Valentin Chrétien

Valentin Chrétien

Designer in France, He/him

About

I'm a designer turned entrepreneur. I co-founded Specify to help product teams automate workflows and maintain their design system.

Work Experience

2018 — 2024
Paris, France

A global SaaS company that empowers organizations to manage their brand at scale through a Design System Platform.

2016 — 2023
Paris, France

A leading French school specializing in web and multimedia professions.

  • Trained 400+ students (Bachelor's, 3rd and 4th year, MBA) in UI collaboration, with focused lessons on design systems and design tokens.

  • Enhanced their proficiency in tools like Figma, ensuring mastery of variables, components, and other key concepts.

2017 — 2018
Paris, France

A French company specializing in connected health devices.

  • Researched ways to improve the nutrition experience.

  • Redesigned the weighing experience for pregnant women.

  • Enhanced the UI for smartwatches and scales.

  • Assisted in redesigning the UI after Nokia's acquisition.

  • Boosted collaboration between designers and developers.

2015 — 2015
Paris, France

Helped redesign the entire artistic photography website.

2014 — 2014
Lille, France

Helped manage the IT team's change process at Decathlon in Lille.

2012 — 2013
Front-end Engineer at Geophyle
Lille, France

Developed and maintained websites on WordPress, Drupal, and Prestashop.

Teams

Current
Specify

Side Projects

2018

A Sketch plugin that allows you to import a set of icons and generate a dynamic icon library in less than 5 minutes. (20k+ users)

2016

Christopher Nolan's WWII Movie.

Education

2013 — 2014
2010 — 2013
Technology Degree in IT at IUT de Calais-Boulogne
Calais, France

Contact

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