Product designer with 7+ years of experience designing end to end for digital products and 1+ years managing Jr designers.

Paris, France

+33 6 17 19 88 89

vanessayumi.com

[email protected]


Experience

Feb 2024 – Present

Expert Product Designer

Qonto

Jan 2021 – Feb 2024

Senior Product Designer

Gorgias

Working with Chat and Convert squads, leading design initiatives from problem definition to implementation, and collaborating with Product to define the squad's goals and roadmap. Kickstarted the design team at Gorgias with one other product designer by building the design system, establishing processes, facilitating rituals, and structuring and leading the hiring process.

Jun 2019 – Dec 2020

Product Design Lead

Cobli

Responsible for planning and executing projects to elevate the Product Design team, such as improving processes and workflow and bridging design and development. Managing Jr designers, being responsible for reviewing their deliverables, coaching them and evaluating their performance. Individual contribution in squads, executing E2E design process to develop and enhance product features.

Dec 2017 – Jun 2019

Product Designer

Cobli

Designed new features and iterations by conducting user research, working closely with product managers and tech leads to define scopes, facilitating meetings and ideation sessions, building prototypes, running usability tests and designing UI deliverables. Styleguide building and maintenance, in which I established best practices and coached designers on how to contribute.

Feb 2017 – Dec 2017

Product Design Intern

Cobli

Designed new features and iterations alongside the design lead by assisting user research, building prototypes, running usability tests and designing UI deliverables.

Jan 2016 – Jan 2017

UX/UI Design Intern

Taqtile

Designed usability flows and interfaces for iOS, Android and Windows Phone apps and mobile sites. Helped facilitate Design Sprints, both internal and with clients.

May 2014 – Aug 2015

Design Intern

Agência Rima

Designed the agency's logo and visual identity, participated in designing the website interface and created visual content for Fashion and Beauty column on Estadão, a major newspaper the agency wrote for.


Education

2022 – Present

NN/g Nielsen Norman Group UX Certification

Ongoing UX Certification from Nielsen Norman Group.

Completed courses:

Application Design for Web and Desktop

Becoming a UX Strategist

2013 – 2017

Bachelor of Design, specialization in Digital Design

Centro Universitário Senac

2014 – 2015

Arts Création Numérique

Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France (fka Université de Valenciennes et du Hainaut-Cambrésis)

Science without Borders exchange program