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Ro·ti·mi

/ɹəʊˈtiːmi ɒdʊˈkɔɪə/

noun
  1. product designer & design engineer; community builder, writer.
  2. currently designing at CGI; previously And Digital & Cognizant.
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Stylised portrait of Rotimi by Mfinx
Portrait · Mfinx, 2024 · commissioned for Clmbxr

Projects — click any row to open.

Three projects worth talking about. Click any row to open the full case study — process, screens, outcomes.

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About — the slightly longer version.

Bio

Product-minded UX/UI designer and founder based in London, with experience across finance, retail and community platforms. I work end-to-end — research, prototyping, UI — and like the projects that ask me to think about the real world too, not just the screen.

Most of my product career has been at AND Digital, where I designed for enterprise clients including Shawbrook Bank, Sports Direct and Oxford NanoTech. Before that I trained as a software engineer at Makers Academy and shipped microservices at Cognizant on a major HMCTS digital transformation.

Alongside that, I founded Clmbxr — an inclusive climbing community 100+ members strong, partnering with Red Bull and The North Face. Designing the product, the events, and the brand has been the best teacher I've had.

My journey

  1. CGI Product Designer
    May 2026 — Present
  2. Clmbxr Founder
    April 2019 — Present
  3. AND Digital UX Designer · Consulting (Shawbrook, Sports Direct, Oxford NanoTech)
    Jan 2021 — April 2023
  4. Cognizant Full-Stack Developer · Consulting (HMCTS)
    Jan 2019 — Jan 2021
  5. Makers Academy 12-week Software Engineering Bootcamp
    Jan 2019 — April 2019
  6. BlackBerry Senior Accountant · Contractor
    Aug 2018 — Jan 2019
  7. Lambeth College AAT Level 4 · Association of Accounting Technicians
    Sept 2012 — June 2017

Currently

Just finished Yellowface by R. F. Kuang. Reading The Fight by Norman Mailer. Learning Spanish and Yoruba.

“Festina lente” — make haste, slowly.

Selected clients

2023
Shawbrook Bank  ·  Sports Direct  ·  Oxford NanoTech
2022
Shawbrook Bank  ·  Sports Direct
2021
Shawbrook Bank
2019 — present
Clmbxr (Founder)  ·  Red Bull  ·  The North Face
2019 — 2021
HMCTS (via Cognizant)

Recognition

2021 — 2025
The North Face — sponsored athlete
Red Bull
Documentary subject — Zuma Rock, Nigeria
Coaching
Coached 1,000+ people how to rock climb
NICAS
Board Trustee — National Indoor Climbing Award Scheme

Contact

Email
jrjamesrotimi@gmail.com
GitHub
github.com/jamesrotimi
LinkedIn
linkedin.com/in/rotimi-odukoya
Twitter
@rotimiclmbxr
Location
London, UK — available worldwide
Response
Usually within 24h on weekdays

Notes — slow musings, hurried scribblings.

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