Senior design thinking without a full-time hire.
I embed with product teams for focused engagements — strategy, systems, audits, and AI-enabled workflows — and hand off something your team can own.
Product strategy
Roadmap shaping, opportunity framing, and design's relationship to the business case. I work directly with founders, PMs, and leadership to align on what to build and why.
UX audits
A structured review of your product's experience — flows, friction points, design debt, and quick wins. Delivered as a prioritised brief your team can act on.
Design systems
From token architecture to component libraries to adoption strategy. I've led systems at Oracle and CloudBees — I know what makes them stick and what makes them ignored.
UX research & research operations
End-to-end research: interviews, usability testing, synthesis, and the infrastructure to make it repeatable. I've built research cadences at Oracle and CloudBees — from first interview to team-wide habit.
AI-enabled product workflows
Integrating AI tooling into the design process: from prototyping with agents to building evaluation frameworks for AI-generated UX. Practical, not theoretical.
AI/UX Audit
A focused review of your product's UX or AI feature set. Delivers a prioritised written report and recorded walkthrough with actionable recommendations.
Good for: Companies evaluating a specific problem area, or wanting a quick win before committing to a larger engagement.
Design Systems Sprint
Set up or repair a component library for your product team. Delivers a Figma library, design tokens, documentation, and a handoff guide.
Good for: Post-seed startups or scale-ups with messy design debt who need a working system, not a six-month project.
UX+AI Fractional Product Design Retainer
Ongoing design and strategy for companies building AI-native products or internal tools. Weekly sessions, design work, and documentation.
Good for: Companies that need a senior product and design brain without a full-time hire.
Use the Work with me form to start a conversation about any of these packages, or email directly if you already know what you need.
If you're thinking about a longer-term or embedded role, the About page is the right place to start.
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