Manomano

Each quarter, I drafted design roadmaps, collaborating closely with tech, business, and product leaders. My approach involved prioritizing initiatives based on UX metrics, balancing user needs with business goals. Team workloads were planned to avoid spikes, leave margin for the unexpected, and to allow time FOR research and discovery.

As a design leader, I conducted weekly meetings, including 1:1 sessions and team meetings. I also held regular syncs with business, tech, and product leaders to ensure alignment.

In order to foster growth, I provided design feedback and mediated interpersonal issues when necessary. Additionally, I mentored designers on prototyping, product discovery and user research.

In May 2020, our team consisted of 8 members. Since then, I have helped scale the team to 25 people. To enable efficient and effective design processes, I have defined a discovery framework for a team of 20+ designers.

I also successfully migrated our design stack from InVision/Sketch to Figma, resulting in substantial cost savings of over 40k€ per year. To promote collaboration and easy access to resources, I created and managed the design team knowledge base on Confluence.

During several workshops, I facilitated the development of design principles, aligning our team’s approach and ensuring consistency across projects. I also set standards for roadmaps, weekly meetings, and initiative monitoring, establishing a structured framework that enhanced productivity and accountability.