senior UX & founding product designer
senior UX & founding product designer
Hi, I’m Raphaël
Hi, I’m Raphaël
Hi, I’m Raphaël
I’m drawn to complicated problems. I study how people work, the decisions they need to make and where software gets in their way. Then I work with engineers to turn those findings into clearer workflows, useful interactions and products people can rely on.
I’m drawn to complicated problems. I study how people work, the decisions they need to make and where software gets in their way. Then I work with engineers to turn those findings into clearer workflows, useful interactions and products people can rely on.
I’m drawn to complicated problems. I study how people work, the decisions they need to make and where software gets in their way. Then I work with engineers to turn those findings into clearer workflows, useful interactions and products people can rely on.
AI Platforms · Financial Products · Enterprise Software
AI Platforms · Financial Products
Enterprise Software
profile
About me
About me
I studied marketing and market research before moving into design. That background taught me to question assumptions, understand people’s motivations and connect their needs with the realities of a business.
I studied marketing and market research before moving into design. That background taught me to question assumptions, understand people’s motivations and connect their needs with the realities of a business.
I’ve since co-founded a digital agency, designed insurance experiences used by over a million people, and shaped enterprise tools supporting 14,000+ advisors within large organisations. More recently, I’ve built products from scratch with early-stage teams, spanning conversational AI and interfaces for compute infrastructure.
I’ve since co-founded a digital agency, designed insurance experiences used by over a million people, and shaped enterprise tools supporting 14,000+ advisors within large organisations. More recently, I’ve built products from scratch with early-stage teams, spanning conversational AI and interfaces for compute infrastructure.
Those settings taught me different things: how to work within constraints, how to give an incomplete idea structure, and when to challenge the brief.
Those settings taught me different things: how to work within constraints, how to give an incomplete idea structure, and when to challenge the brief.
My work stays hands-on: interviewing users, mapping workflows, designing scalable design systems, building prototypes and working through the details with engineers.
My work stays hands-on: interviewing users, mapping workflows, designing scalable design systems, building prototypes and working through the details with engineers.
work
Selected project
Selected project
Some of the most interesting design challenges I’ve faced involved making complex technology understandable without oversimplifying how it works.
Some of the most interesting design challenges I’ve faced involved making complex technology understandable without oversimplifying how it works.
Some of the most interesting design challenges I’ve faced involved making complex technology understandable without oversimplifying how it works.
case study
interaction design
AI
2026
Designing the experience of confidential AI
OODA brought together conversational AI, distributed computing and hardware enforced privacy. I worked across five interconnected product experiences, designing the interaction architecture, complex workflows and a shared design system alongside Product and Engineering.
case study
interaction design
AI
2026
Designing the experience of confidential AI
OODA brought together conversational AI, distributed computing and hardware enforced privacy. I worked across five interconnected product experiences, designing the interaction architecture, complex workflows and a shared design system alongside Product and Engineering.
case study
interaction design
AI
2026
Designing the experience of confidential AI
OODA brought together conversational AI, distributed computing and hardware enforced privacy. I worked across five interconnected product experiences, designing the interaction architecture, complex workflows and a shared design system alongside Product and Engineering.
ux exploration
Designing Human and AI Interaction
Designing Human and AI Interaction
Designing Human and AI Interaction
Some design questions deserve a closer look beyond the constraints of a product project.
Through these independent explorations, I dig into the interaction challenges behind conversational AI, sharing the decisions I’d make, the compromises involved and what I’d still want to test.
Some design questions deserve a closer look beyond the constraints of a product project.
Through these independent explorations, I dig into the interaction challenges behind conversational AI, sharing the decisions I’d make, the compromises involved and what I’d still want to test.
Some design questions deserve a closer look beyond the constraints of a product project.
Through these independent explorations, I dig into the interaction challenges behind conversational AI, sharing the decisions I’d make, the compromises involved and what I’d still want to test.
UX EXPLORATION
AI
Q1 2026
Designing for LLM Behaviour
How should an interface behave when AI responses arrive progressively, take longer than expected or lack sufficient evidence?
UX EXPLORATION
AI
Q1 2026
Designing for LLM Behaviour
How should an interface behave when AI responses arrive progressively, take longer than expected or lack sufficient evidence?
UX EXPLORATION
AI
Q1 2026
Designing for LLM Behaviour
How should an interface behave when AI responses arrive progressively, take longer than expected or lack sufficient evidence?
UX EXPLORATION
AI
Q2 2026
Designing for Context & Intent
How can we help people express what they need and understand which information an AI uses to respond?
UX EXPLORATION
AI
Q2 2026
Designing for Context & Intent
How can we help people express what they need and understand which information an AI uses to respond?
UX EXPLORATION
AI
Q2 2026
Designing for Context & Intent
How can we help people express what they need and understand which information an AI uses to respond?
UX EXPLORATION
AI
Q3 2026
Designing for Agentic Control
What happens when AI moves beyond answering questions and starts taking action? Where should human control begin and end?
UX EXPLORATION
AI
Q3 2026
Designing for Agentic Control
What happens when AI moves beyond answering questions and starts taking action? Where should human control begin and end?
UX EXPLORATION
AI
Q3 2026
Designing for Agentic Control
What happens when AI moves beyond answering questions and starts taking action? Where should human control begin and end?
get in touch
Let’s have a chat.
Let’s have a chat.
Let’s have a chat.
There’s always more behind a project than what fits on a portfolio page.
If something here caught your interest, whether it’s a potential opportunity or a question about how I approached a problem, I’d be happy to talk.
There’s always more behind a project than what fits on a portfolio page.
If something here caught your interest, whether it’s a potential opportunity or a question about how I approached a problem, I’d be happy to talk.
There’s always more behind a project than what fits on a portfolio page.
If something here caught your interest, whether it’s a potential opportunity or a question about how I approached a problem, I’d be happy to talk.
London, UK · UK & EU work authorisation
London, UK · UK & EU work authorisation
London, UK · UK & EU work authorisation
Raphaël.D
Senior UX & Product Designer
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Raphaël.D
Senior UX & Product Designer
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© 2026 Raphaël.D. All rights reserved.
Raphaël.D
Senior UX & Product Designer
Pages
© 2026 Raphaël.D. All rights reserved.