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Product strategy
Clarify the outcome, users, constraints and trade-offs before the team spends time polishing the wrong thing.
// About · Designer + Developer
DESIGNED BY
A DESIGNER.
SHIPPED BY
A DEVELOPER.
I'm Lulamile Mkhungela — a hybrid UX/UI, CX & product designer and UI / frontend developer — equal weight on both. Through LulaSync I turn product problems into clear experiences, then ship the interface. No hand-off drift, no lost-in-translation, just useful products in production.
UX/UI & product design
Design systems & DesignOps
Frontend · Angular / React / Next.js
Automation & AI products
Shipped · startup to enterprise
// What I do
From messy problem
to shipped product.
I work across discovery, product strategy, UX/UI, design systems, frontend implementation and handoff. That means I can help define the right problem, make the experience clear, and carry the thinking far enough that engineering can build it with confidence.
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UX/UI design
Journeys, information architecture, prototypes, accessible UI and the edge cases that make products feel finished.
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Design systems
Reusable components, tokens and governance that connect Figma to Angular and reduce drift between design and code.
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Frontend delivery
Frontend-capable product delivery with responsive interfaces, clean handoff and enough code literacy to collaborate well with engineers.
// South African context
Design for how people
actually live.
LulaSync is grounded in the realities of South African users and businesses: mobile-first access, WhatsApp as a daily channel, uneven connectivity, local languages, trust, affordability and the need for products that work on ordinary devices. I bring that context into every decision without making the experience feel limited or generic.
Mobile-first & low-data awareWhatsApp-native journeysInclusive
and multilingualBuilt to ship in real constraints
// End-to-end delivery
A clear path from
question to outcome.
01
Discover
Users, business goals, evidence and constraints.
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Frame
Journeys, priorities, principles and decisions.
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Design & test
Flows, systems and prototypes validated early.
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Build & hand off
Responsive UI, specs and frontend-ready detail.
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Learn
Measure what happened and improve the product.
// Selected proof
Work that shows
how I think.
Vodacom
EngageEnterprise app redesignDesignOps → AngularTokens, components &
StorybookStance
InsuranceProduct strategy & UXTobby + BursaryConversational & service
design
DesignOps in public.
The DesignOps case study includes the full Figma → tokens → Angular → Storybook story and a public repository for anyone who wants to inspect the implementation.
// Work with me
Need a designer
who can ship?
I'm open to product design, UX/UI, design systems, frontend and product-build work — full-time, contract or freelance. Send a brief and I’ll respond with a clear next step.