Hi, I'm Zé (like ZEN, without the N)
I'm an end-to-end product designer who loves working on complex tools and systems. For the last 3 years, I've designed trading and payment platforms at Societe Generale CIB, along with helping on product scoping and strategy. Off the clock, I run city treasure hunts, print zines, fill travel journals, and play badminton.
How I work
- Being part of or facilitating product vision/strategy workshops is one of my favourite parts of being a Product Designer.
- I map the whole flow before I design a single screen. The biggest wins are usually in the workflow, not the UI.
- A rough prototype on Tuesday often beats a perfect one on Friday. That prototype might even be in code.
- A big supporter of UX research!
- You know what I'll deliver and when. If it slips, you hear it from me first.
- I work closely with product owners and developers.
Tools
Figma/Figjam · User research & Workflow mapping · UX Impact and Metrics workshops · Design systems · HTML/CSS/JS prototypes (with AI as my pair programmer) · WordPress/WooCommerce · MicroPython for tinkering · Affinity suite · Adobe CC Suite (Ai, ID, Ps, AE) · Framer, Affinity · Miro · Milanote · GitHub · Google Suite · Trello · Later.com · Microsoft Office · Monday.com · Perplexity · ChatGPT · Gemini · Lovable · Claude · Visual Studio Code · Thonny.