I specialise in:

🧪 User-centred research, usability & accessibility
📊 Data-rich workflows & high-performance interfaces
🎨 Design craft across UX, UI, interaction & visual design
🧩 Systems thinking & scalable design systems
🛠️ Performance-minded front-end engineering

My experience spans fintech, financial compliance, banking, insurance, healthcare, global health, NGOs, nonprofits, humanitarian organisations, e-commerce, customer & digital experience, network management, telecom, logistics, shipping, property management, sports, creative campaigns, and multilingual/multi-regional international platforms.

I’ve delivered products end-to-end—from early discovery and 0→1 initiatives to mature enterprise-scale systems—and I’m fluent across 0→1 (new products), 1→n (scale), and −1→+1 (re-architecture), operating as both an IC and a design leader in startups, scaleups, enterprise, and SaaS environments.

I’ve worked across startups, scaleups, enterprise and SaaS organisations in both agency and in-house environments—operating as a team of one as well as leading large cross-functional design and product teams.

I bring a blend of systems thinking, design craft, user-centred research, and engineering-focused delivery.

Adobe Creative Cloud | Brand Systems | Design Engineering | Design Strategy | Figma | Information Architecture (IA) | Interaction Design | Prototyping | Sketch | UI Design | UX Design | Visual Design

CSS | HTML | JavaScript (JS) | Performance-Focused UI Engineering | React | TypeScript (TS)

Accessibility — Assistive Technologies (AT) | Accessibility — Inclusive Design | Accessibility — Screen Reader Support (JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver) | Accessibility — Semantic HTML | Accessibility — WCAG (A/AA) | Card Sorting | Content Design | Design Ops | Design Systems | Design Tokens | Heuristic Evaluation | Information Architecture (IA) | Journey Mapping | Prototyping | Service Design | Systems Thinking | Task Analysis | Usability Testing | User-Centred Research | User Flows | Wireframing

0→1 Product Discovery | A/B & Multivariate Testing | Agile & Lean Product Development | Blind/Contextual Usability Studies | Cognitive Walkthroughs | Competitive Analysis | Design Critique & Review Frameworks | Design Sprints | Double Diamond | End-to-End Product Delivery | Ethnographic Research | Heuristic Evaluation | Information Architecture (IA) | Journey & Service Mapping | Mixed-Methods Research | Rapid Prototyping | Systems Mapping | User Interviews | Workflow Analysis

Cross-Functional Collaboration | Design & Product Strategy | Design Culture Building | Design Hiring & Team Formation | Design Mentorship & Coaching | Design Operations (DesignOps) | Design QA & Quality Standards | Executive & Stakeholder Communication | Leading ICs and Large Design Teams | Prioritisation & Roadmapping | Product–Design–Engineering Alignment | Running Design Critiques | Scaling Design Systems | Strategic Planning | Team of One → Team Leadership Adaptability | Vision Development & Narrative Crafting

Accessibility Implementation (WCAG, semantic HTML, ARIA) | API Collaboration & Documentation | Component Architecture & UI Engineering | CSS Architecture (BEM, utility-first, custom frameworks) | Design System Engineering (tokens, theming, component libraries) | Front-End Performance Optimisation | Git & Version Control | HTML Semantics | JS/TS Engineering for Design | Prototyping with Code | React Component Architecture | Responsive & Adaptive Layouts | UI State Management Patterns | Web Standards Compliance

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ajmsawers/