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Work Experience

Selected roles in product design, design leadership and hands-on delivery.

Nov 2018 – Present

WiseAlpha Technologies

Head of UX and Design

Led UX, design and product delivery across WiseAlpha’s corporate-bond platform, spanning trading, the client portal and a B2B portal for wealth managers and market makers.

Built WiseAlpha’s React Native mobile app using AI-assisted development.

WiseAlpha won Best Investments Provider at the 2019 British Bank Awards.

Apr 2017 – Present

Toptal

Lead UX/UI Designer

Delivered product strategy, UX and UI design through Toptal for clients across healthcare, sports performance, consumer brands and business services. The work spanned customer-facing products, specialist dashboards, business portals and websites, from early concepts and client presentations to detailed interaction and interface design.

Feb 2020 – Feb 2025

Kiwi Data

Head of Product Design

Owned UX and UI for Kiwi Data’s live AI document-analysis and contract-intelligence platform. Designed document-building interfaces and review workflows, alongside annuity-adviser comparison and contract-builder tools.

Aug 2015 – Jul 2017

AKQA

Senior User Experience Architect

Designed digital experiences for Nike, TAG Heuer, Rolls-Royce and Volvo across fitness, wearables and luxury automotive. Work spanned UX/UI, interaction design, app libraries and systems, localised watch interfaces, and website and configurator experiences. Collaborated with Nike’s design leaders in Portland on reusable foundations across its training and running apps.

Nike+ Training Club was shortlisted in Digital Craft at Cannes Lions 2017. The wider TAG Heuer Connected Modular 45 experience was shortlisted for Product and Service Design: Craft at the 2018 BIMA Awards and in the Digital category at Creativepool Annual 2018.

I designed UX and UI for the Rolls-Royce website at AKQA. The project was Highly Commended for Website Design at The Drum Design Awards 2016 and shortlisted for Web Design and Build at the 2016 BIMA Awards.

Apr 2015 – Jul 2015

Jack Renwick Studio

Lead Interaction Designer

Led UX and UI design for client product development, shaping user flows and detailed interface designs. Coordinated design deliverables with the studio’s digital design team.

2013 – 2015

Gin + Bourbon

Founder

Founded and led Gin + Bourbon, an independent brand experience design agency working across luxury property, retail, hospitality, sport, consumer brands and human rights. Built a diverse client portfolio and led a multidisciplinary team of brand, UX and UI designers across websites, ecommerce experiences, mobile products and service platforms.

Aug 2012 – Mar 2015

Albion

UX Designer

Designed and tested comparison journeys for Compare the Market, and designed UX/UI for Jose Cuervo sites and campaigns. Wider work included Chemist Direct UI and site-use documentation, Viagogo UX/UI and video creation/editing.

Dons of Tequila was shortlisted for Best Use of Content and FMCG Marketing Communications Campaign of the Year at the 2016 PRmoment Awards (South).

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