Seyitan Oke
Lead Product Designer at Upwork
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolSeyitan Oke is a hybrid designer-developer and Lead Product Designer with nine years of experience crafting mobile, developer/creator tools, and XR experiences across eCommerce, gaming, finance, and telecom. He pairs a systems mindset with storytelling to simplify ambiguous technical products, having led design systems and UI coordination for multi-platform apps serving millions of users. Seyitan has moved between hands-on design, teaching, and consultancy—establishing design system processes at PC Financial, shaping wealth management products at BMO, and mentoring students as a product design instructor. Comfortable in cross-functional roles, he has guided API-driven projects and multi-team delivery cycles while also driving brand and growth outcomes (e.g., scaling apparel sales and digital audiences in student-led initiatives). Based in Toronto, he blends pragmatic product strategy with XR/Unity technical fluency, bringing both creative direction and implementation-savvy to complex digital ecosystems.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Postgraduate Degree, Interactive Media Management, Postgraduate Degree, Interactive Media Management at Sheridan CollegeUnity C# XR Developement, Unity C# XR Developement at Circuit StreamNayang Business School & Art Design and Media School, Nayang Business School & Art Design and Media School at Nanyang Technological University SingaporeWeb Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design, Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design at OCAD UniversityBachelor's Degree, Global Business and Digital Arts (B.GBDA), Human Computer Interaction, Bachelor's Degree, Global Business and Digital Arts (B.GBDA), Human Computer Interaction at University of Waterloo
English, German, French
Github Skills (4)
markdown3
django3
react3
javascript2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
imm-suum/suum
Feb 2021 - May 2021
Project Rep for Team süüm
Contributions:1 review, 76 PRs, 171 pushes in 2 months
rep
oke-studio/acegolf
Jul 2023 - Sep 2024
Website for an indoor golf experience in Toronto
Contributions:1 review, 122 PRs, 547 pushes in 1 year 2 months
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