Hannah Kwakye
Designer-developerAI Certified Consultant
Accra, Ghana · kwakyehannah@gmail.com · hannah-kwakye.netlify.app
Designer-developer with seven years building for the web — from hand-coded landing pages in Accra to design systems for distributed teams. AI Certified Consultant helping small organisations adopt machine-assisted workflows without losing their voice. Writes and speaks on human-centred practice; author on Design Thinking in the Age of AI and Keeping the Human In.
Experience
Principal — Independent Studio
Accra2025 — present
Design and build for small organisations, plus AI-adoption consulting: workflow design, capability mapping, team workshops. One project at a time, done properly.
Senior Designer-Developer
Distributed product agency, remote2022 — 2024
Led the agency's first shared design system — tokens, a documented component library, and a review ritual that outlived the project. Introduced AI-assisted drafting to the front-end workflow, held to human review standards.
Front-End Developer
Distributed product agency, remote2021 — 2022
Component libraries and accessibility work for European clients; WCAG built into every contract. Working across time zones sharpened async writing and systems thinking.
Independent / Freelance
Accra2020 — 2021
Small builds for a bakery, an NGO literacy programme and a church. Learned pricing, contracts, and the discipline of writing everything down.
Junior Web Developer
Small digital studio, Osu, Accra2019 — 2020
Hand-coded sites for hotels, schools and an insurance broker. First lessons in honest estimates and listening past the brief.
Writing & speaking
Design Thinking in the Age of AI
Contributing author2024
On running discovery, ideation and testing with a machine collaborator in the room.
Keeping the Human In
Essay series2023 — ongoing
Human-centred practice as automation accelerates: empathy, context and taste as the work worth defending.
Community talks
Accra meetups & remote panels2025 —
AI-assisted workflows for small studios; writing as a design tool.