About
- Role
- Senior Product Designer
- Based in
- England, UK
I’m a senior product designer with five years of experience and 30+ engagements across AI, SaaS, fintech and enterprise software. I make complex products clear, make confident decisions and deliver production-ready UI.
I started as the first design hire at DoorFeed (opens in a new tab), designing its PropTech platform from the ground up, before joining London agency Solace (opens in a new tab) as a UI/UX Designer. In 2023 I founded Exalt Studio (opens in a new tab), and since then I’ve repeatedly embedded within established product teams, including Scout, Openlane, Meshed and Flash Global, working to shared roadmaps alongside designers, engineers and product leaders.
I care about the decisions behind the screens as much as the final UI: understanding the problem, explaining trade-offs clearly and making sure the work can actually be built. Clients tend to mention the same things: speed, clarity and design quality. I also build and launch my own products in code, taking work from Figma into React and Next.js with Claude Code, and I’ve developed a recognisable visual style with an established following across the design industry.
Outside work, I box regularly and spend as much time as I can with my wife, Ellie. Both keep me grounded, curious and ready to come back to the work with fresh eyes.
In numbers
- Years of experience
- 5+
- Client engagements
- 30+
- Followers on X
- 12K+
- Followers on Dribbble
- 19K+
Experience
Exalt Studio (opens in a new tab)
Founder & Lead Product Designer
July 2023 – PresentRemote · England, UK
- Led 30+ product engagements, owning discovery, information architecture, UX, high-fidelity UI, design systems and handoff while directing the studio and client relationships.
- Embedded within established teams including Scout, Openlane, Meshed, Digital Speed and Astellent, working to shared roadmaps, delivery cycles and existing design and engineering processes.
- With Flash Global, join daily product and engineering syncs, design complex workflows and present to cross-functional groups of around ten stakeholders, securing alignment through to delivery.
- Prioritise under pressure, explain trade-offs and adapt as technical and commercial requirements change, whether working independently or within a team.
- Build scalable design systems and stay close to implementation. Recruited and mentored a junior designer through critique, direction and delegated ownership.
UI/UX Designer
October 2022 – July 2023London, UK
- Worked at an established London agency across multiple live web and mobile projects, managing differing audiences, requirements and deadlines.
- Delivered user journeys, wireframes, responsive UI, prototypes and developer handoff, collaborating in critiques and client reviews with designers, project leads and engineers.
- Built a disciplined approach to rapid delivery: clear priorities, sound decisions, efficient context switching and the ability to pivot without compromising quality.
Junior Product Designer
December 2021 – October 2022London, UK
- First design hire, working directly with the founder and owning design from the outset.
- Designed the original PropTech platform from the ground up, defining user journeys, information architecture, wireframes, UI and interaction patterns.
- Worked with engineers to turn initial requirements into a functional product and establish consistent patterns as the platform developed.
Design engineering
Products I’ve designed and built in code.
Independent product
Designed and built both the product and its waitlist website entirely myself, using Claude Code, React, Next.js, Vercel and Supabase to prototype features, connect data and turn designs into working software.
Co-founded SaaS product
Designed and shipped both the app and the public website for our LinkedIn intelligence platform. Built the site with Claude Code, React and Next.js, including responsive UI and interactive product demos, deployed on Vercel and iterated directly in the browser.
Client feedback
“Luke joined our team and immediately made an impact, helping us ship new features that drive our growth. He worked closely with our Lead Designer, playing a key role in shaping the product and refining the user experience.”
Bryan Chappell · CEO, ScoutOS “Luke quickly grasped the domain and translated a technically complex product into a clean, intuitive interface we’re proud to launch.”
Matt Donlevey · Founder, Voren
Skills
Product Design & Strategy
- Product Discovery & UX Strategy
- Complex Workflow Design
- Information Architecture
- Prototyping & Validation
Interface & Design Systems
- Production-Ready Product UI
- Data-Rich Dashboards & B2B Tools
- Scalable Design Systems
- Figma, FigJam & Framer
Collaboration & Leadership
- Embedding in Product Teams
- Presenting to Cross-Functional Stakeholders
- Product & Engineering Collaboration
- Design Critique & Mentoring
Design Engineering
- Claude Code & AI-Assisted Prototyping
- React, Next.js & Tailwind CSS
- shadcn/ui
- Vercel & Supabase
Industries
AI & automation · B2B SaaS · Fintech & payments · Insurance · Enterprise software · Compliance · Logistics · PropTech · Trading & Web3 · Automotive · Developer platforms
Recognition
- Exalt selected among Dribbble’s Trendsetter Product Design Agencies
- Exalt website received an Awwwards Honourable Mention (opens in a new tab)
- Interviewed for the Zeplin (opens in a new tab) Design to Dev series
- Work featured by Minimal Gallery, Land-book and many more inspiration sites and design blogs
Education
CareerFoundry
UI Design Programme, full-time
2021 – 2022
Project-based professional programme with individual mentor and tutor feedback, covering visual design, typography, information architecture, user research, interaction design, prototyping, usability testing, design systems and developer handoff.
Academy of Contemporary Music
BA, Creative Sound Design
2015 – 2017