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Design Systems ─ Product Strategy ─ User Research ─

Design Systems ─ Product Strategy ─ User Research ─

I'm a Lead Designer specialising in product strategy, user research and design systems.
Focusing on the space between design and engineering.

  • Agentic AI & Orchestration

    Custom AI Skills, Design System Integration, Design-to-Code Automation.

  • Design Management

    Agile/scrum, Product thinking, DesignOps, Stakeholder management.

  • UX Design

    User research, Governance, Usability testing, User journey, Information architecture.

  • UI Design

    Design systems, Design tokens, Data visualization, Typography.

  • Technical / Software

    HTML, CSS, JS, Figma, Adobe CC, UserZoom, Jira, Claude, Prompt Engineering.

Selected Work

Selected Work

Portfolio available on request

Get in touch

Get in Touch

Career

If you’re looking to collaborate, build something new or bring more structure to an existing design practice, I’d be happy to hear from you.

I’m currently available for Lead Design and Management opportunities, Design System consultancy and selected collaborations across product, technology and AI ─ equally comfortable setting design standards, mentoring teams and shipping code.

Whether you’re building a team, scaling a design system or exploring a new idea, feel free to get in touch.

Portfolio available on request.

Career

  • Ownership: Lead the design, governance and orchestration of the Telegraph design system, ensuring cross-platform consistency between web and native apps.

  • Design Architecture: Defining design token taxonomies (primitive / semantic) and documentation to govern accessibility and brand integrity.

  • Engineering Alignment: Partnering with DesignOps and engineering to build a React-based component library mirrored in Figma.

  • Optimization: Leveraging A/B testing and user research to iteratively improve engagement and readability across high-traffic digital products.

  • Mentorship: Mentoring internal teams and providing training to drive system adoption, while defining the standards for accessibility, inclusivity and design excellence.

  • www.telegraph.co.uk

  • Product Strategy: Partnered with creative directors and product managers to deliver products and services from concept to final hand-off, including product guidelines, design systems, web design and landing pages.

  • Product Evolution: Modernized legacy UI patterns to improve performance and brand translation across platforms.

  • Validation: Executed usability testing and refined user flows to boost conversion rates and streamline the customer journey.

  • Digital Execution: Translated legacy brand identities into high-standard digital products, ensuring visual excellence and UX consistency across all platforms and campaign touchpoints.

  • www.creative.sky

  • Strategic Leadership: Collaborate with the head of information systems and senior partners to clarify project goals, user needs and strategic intent.

  • Team Management: Led a multidisciplinary squad of designers and developers, overseeing the full design lifecycle of enterprise-level tools.

  • Modular Frameworks: Conceptualized modular layouts for data-heavy applications, ensuring visual clarity and functional simplicity.

  • Cross-Functional Alignment: Partnered with senior leadership and business analysts to translate strategic intent into cohesive, user-focused solutions across the full development stack.

  • www.fosterandpartners.com

  • Information Design: Delivered complex data visualizations and digital assets for urban redevelopment projects, translating planning data for public engagement.

  • Multimedia Design: Designed data-driven visual narratives for both print and digital, balancing creative impact with the clarity required for complex urban planning data.

  • End-to-end Delivery: Manage end-to-end design processes ensuring timely and effective delivery.

  • www.fluidoffice.co.uk - offline

  • Responsive Development: Designed and developed custom WordPress-based platforms, prioritizing web performance and cross-device compatibility.

  • Creative Direction: Collaborated on visual identities for community consultation, ensuring a consistent brand voice across all media.

  • Project Ownership: Managed the full design lifecycle from initial brief to final deployment, coordinating with stakeholders to deliver accessible, high-performance solutions across all touchpoints.

  • www.soundings.co.uk - offline