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Sofia L.SL

Sofia L.

UX Strategy, Product & Service Design Director

€752/day
London, GB
15+ years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Sofia

I partner with organisations to navigate uncertainty and complex ecosystems. From spotting white spaces for innovation, to developing value propositions that fit real market needs, to building services that users engage with, adopt and stick to in the long run.
  • Portuguese

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Native or bilingual

  • Spanish

    Native or bilingual

  • French

    Conversational

  • Catalan

    Basic

Can work on-site
London (up to 30km)

Experience

  • Lifted Studio,
    UX Strategy, Service Design & Insights Director
    January 2026 - Today (5 months)
    Independent consultant. Offering UX Strategy, Service Design, and User Research services. Designing products and services from concept to implementation, working in partnership with leaders, and high-performing cross-functional teams.
    Ventures User Research Service Design User Experience Strategy Design Leadership
  • frog Design
    Director, Service Design & User Experience Strategy
    CONSULTING AND AUDITS
    June 2019 - December 2025 (6 years and 6 months)
    London, United Kingdom
    Leading cross-functional teams of designers, copywriters, technologists and strategists to deliver work in B2B and B2C environments. Managing stakeholders and bringing them into creative settings to collaboratively improve existing experiences (products and services) or completely reinventing them with a user and stakeholder-centred and inclusive lens. Stakeholder and teams' coaching and hands-on project execution. Selected projects:
    • NatWest Bank - Redesigning the enablement journey for existing large corporate customers accessing the bank's markets side products, specifically: FX Forwards & Investment Rate Swaps.
    • LEGO - Defining the future KFOL (Kids Fans Of LEGO) digital experience - connecting kids deeper with the brand and increasing engagement with LEGO digital platforms.
    • Sanofi - Creating the service ecosystem strategy to support patients in their journey from prescription to adherence with a specific molecule.
    • Elekta - Leading a 3-year program to define the future patient centred experience for cancer treatment. Creating a more human experience for patients and HCPs while optimising the HCP's workflows, simplifying their experience, creating higher efficiencies and increasing the acceptance of Al generated insights to support them.
    • NHSX - Designing and testing an over-the-counter medicine tracker service.
    • AstraZeneca - Understanding HCPs' needs and creating a strategy to support them in making better decisions when choosing hospital- administered antibiotics.
    Project Management Team leadership Client management Hands-on CX Strategy
  • frog Design
    Life Sciences Lead for frog UK
    April 2024 - August 2025 (1 year and 4 months)
    London, United Kingdom
    Leading the frog Life Sciences team and practice. Owning the PNL.

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Education

  • Strategic Management Executive Programme
    Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
    2024
    Grade: 83,2% and 100% in final assignment Oxford Strategic Management Executive Programme comprising modules in: - Executive Leadership - Executive Finance - Executive Strategy Final assignment: The future of MedTech, a strategy playbook. Skills: Communication, Business Analysis, Financial Analysis, Leadership, Strategic Analysis, Business Strategy.
  • Management Development Programme, Business Strategy
    London School of Business & Finance
    2018

Skill set

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  • Other