About me

Design is thinking made visual

Overview

I’m Nathan - a Product Designer from Belfast, currently based in Dubai. I have a love for good design, the great outdoors and the odd adrenaline rush from time to time 🤙

Are you looking to scale your startup or adapt your SME for success? Look no further. As a seasoned freelance Senior Product Designer, I bring years of experience helping companies like Sarwa, YAP, and Synechron design winning products and solutions that exceed expectations. I specialise in designing all things fintech; including trading platforms, investment products, and building design systems that ensure consistency and clarity across all digital assets.

As a member of Toptal, an exclusive network of the world's "Top 3%" of talent, I have had the privilege of working with some of the industry's leading companies globally.

Whether you need a new product design or a redesign of an existing product, I can work with you to create a solution that meets your specific needs and exceeds your users' expectations.

Available for remote-friendly freelance work. Let's work together to take your business to the next level.

Experience

Jun 2023 - Present

Founder & Creative Director

People Design Co

Mar 2023 - Present

Lead Product Designer

Freelance

Jul 2022 - Present

Senior Product Designer

Toptal

Apr 2022 - Apr 2023

Senior Product Designer

Sarwa

May 2019 - Apr 2021

Product Designer

YAP

Jan 2017 - May 2019

UX/UI Designer

No79 Design

Qualifications

2022

Building Design Systems

In this bootcamp, I learned how to build scaleable design systems with Figma and Notion. During the online bootcamp, as a student, I was in a class of 20 UX/UI designers worldwide and created a design system from scratch.

Memorisely

2015 - 2019

Interaction Design

First Class Honours

Ulster University

In all my years of working, Nathan ranks in the top
0.5% of designers I've worked with

Kenneth Wong
Head of Innovation, American Eagle

Nathan knows how to ask the right questions and can translate requirements to visuals quickly and efficiently

Katral-Nada Hassan
Head of Product, YAP

Nathan is a creative thinker who constantly comes up multiple and innovative design while still paying attention to detail and understanding of user needs.

Robin Harb
Head of Product, Sarwa

Nathan not only brings sound technical design competencies, but has the discipline in setting up and maintaining design systems

Kenneth Wong
Head of Innovation, American Eagle

Nathan's command over UX practices and his innate leadership capabilities never ceased to help the team build products that solved real user problems.

Reemu Salim
Lead UX Researcher, YAP

If the success of your business depends on modern, effective, and pleasant user experiences, Nathan can make you successful.

Saeid Hejazi
CEO, Wally

Let's have a chat

Feel free to drop me a message and we can have a call or grab a coffee