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Romain L.RL

Romain L.

Product Design Manager - Lead Product Designer

€650/day
Paris, FR
15+ years

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About Romain

Product Design Manager, Lead Product Designer
Strategy • Impact & Delivery
+15 years in design, 5 years in management.

I help startups, scale-ups, and large accounts transform complex journeys into simple, fluid, and growth-generating experiences.

➭ Key Expertise:
• Leadership & Mentoring
• AI: Claude, Gemini, OpenIA, Lovable, Banani… to accelerate discovery, generate MVPs, and reduce time-to-market
• UX/UI Design (Figma, advanced prototyping)
• Product Discovery & Delivery
• DesignOps
• Design systems: creation, evolution, adoption, and governance,
• Collaboration with PM, Tech & Data
• Co-design and co-prioritization workshops

➭ Business Impact:
• +€1M in revenue through A/B tests and optimization in 15 days,
• 500k+ users in 6 months (Lancôme × eShadeFinder),
• -30% churn on service onboarding #beautytech

➭ Awards:
• CES x Lancôme (eShadeFinder)
• FWA x Dior (Rouge Dior)
• Awwwards x Dior (Capture Totale)

➭ References:
Dior, L'Oréal, Aroma-Zone, Virbac, Accor, Generali, Ministry of Foreign Affairs + 40 global brands
  • English

    Fluent

  • French

    Native or bilingual

Can work on-site
Paris (up to 50km)

Experience

  • Freelance
    Product Design Manager and Design Consultant
    DIGITAL AND IT
    September 2024 - Today (1 year and 9 months)
    Paris, France
    Design Consulting in a multi-client and multi-sector environment.
    Design strategy & UX consulting on high-stakes business projects, from strategy to delivery.

    Main mission: Kaliop Digital Agency

    • Aroma-Zone:UX strategy leadership and discovery framing: recommendations on the Bundle/Routines journey

    • Virbac Corporate:Research and definition of key corporate journeys: from audit to a set of recommendations delivered to the product teams

    • Yelloh Village:User flow, conversion funnel optimization, governance, and evolution of the existing Design System

    • Accor:Strategic consulting on integrating AI into Accor.com: framing and recommendations for product teams

    AI & Workflows Exploration
    • Integration of AI in design workflows (Lovable, Claude, Framer AI) to accelerate discovery, generate MVPs, and deliver interactive prototypes, reducing time-to-market
    • Experimentation with new frameworks enriched by generative AI tools
    Artificial Intelligence Product Discovery Consulting Prototype User Experience Design
  • Parfums Christian Dior
    Product Design Manager
    LUXURY GOODS
    August 2023 - August 2024 (1 year)
    Paris, France
    Head of the Product Design eCommerce team at Parfums Christian Dior.
    Managed 5 freelance designers across all e-commerce digital products.
    From Discovery to Delivery, in direct collaboration with Tech, Data, eMerch, and Christian Dior Couture teams.

    • Management of 5 freelance designers: leadership, onboarding, deliverable tracking
    • Creation, evolution, and governance of the Dior eCommerce Design System
    • Implementation of DesignOps rituals: Design Critics, Tech × Design Syncs, Sprint Reviews
    • Alignment of design vision with the group's e-commerce business objectives
    • Operational creative point of contact with internal and external partners
    • A/B Testing: design and monitoring of tests on key journeys

    Impact:
    +€1M in revenue in 15 days via A/B testing
    FWA 2024: Rouge Dior (Site of the Day)
    Awwwards 2024: Hyalushot (Honorable Mention)
    E-commerce Team Management Product Design Strategy Data-Driven User Centric
  • L'Oréal - Digital Services Factory
    Product Design Manager - First Product Designer
    FASHION AND COSMETICS
    January 2020 - January 2023 (3 years)
    Clichy, France
    Creation of the Product Design department and leadership of the vision, scaling, and management of the Product Design team for the Digital Services Factory. An entity dedicated to digital innovation for the group's 37 global brands, in a context of accelerated digital growth.

    • Department Foundation: vision, processes, methodologies, and design culture
    • Creation of the Global Design System (Figma - Storybook - Zeroheight) to ensure consistency and scalability of services for the group's 37 global brands
    • Launch of the first AI/AR services: Lancôme × eShadeFinder, Garnier × SkinCoach, La Roche-Posay × SpotScan
    • International deployment of services (EMEA, AMER, APAC)
    • Agile and user-centric methodology: discovery, rapid prototyping, iteration
    • Management of 7 Product Designers (permanent and freelance): objectives, career plans, team rituals, skill development
    • Implementation of DesignOps at the factory scale
    • Definition and sharing of the medium-to-long-term design vision, aligned with the group's "Digital First" strategy
    • Acceleration of deployment: up to 2 new services launched per month
    • Onboarding and support of the ModiFace design team (AR/AI)
    • Direct interface with C-Levels, Heads of Product/Tech, and Data

    Impact:
    -30% churn on onboarding
    +500k users in 6 months (Lancôme × eShadeFinder)
    4.4/5 CSAT
    CES Award 2023: Lancôme × eShadeFinder
    Design System Team Management Founding Product Designer Figma Design/Feedback Culture

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Education

  • BTS Communication Visuelle
    Efficom
    2005

Certifications

  • PRODUCT LEADER - Create and develop Product Strategy
    Thiga
    2022
  • PRODUCT LEADER - Build the best Product Organization
    Thiga
    2022

Skill set

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