Experience / Product design leadership

I take strategy, systems and teams through to delivery.

I’ve led product design across financial services, media, learning, ecommerce, property and consultancy. I build clearer direction and improve the capability behind the work.

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CurrentExperian

Lead Product Designer

Leadership7 organisations

Product, team and practice

Industries6 sectors

Financial services to media

Leadership profile

How I lead and where I add value.

A quick view of my scope before going deeper into the career history and case studies.

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What do I lead?

Product direction, discovery, design systems and team capability. I connect strategy to the conditions required for delivery.

02

What is my scope?

I currently work as Lead Product Designer at Experian. I have experience managing and developing teams, shaping strategy and staying close to delivery.

03

Which industries?

Financial services, media, education technology, ecommerce, property technology and product consultancy. This includes B2C and B2B products.

04

Am I still hands-on?

Yes: in discovery, facilitation, proposition shaping and the decisions that turn customer evidence into product direction.

Career

A record of improving the work and the organisation around it.

  1. 01

    Experian

    Current

    Lead Product DesignerFinancial services & identity

    Leading product design across consumer credit and identity-protection experiences, connecting customer evidence, product direction and multidisciplinary delivery.

    • Leads four mid-to-senior product designers within a wider multidisciplinary design team of more than 20.
    • Led design for Experian’s new 1250 credit score, launched in November 2025, with 90% positive customer sentiment after launch.
    • Introduced clearer discovery, customer-journey mapping, career progression and behavioural psychology practices.
  2. 02

    Global

    Lead Product DesignerMedia & entertainment

    Led product design across app, web, TV and smart-speaker experiences while developing the team and the systems behind the work.

    • Managed five designers working across multiple product teams.
    • Improved product discovery and developed a career framework adopted more widely across the company.
    • Introduced more effective design and AI-supported practices for delivery and research analysis.
  3. 03

    Busuu

    Lead Product DesignerEducation technology

    Built and led an international product design team for global consumer and business learning experiences.

    • Developed long-term product strategy with the C-suite and translated it into a practical creative direction.
    • Strengthened qualitative research, repositories and product processes so evidence was easier to use.
    • Led accessibility and design-system practice across brands, teams and platforms, reaching a 90% AA rating.
  4. 04

    Papier

    Lead Product DesignerConsumer ecommerce

    Led product design in a fast-growing ecommerce business, balancing team growth, product strategy and hands-on delivery.

    • Managed and grew the product design team through a scaling phase.
    • Developed product strategy with the CPO and established stronger design and research practices.
    • Led feature design and customer research across the retail purchase journey.
  5. 05

    Photobox

    Lead Product DesignerConsumer ecommerce

    Led retail and product-creation experiences while managing, mentoring and raising capability across the wider design team.

    • Managed a small team and provided mentoring and coaching across Product Design.
    • Created and scaled a design system used by Engineering and Marketing.
    • Designed and released high-performing improvements across the customer experience.
  6. 06

    Zoopla

    Senior Product DesignerProperty technology

    Led a cross-platform redesign and helped create a shared product foundation for one of the UK’s best-known property platforms.

    • Led a complete redesign of the Zoopla experience across platforms.
    • Created a scalable design system used across Product and Marketing.
    • Ran extensive research to deepen understanding of distinct customer archetypes.
  7. 07

    Monitise Create

    Senior Product DesignerProduct consultancy

    Led design for high-profile consultancy clients and pitches across hospitality, finance and international sport.

    • Worked with clients including Santander, Whitbread and FIFA across the full product cycle.
    • Led successful pitches that contributed to the consultancy’s growth.
    • Worked with Apple on early Apple Watch applications, including smart-room controls for Premier Inn Hub Hotel.

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