Valentin Rabier

Product Designer with 5+ years' experience owning commercial digital products end to end across iOS, Android and web platforms, from discovery and user research through wireframes, prototyping and high-fidelity UI, to delivery. I turn complex, ambiguous problems into simple, intuitive experiences, work closely with Product and Engineering so designs translate cleanly into build, and can always explain the reasoning behind a decision.

Lead Product Designer at BadDinosaur (2021-04 – Present)

Own end-to-end product design for iOS, Android and web apps at BadDinosaur, an app development agency working across FinTech, MedTech, education, health, charity, public sector and the third sector, delivering SaaS platforms and a wide range of products, including Gen+ (live in more than 100 schools), Walking Scotland and Green Tourism from concept through to shipped product

• Lead client discovery workshops, gather requirements and align stakeholders on product direction
• Conduct user research and usability testing, feeding findings into iterative design decisions
• Define user journeys, wireframes and interactive prototypes to solve complex, ambiguous product problems
• Produce high-fidelity UI in Figma, including scalable design systems and reusable component libraries
• Apply WCAG accessibility standards across every product, from early design through to delivery
• Collaborate closely with engineering, with working front-end knowledge (HTML, CSS, Bootstrap) to ensure designs are implemented as intended

Freelance Product Designer at Self-employed (2019 – 2021)

• Delivered freelance UX/UI design projects for independent clients across web platforms
• Relocated from France to Edinburgh, Scotland, while building full fluency in English before returning to product design full-time

Product Designer, UX/UI at Eldorado.co (2019-04 – 2020-01)

• Wireframing and interface design using Adobe XD, Figma and Sketch
• Ran user testing and iterated on designs based on feedback
• Contributed front-end development and integration work in HTML and CSS
• Managed project workflow using Jira and Trello

BSc in Webdesign – University of Limoges (2018 – 2019)