Xavier King

Senior Product Designer in London

About

A resourceful and highly adaptable senior product designer with a background in photography. I thrive in multi disciplinary teams, and am passionate about creating delightful, user-centered experiences. My creative background means I’m not afraid to challenge norms and push the needle forward.

Projects

2024
Reporting at OneUp Sales

A brand new reporting product allowing users to dive deeper than ever into their data.

2024
Customisable dashboard at OneUp Sales

Redesign of the old OneUp dashboard to increase functionality and allow complete customisation. The Dashboard is most users 'home' on OneUp.

2023
Account categorisation at Codat

Users can manually categorise their financial statements pulled through the Codat accounting API. Accurately categorising these accounts allows users to produce both traditional and industry specific metrics.

2023
Embedded Link at Codat

A white-labeled product that allows clients to gain access to their customers' financial data.

2022
The Classroom at Tutorful

A bespoke interactive whiteboard where all of the tutoring sessions take place.

Awards

2023

Received the Creator of Change as voted by the company & SLT. Award was presented at the 2024 company kickoff.

Work Experience

2023 — 2024
Senior Product Designer at OneUp Sales
London (Remote)
  • Lead discovery and ideation workshops over many product with SLT

  • Lead in depth discovery, user interviews and usability test with major clients

  • Contributed to a 20% rise in monthly active users on the platform

  • Implemented best practice product/ engineering ceremonies (e.g. story-mapping, friction logging, technical feasibility, regular retros)

  • Designed and maintained a brand new design system from the ground up - helped prioritise engineering work to build new components

  • Reported to Head of Product and CEO

  • Work on Customisable Dashboards and Reporting helped retain our biggest clients (~£250k ARR)

Tools - Figma, Mixpanel, Slite, Maze, Dovetail

2022 — 2023
Product Designer at Codat
London
  • Implemented user testing with testing frameworks and participant database

  • Conducting user interviews, users testing & usability testing

  • Working with Product Manager, Product Owners to lead on designing new features and products from conception to launch

  • Leading stakeholder and client workshops. Clients include Amazon Lending, Ampla & Wayflyer

  • Working in cross-functional teams (Product Mangers, Product Owners, developers, QA, BA and marketing)

  • Creating, contributing, maintaining and updating multiple design systems

Tools - Figma, Amplitude, Confluence, Maze, Pitch

2021 — 2022
Product Designer at Tutorful
London (Remote)
  • Leading design on new features and projects from conception to launch

  • Designing end to end user flows & wireframes

  • Hi-fidelity designs & prototyping

  • Conducting user interviews, users testing & usability testing

  • Observing trends in the market, and conducting in-depth competitor analysis

  • Leading stakeholder workshops and presentations

  • Working in cross-functional teams (product mangers, developers, QA and marketing)

  • Contributing and maintaining multiple design systems

Tools - Photoshop, Figma, GA, Amplitude, Cluvio

2020 — 2021
UX/UI Designer at Engaging Tech
London
  • Lead design projects from conception to launch

  • Wireframing, Hi-fidelity designs & prototyping

  • Conducting user interviews, users testing & usability testing

  • Leading client workshops and presentations

  • Working with product mangers, developers, QA and marketing

Tools - Photoshop, Figma, Illustrator, GA

2020 — 2020
Product Designer at Inscope.ai
London
  • Leading stakeholder workshops and presentations

  • Domain research, competitive analysis

  • Hi-fidelity designs & prototyping

  • User interviews, users testing & usability testing

Tools - Photoshop, Figma, Illustrator

Education

2019 — 2020
UX/UI Bootcamp at Flatiron School
2016 — 2019
Bachelors Degree, Photography at London College of Communications (UAL)
London

2-1 (1st in Final Major Project)

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