Product Lead – UI & IXD at UNOWHY
15+ year track record working at the intersection of product design, user interface and brand identity. Currently leading the UNOWHY Product and Design team at crafting the tools of digital Education for professors and students in France.
Who
- I am a passionate designer with experience in innovation, media groups and startups.
- I work at the intersection between product vision, strategy, interface design and content.
- I am used to lead a team as well as being hands-on.
- I am currently learning product management, prioritization methodologies and to extend my leadership to product owners in the product team we lead alongside 2 other Product Leads at UNOWHY (5 designers, 6 product owners).
I believe
- Creating digital products that help clients, not overwhelm or nag them into certain behaviors. I prioritize respectful interfaces that favor user efficiency and satisfaction over profit.
- Deep understanding of user needs, precision in craft, standard patterns over fancy UI and a commitment to design valuable interactions that foster task completion without interference.
- Empower my team with guidelines and coaching enables them to navigate complexity, be creative with design solutions, and develop their careers.
Principles
- Self explanatory interfaces over minimalistic
- Taking care of the user daily workflow to help him during micro-moments
- Valuable micro-interactions over complicated paths
- Static & focused over infinite.
Approach
I deliver
- High-level strategic thinking with attention to product and design details
- Bring concept to life with hi-fidelity prototypes to sell a target vision to stakeholders
- Ability to create a vision, shape an MVP and set the scope to build an app from scratch
- Experience in leading design teams, partner development, stakeholders communication
- Design thinking, workshop facilitation, lean and agile way of working
- Set the path for designers with briefs, documentation and project framing
- Team building, recruitment, mentoring
I love
- Browsers and OS design, transforming complex concepts into unique interactions that enhance productivity.
- Design high-level concepts with realistic interactive prototypes
- Drive a culture of excellence for design craft and delivery (system, continuous improvement, precision in what the team delivers)
- Innovation-focused companies, with a mature technical solution, looking to build user-centered experiences and bring value to their audience.
- Collaborating with high-level front-end developers, sensible to implementation and micro-interactions.
- Leading and growing design teams, and inspiring them to achieve their best at problem solving as well as delivering design assets.
Skills
Interface design
UX & Interaction design
Prototyping
Motion design
Team management
Workshop facilitation
Creative direction
Art direction
Disciplines
Products & Services
User Interaction & Experience
Creative Strategy
Concepting & Ideation
Art Direction
Web Design
Mobile Design
Rapid Prototyping
Design System
Photography & Retouching
Video & Sound Design
Motion Design & Animation
Tools
Figma
Sketch
Adobe CC / XD
Principle
ZeroHeight
Notion
Powerpoint/Keynote
HTML/CSS
Asana
Loom
Clients
Solocal Group
Airbus
Sony Music
Orange
Universal Music
Opéra Comique
AFM Téléthon
Bouygues Immobilier
Celio
Reed Business
Stratégies
Veolia
Petit Bateau
Galeries Lafayette