design Lead (I), 2x Design Managers, 2x Engineering Managers, 3x Product Managers,
12x Designers
Impact
When I took ownership of iKhokha’s Design Systems across Web, Mobile Apps, Card Machines, and Websites, I led a company-wide shift in how design was built and shipped. I migrated the org from Adobe XD to Figma, onboarding 16+ designers, reducing tooling costs, and unlocking real-time collaboration across teams. By partnering with Engineering Managers to align design guidelines with code, I reduced UI inconsistencies and cut development time by 75% for system-driven features. I owned and maintained the component library across platforms, ensuring accuracy and consistency at scale, and served as primary illustrator, revamping the illustration system used across Web, Mobile, and Card Machine experiences. This work established a scalable design foundation, accelerated delivery, and strengthened design–engineering collaboration across the company.
My Role / How I Shaped The Product
I joined the iK team as Design Systems Lead, where I owned the evolution and adoption of the company’s design system across products. Led audits, migrations, and rebuilds to improve consistency, speed, and collaboration between design and engineering. I spearheaded the migration from Adobe XD to Figma, moving the entire team off a fragmented setup that slowed design workflows and caused unsynced components. This enabled real-time collaboration, faster iteration, and a single source of truth for design assets. Led the transition from v2 to v3 of the design system, rebuilding core components in both design and code. This work focused on components flagged during audits for high inconsistency across products, reducing UI drift and improving implementation quality. Also, I led the introduction of a new illustration system, redefining visual guidelines and aligning illustrations with the updated component library to ensure a cohesive, scalable visual language across the product. Throughout this work, I partnered closely with engineers to align design and code, provided direct implementation feedback, and ensured the system scaled with the product and team.
Showcase
Screenshots from select project I championed during my time at Chipper.
Improved Nav Portal. This enabled SEND to over 11 countries; cash, MoMo & Pickup.
Partnership with Plaid
Refined CashOut UI. This reduces CX Requests by 96.25%
Refined CashOut UI. This reduces CX Requests by 96.25%
Updated Transaction History UI
Refined CashOut UI. This reduces CX Requests by 96.25%
Updated Transaction History UI