Elena Marston
Senior Product Designer
elena.marston@example.com
+1 (415) 555-0182
Lisbon, Portugal
elenamarston.design
linkedin.com/in/elenamarston
github.com/elenamarston
Professional Summary
Senior Product Designer with 8+ years crafting human-centred digital products for fintech and SaaS. I translate ambiguous problems into clear, measurable experiences, leading research, design systems and cross-functional delivery from concept to ship.
Work Experience
Senior Product Designer
Northwind Labs | Lisbon (Remote)
Mar 2021 - Present
- Led the redesign of the core onboarding flow, lifting activation by 34% and reducing time-to-value from 9 to 3 days.
- Built and maintained a 120-component design system adopted by 4 product teams.
- Mentored 3 mid-level designers and established weekly critique rituals.
Product Designer
Cobalt Finance | Berlin
Jun 2018 - Feb 2021
- Designed a self-serve dashboard that cut support tickets by 41% within two quarters.
- Ran 60+ usability sessions to validate a new payments experience adopted by 200k users.
Projects
Atlas Design Tokens
Figma, Style Dictionary, TypeScript
Open-source token pipeline syncing Figma variables to code.
github.com/elenamarston/atlas
Education
B.A. in Interaction Design
University of the Arts London | London, UK
2013 - 2016
First-class honours. Thesis on accessible mobile banking.
Skills
Product Design | Expert
Design Systems | Expert
Figma | Expert
User Research | Advanced
Prototyping | Advanced
HTML & CSS | Intermediate
Languages
English | Fluent
Portuguese | Native
German | Intermediate
Certifications
Nielsen Norman UX Certification
NN/g | 2022
Interests
Trail running, Film photography, Type design