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Senior Product Designer with 10+ years of experience in SaaS, web applications, and digital products for startups, scale-ups, and large corporations.
I focus on feature design, improving existing products, structuring complex UX, and rapid prototyping, from the discovery phase to product delivery.
Experience in R&D at Orange, international data/AI startup, and a digital agency in Shanghai, with over 50 products designed for Europe and Asia.
Accustomed to collaborating closely with product managers and technical teams in fast-paced environments where user experience quality directly impacts product adoption.
Common areas: B2B SaaS, web platforms, tech products, data, AI, marketplaces, and digital services.
Pragmatic approach, focused on product impact, interface clarity, and execution speed.
French
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent
Chinese
Basic
Remote only
Primarily works remotely
Experience
- CastorDoc (acquired by Coalesce)Senior Product Designer AI / DataSOFTWARE PUBLISHINGJuly 2022 - Today (4 years and 1 month)Paris, France
- Design of the main product and AI workflows for a data catalog used by enterprise data teams.
- Design of an AI chat interface enabling contextual selection of data assets and reliable natural language querying of company data.
- Creation of an AI-powered automatic metadata documentation feature, reducing data steward manual work by 70%.
- Design of marketplace-like discovery features increasing product adoption, with +45% account growth and +60% data product consumption.
- Vo2 Asia PacificProduct DesignerDIGITAL AND ITMay 2019 - February 2022 (2 years and 9 months)Shanghai City, ChinaDigital agency based in Shanghai.
- Design and product strategy lead on 50+ SaaS, B2B/B2C, and innovation projects for clients in Europe and Asia.
- Design of digital ecosystems and services for international brands such as Hyatt, Bvlgari, and CIVB (Bordeaux Wine Council).
- Specialization in the WeChat ecosystem (Mini Programs, Official Accounts, WeChat Pay) and product design within the Chinese super-app environment.
- Creation of design systems and product frameworks reused across multiple client platforms.
- HoroquartzUX / UI DesignerSOFTWARE PUBLISHINGFebruary 2018 - February 2019 (1 year)Région de Nantes, France
- Design of HR workflows and time management features for large corporations.
- Identification, through user research, of a critical inefficiency in a client workflow, leading to €18M in annual savings for a CAC40 client.
- Redesign of key features, increasing user satisfaction from 80% to 94%.
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Education
- Master's degreeL'Ecole de design Nantes Atlantique2016Design theory, Creative methods, Innovation tools and thinking, Team work, Project management, Marketing, Personal and Interpersonal communication...