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I help bridge the gap between ambitious strategy & exceptional user experience

Hey, I’m Ed 👋. As a Design Lead with 10+ years of design experience, I turn complex challenges into digital products that deliver results. I specialise in bringing together strategy, design, and emerging technologies to create real value, not just pretty interfaces.

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Case Studies

Exinity Nemo Product Design main image

YEAR: 2022—PRESENT

Scaling a trading & investing platform from UAE startup to millions across 3 markets

How I lead UX design as we transform Nemo from a PWA proof of concept into a multi-market trading platform serving millions of users across Nigeria, India, and UAE.

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eamli Visual Design main image

YEAR: 2019—2020

Transforming AI algorithms into government-grade decision intelligence

I led the UX design that turned eamli’s spreadsheet proof of concept into a platform trusted by UK Government and IBM for multi-million-pound strategic decisions.

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BBC Pandemic Application Design main image

YEAR: 2018

Designing a citizen-science app that engaged 100,000+ users in pandemic research

As design lead for BBC Pandemic, I helped to create an app that engaged people across the UK to contribute to groundbreaking research, generating Britain’s largest citizen-science dataset and reaching #1 in medical app categories.

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Shift Product Design main image

YEAR: 2021—2022

Creating enterprise-grade collaboration software for high-security organisations

Leading UX design for Shift, I helped to create a secure, customisable workspace platform that met ministry-level security requirements while scaling from universities to government departments across weekly development cycles.

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Shaype Developer Portal MVP Design main image

YEAR: 2022

Replacing manual developer onboarding with streamlined self-service

I led the UX/UI design that helped transform Shaype’s developer onboarding from a manual bottleneck into a branded self-service platform, enabling enterprise clients to begin API integration immediately.

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Electric Revolution Skills Hub Product Design main image

YEAR: 2022—2023

The world's first online hub for the power, electronics, machines and drives community

The Electronic Revolution Skills Hub is the world’s first online hub that aims to accelerate and enable the success of UK electrification by supporting careers and skills development.

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