Work Experience
Digital Product Designer with over a decade of experience creating intuitive and impactful solutions, primarily in the financial services sector.
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![User interface design elements including buttons, icons, color palette, text styles, input labels, toggle switches, and progress indicators. The design features bold colors and clear typography. Includes a section on connecting to Starling Bank and a visual representation of a monthly payment notification.]()
Sense Design System
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![Image of three smartphones and a smartwatch displaying a banking app interface with account balance, spending overview, and account details.]()
Sense Bank (white label)
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![A trading platform interface showing commodity prices for aluminum. The left side displays a table of carry prices with bid and ask prices for November 2022, December 2022, and January 2023. The right side presents a carry price quote for aluminum with bid and ask prices of 9.75c and 9.63b respectively. There's also a market depth section displaying bid and ask quantities with their corresponding prices.]()
Neon Metals
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![Dark-themed user interface showing a trading dashboard with color codes, dropdown menus for metals, energy, and portfolio. Features sections for calculating price, custom price requests, user input questions, and a financial overview. Several colorful icons represent different categories like neon, metals, and insights.]()
Neon Design System
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![Screenshot of a webpage titled "Insights" featuring market insights with sections like "Premium channels" and "Free to subscribe." Includes channel options such as "Eagle Energy Desk" and "Allegiant Commodity Group." A "Browse channels" button is present.]()
Neon Insights
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![Screenshot of an AI-powered technology interface with a black background. On the left, there are cards titled "AI-Powered Insights" and "Commodity Index Insights." A button labeled "View all channels" is at the top. On the right, a chat interface welcomes a user named Julian with the text "Good afternoon, Julian." The words "Neon intelligence" are above the greeting and there is a "Start chatting" button below.]()
Neon Intelligence
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![A digital display showing a financial portfolio summary, including open positions and risk details. The main screen lists positions for various currency pairs like CAD-USD, with columns for value date, amount, and gain/loss in USD. A mobile overlay provides risk information with net liquidating value and today's profit/loss in GBP. The interface uses a dark theme with highlights in contrasting colors.]()
Neon Portfolio
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![Neon dashboard homepage displaying a welcome message and Marex support information. Features app icons for Insights, Portfolio, Trader, Metals, Crude, and Energy. Shows latest insights articles on European energy and market analytics, with titles like 'Daily Energy Spark - 13th Oct 2023' and 'EUA Derivative Market Update October 13th 2023 Preliminary.' Navigation includes Dashboard, Support Center, and Account Settings.]()
Neon Dashboard
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![Screenshot of an onboarding platform showing a risk assessment for "Allround Hollands Energie BV". The overall risk rating is Medium, and FCC Advisory review is required. The calculated risk is 3.4, labeled low, with details on entity, geographic, relationship, and product risks. The risk review lifecycle indicates a periodic review due, with the last review date on January 19, 2024. Entity screening factors include PEP association and sanctions exposure.]()
Onboarding Platform
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![Digital interface of insurance policy application from SuperInsure showing policy summary, payment details, and customization options for different coverage types like business interruption and employer’s liability.]()
Underwriting Direct (white label)
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![Mobile app interface displaying spending insights, featuring a burndown budget graph showing £328.99 spent this month, £671.01 available, and a report stating £94.79 below budget. Additional details show £37.28 per day left, £328.99 spent this week, eating out as the top category, and spending history comparison for three months.]()
Sparkling Budget (white label)
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![Screenshot of a fire risk report for Cytora Ltd showing various properties in the UK with their fire risk ratings. Properties are listed with addresses and scored from A to F. Includes a partial map on the right side.]()
Cytora Terminal
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![Three smartwatches displaying finance-related screens, including performance charts and portfolio summary.]()
Conectus Wealth Management – Apple Watch app
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![Two computer displays showing financial data using colorful graphs, charts, and analytics dashboards. The screens depict a circular pie chart and a line graph with financial metrics and summaries, illustrating portfolio performance and investments.]()
eXimius Portfolio Management
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Leading by Design
Managing a cross-functional team of designers and frontend developers has taught me the art of balancing strategy with execution, advocating for design while understanding technical constraints, and fostering a culture where great ideas thrive.
Along the way, I’ve also had the opportunity to mentor junior designers, helping them grow in their craft—something I’ve found incredibly rewarding.
Professional Profile
I can work as Product Design Lead, VP of Product Design, Design System Lead, Design Engineering Lead, or Freelance Product Design Contractor.
Title/role
Following an inclusive and collaborative approach. Within a project’s scope, I can develop the approach for tackling a problem, as well as establish a process for how the team approaches its work.
Process
I can work as individual contributor wthin a cross-functional team, or create the team I need to scale up product design, defining roles, and the problem scope with stakeholders.
People
Soft skills
Facilitation, prioritisation & roadmapping, interviews, recruiting.
Planning, mentorship, performance review. Ceremonies include retrospective, design crit, one-to-one, and backlog refinement.
Leadership skills
Tools & Skills
Design: Figma, FigJam, Miro, FlowMapp, Pixelmator Pro, Sketch.
Project management & Documentation: Notion, Jira, Confluence, Trello, Asana.
Programming: React, Typescript, MUI, Chakra UI, advanced HTML & CSS, Git, npm, MJML.
Development tools: Visual Studio Code, Cursor, BitBucket, SourceTree, GitHub, Storybook.
Email comms: SendGrid (Marketing, API, Dynamic Templates).
My Approach to Design
My approach is rooted in empathy and human-centric principles, ensuring every product I design meets real user needs while maintaining a strong focus on usability and accessibility.
I thrive on tackling complex design challenges with deep thinking, collaboration, and attention to detail. From refining workflows to building design systems and leading teams, I prioritize clarity, consistency, and efficiency.
My experience in Financial Services has sharpened my ability to simplify intricate processes while balancing business and user needs.
Let’s connect!
Feel free to reach out—I’d love to chat about design, collaboration, or anything in between.