Design Council UK

Increasing reach and impact of an ambitious training program

Part of the Design for Planet initiative, the Green Design Skills program aims at training 1 million designers by 2030. To help their mission, I redefined their target audiences and OKRs, delivered a Service Blueprint with an embedded conversion funnel, and mapped their ecosystem in order to establish a single source of truth and strategic insights.

service blueprint •
ecosystem mapping •
conversion funnel •
context segmentation •
workshop design •

• service blueprint
• ecosystem mapping
• conversion funnel
• context segmentation
• workshop design

Visu Finance

Equipping a fintech startup to compete at the top level

Visu Finance gives retail investors access to institutional-grade AI stock analysis tools. Bold positioning, a distinctive brand, and intuitive product experience turned a resource-bound business into a credible competitor in a tight, high-stakes market.

brand positioning •
brand design •
design strategy •
content architecture •
UX / UI design •

• brand positioning
• brand design
• design strategy
• content architecture
• UX / UI design

Google

Enhancing Google’s innovation services through brand experience

The company’s proprietary MAChINE Sprint program was already delivering measurable impact for clients by helping them leverage the tech in Google’s products. The challenge consisted of shaping a comprehensive, service-led brand experience to close the loop and consolidate its value-proposition.

design strategy •
stakeholder engagement •
branding design •
design sprints •

• design strategy
• stakeholder engagement
• branding design
• design sprints

Metacampus.ai

Co-founding a startup and leading a product team amidst tech disruption

How can we launch an educational platform covering the DeFi, AI, and Creative Economy domains in the midst of unprecedented technological acceleration and market disruption? Rapid experimentation, bold pivots, and a genuinely curious attitude was the answer.

end-to-end product design •
cross-functional leadership •
investor pitching •


end-to-end product design •
cross-functional leadership •
investor pitching •

• end-to-end product design
• cross-functional leadership
• investor pitching

ING Bank

Integrating brand experience and product design through co-creation

How to drive effective collaboration between brand experience and product design teams, given their distinctive processes, mental models, and language? By mapping the whole ecosystem, engaging stakeholders, and facilitating cross-functional workshops focused on embedding key brand attributes into product across ING's global retail markets.

design strategy •
ecosystem mapping •
cross-functional coordination •
workshop facilitation •

• design strategy
• ecosystem mapping
• cross-functional coordination
• workshop facilitation

Trivago Innovation Lab

Accelerating innovation with a nimble team and Lean principles

At Trivago's Innovation Lab, our challenge was to conceive, develop, and validate entirely new product experiences from research to MVP release and marketing campaigns. Using new ways of working, rituals, and a lean team, we launched and tested functional products that were later integrated into the core platform.

end-to-end product design •
creative direction •
branding and marketing design •
workshop facilitation •
C-level reporting •

• end-to-end product design
• creative direction
• branding and marketing design
• workshop facilitation
• C-level reporting

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