Designing clear, considered product surfaces - for teams that ship.
I’m a freelance product designer. I work with founders and product teams on early-stage products, complex flows, and the systems that hold them together. Each engagement starts with the problem, not the screen.
Currently
- Studio in Berlin
- Two active engagements
- Booking projects from August
- Replies within a working day
01 / Selected work
A small set of recent engagements.
Placeholder case studies. Full write-ups are available on request - each engagement runs 6 to 14 weeks.
- 01/2025/Writing & research
Field Notes
A long-form writing app for researchers. I led the move from a single document view to a project-based workspace with citations, attachments, and review-ready exports.
- Outcome
- Onboarding drop-off: 38% to 12%
- 02/2024/B2B SaaS - ops
Atlas
An internal analytics product for ops teams. Replaced a dashboard sprawl with a single metric-catalog, query builder, and saved views that the rest of the org could share.
- Outcome
- Time to first insight: 2.4x faster
- 03/2024/Consumer - discovery
Trove
Redesigned the browse path for a marketplace of independent makers. New collection model, faceted search, and a quieter cart that does not push you out of the catalog.
- Outcome
- Browse to listing: +18% in 4 weeks
- 04/2023/Design system
Loom & Lattice
Built the design system for a fintech product suite from scratch. Tokens, primitives, layout, motion, and the docs that let product teams ship without an all-hands review.
- Outcome
- Components shipped: 64 in 6 months
02 / Services
Three things I do, well.
Engagements are usually scoped around one of these. A short discovery is built in before any design work begins.
- 01/Service
Product design
End-to-end product design, from problem framing through research, flows, and detailed screens. Most engagements run 6 to 10 weeks.
- Discovery interviews and JTBD framing
- Information architecture and key flows
- High-fidelity screens with states and edge cases
- Engineering hand-off and ship support
- 02/Service
Design systems
Tokens, components, and the docs that let product teams ship without an all-hands review. Built to be extended by the team that owns it.
- Token audit and naming pass
- Primitives - inputs, surfaces, layout, motion
- Documentation site and contribution guide
- Figma library + code pairing sessions
- 03/Service
Prototyping
High-fidelity interactive prototypes for usability tests, stakeholder review, and engineering alignment - before any pixel is locked in.
- Click-through prototypes for key flows
- Interaction specs for handoff and QA
- Usability testing scripts and synthesis
- Decision records tied to motion choices
03 / About
Background, working style, and fit.
Eight years of product design across consumer, B2B, and internal tools. I trained as a graphic designer, moved into product in 2017, and have been independent since 2022.
I work in small, focused engagements - usually one or two problems at a time - so that everything I touch can get the attention it needs. I prefer engaging early, writing things down, and shipping in slices that are useful on their own.
Familiar with Figma, Framer, and the usual motion tooling. Comfortable with engineering teams in TypeScript and Go shops. Picky about type, generous with feedback, reliable with dates.
Languages
English, German
Tooling
Figma, Framer, Loom, Notion
Engagement
Remote, EU-friendly hours
04 / Contact
Tell me what you’re working on.
A short note about the product, the team, the timing, and where you’re starting from. I read every message and reply within a working day.
- Studio
- Berlin, Germany
Remote-first
- Elsewhere
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