Open to senior roles and fintech freelance
I design complex tools: from strategy to shipped screens
Specialised in fintech. Most recently, I was working on trading and payments platforms at Société Générale CIB. I map the whole flow first, prototype early in code and work side by side with developers.
Selected work
Societe Generale CIB
Trading OMS: designing a tool for professional traders
Discovery with traders across regions, an MVP scoped around what they actually use, and a modular pattern system each new phase plugs into.
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Lead product designer
1.5 years
Timeline
Societe Generale CIB
Killing the Excel monster: pattern-level payment rejection management
A request to rebuild an internal operations tool became a workflow redesign: teams resolve groups of cases at once, with past fixes one click away.
Lead
Scoping, UX and UI
3 months
Timeline
How I work
Before screens
I map the whole flow first
The biggest wins are usually in the workflow, not the UI.
Speed
Rough prototypes, early
A rough prototype on Tuesday often beats a perfect one on Friday. Sometimes it’s in code.
Scope
Scope is a design decision
Agreeing what not to build makes every later screen simpler.
Team
Close to POs and developers
You know what I’ll deliver and when. If it slips, you hear it from me first.
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It’s been a unique and thought-provoking UX design journey which has really tickled users. It’s also been a constant quest for structure, and what we’ve established with you is a solid foundation for what’s to come.
Colleague, Trading OMS · Société Générale CIB
Side quests
The Dinner Project
I designed a website for a London charity that funds housing and training initiatives.
Writing
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How many hats do you need to publish a CHIMPAN zine?
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Why Notion is my platform of choice
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ModuLine: an illustration system
Read more: ModuLine: an illustration systemA modular and geometric mix-and-match illustration system, built for speedy applications and effortless customisation.