I’m Mike, a Product Designer based in Amsterdam.
Currently I’m working at DataSnipper, getting stuck into the financial world and solving real-world problems with AI. I work with the Innovation Team (DataFlippers 🐬)and Financial Statement Suite, we like to discover together, work fast and be impactful.
Experience
Product Designer - DataSnipper🡭
July 2023 - Present
Empowering financial professionals through AI and powerful automation.
- Led end-to-end product design across the Innovation and Financial Statement Suite (FSS) scrum teams, contributing to features used by over 500,000 global users.
- Collaborated cross-functionally with product managers, engineers, and stakeholders to define product goals, run discovery sprints, and validate solutions through user research and early prototyping.
- Owned the design and experience of DocuMine, DataSnipper’s first AI-powered product. Delivered ~8 hours saved per document, secured 2,000 early access users, and generated 25 pre-launch sales.
- Co-led the redesign of FSS, introducing a new UI, AI-assisted features, and markup tools. Improvements led to faster user workflows and a measurable reduction in support tickets.
- Designed and shipped WebSnip, increasing data capture efficiency in web environments by 75%. Widely adopted by financial users working with online sources.
- Authored DataSnipper’s AI Principles (T.A.S.S.), establishing cross-team standards for responsible AI design—focusing on traceability, actionability, and clarity.
- Co-created and maintained the DataSnipper Design System in Figma, supporting 5 scrum teams and the frontend team with scalable components and shared design tokens.
Digital Product Designer - Ooni🡭
August 2021 - June 2023
Bringing the passion for pizza around the world.
- Sole designer for the e-commerce and companion app scrum teams, designing and delivering features across web and mobile. Supported key product launches and helped streamline team workflows.
- Redesigned the core checkout and purchasing flow, working closely with marketing and data teams to identify friction points. The redesign led to a 104% increase in online sales and a 32% drop in cart abandonment.
- Led a full redesign of the Ooni companion app, exploring new community and commerce features. While the concept wasn’t immediately shipped, it shaped the long-term product vision and informed the roadmap that followed.
- Collaborated with a cross-functional team on an early e-learning platform for on-demand video and subscriptions. The project was later shelved, but the content was repurposed for public marketing channels, supporting product education and campaign launches.
- Rolled out the Ooni Design System across mobile, e-learning, and e-commerce platforms.
UX Researcher & Digital Designer - Finisterre🡭
July 2019 - Jan 2020
- Led qualitative research to uncover customer motivations, pain points, and behaviors across digital and physical experiences.
- Created detailed customer profiles and journey insights that informed early design concepts and content strategy.
- Delivered strategic recommendations for improving digital engagement, aligning insights with brand and e-commerce goals.
- Handed off research and design foundations to a creative agency, which later used them to guide a full website redesign.
Freelance Digital & Web Design - Various
2017 - 2020
- Collaborated with a creative partner to deliver full-service digital projects for local businesses, bands, sports clubs, and community organizations.
- Led the digital side of each project, implementing content strategy, UX structure, and end-to-end website builds.
- Designed and delivered responsive websites using Squarespace, Webflow, and Framer, tailored to each client’s brand and maintained by owners post-launch.
- Supported clients with scalable solutions, focusing on usability, mobile performance, and clear content hierarchy to help them grow their online presence.
Education
BSc (Hons) Interaction Design
Sept 2017 - May 2021
Edinburgh Napier University
- 4 years developing expertise in Human Computer Interaction and the creation of digital experiences.
- Dissertation project; Klevr. A modern e-learning platform focusing on the emerging learner problems from the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Skills & Toolkit
Design
- Workshops
- UX
- UI
- Design Sprints
- Design Systems
- Prototyping
- Information Architecture
- Copywriting
- Agile
User Research
- Generative
- Evaluative
- User Models
- Surveying
- Focus Groups
- A/B Testing
- Usability Testing
- Maze
- UserTesting.com
Toolkit
- Figma
- Adobe CC
- Miro
- Notion
- Jira
- Google Analytics
- Storybook
- Contentsquare
- Optimizely
- Linear