John Etokhana

Co-Founder/CDO @ rivva

About

As a digital designer with attention on visual identity development, interaction style and cross-platform preparation, similarly as a tested data of success in building, testing and refinement user-centered digital interfaces and experiences from on-demand economy to electronic commerce, John strives to be critically relevant in today's fast international village by effectively using his information of digital style, technology and strategy to boost lives, delight senses and encourage change that really matters.

Country

United Kingdom

City

London

Industry

Design

Skill

Responsive Web Design, Mobile Interface Design, Presentation Skills, Product Service, Mobile Design, Communication, Design Systems, Rapid Prototyping, Data Visualization, User Experience Design, User Interface Design, Digital Marketing, Microsoft Word, Checkout, Systems Design, Research Skills, User-centered Design, Product Design, Interaction Design, Experience Design

Experience

Co-Founder/CDO

rivva

2025-8 - Present · 1 yr 2 mos

Building rivva, an intelligent assistant that unifies email, tasks, and schedule to help knowledge workers manage cognitive load and work in sync with their natural energy rhythm. The idea was born from my experience of burnout from constant context-switching and working at the wrong times with a lot of distractions. The idea was born from my own experience of burnout; the result of constant context-switching, distractions, and working at the wrong times. Rivva connects to calendars, inboxes, and tools to surface real priorities and plan the day intelligently. By linking work and wellbeing data, it helps people protect focus, adapt as things change, and sustain performance without running on empty. Get early access: https://rivva.app/

Senior Product Designer

MilkyWay

2023-12 - 2025-7 · 1 yr 8 mos

Seoul, South Korea

Senior Product Designer

Composable Foundation

2022-7 - 2023-12 · 1 yr 6 mos

Remote

Senior Product Designer

Advanced Blockchain

2022-1 - 2022-7 · 7 mos

Berlin/Decentralised

Senior Product Designer

Kora

2021-4 - 2022-1 · 10 mos

Lagos, Nigeria

Product Designer

Kora

2019-9 - 2021-4 · 1 yr 8 mos

Working closely with the development team to ideate, build, refine and test UX/UI. This involves user research and shipping of enterprise payment dashboard with the engineering team. In this role, I have(together with the rest of the team) improved the usability and adoption of payment gateway for merchants by refining the UX for ease, trust and speed.