Eric Manasse

Senior Product Designer | Developer
London, UK.

About

I am Senior Product Designer with a strong development background, experienced in delivering high-impact digital solutions for leading automotive brands such as Jaguar Land Rover. Adept at driving end-to-end product design, orchestrating cross-functional collaboration, and leveraging design systems to elevate user experience. Expert in Figma, React.js, Next.js, and Tailwind CSS, with a proven track record leading ideation workshops and maintaining robust design systems. Currently operate a boutique studio, empowering startups and modern brands to launch exceptional digital products. Committed to innovation, user-centered design, and continuous improvement.

Work

Interrobang Studio / Jaguar Land Rover
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Senior Product Designer

Summary

Led end-to-end product design for globally-used EV charging tools across mobile and in-car platforms, significantly enhancing user experience for a leading automotive brand.

Highlights

Owned and executed end-to-end product design for global EV charging tools, spanning mobile and in-car platforms, impacting a leading automotive brand.

Directed UX strategy, interaction design, and component-level execution in Figma, ensuring strict alignment with established design system standards.

Collaborated cross-functionally with Product Managers, engineers, and researchers in agile sprints to validate ideas, conduct user testing, and refine design flows.

Delivered production-ready UI with responsive layouts and accessibility compliance, while actively maintaining and contributing to core design systems.

Solve.money
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Lead Product Designer

Summary

Led comprehensive design initiatives for new and existing financial products, ensuring alignment with critical business goals and user needs across a portfolio of 7 products.

Highlights

Spearheaded design initiatives for 4 new and 3 existing Solve.money products, strategically aligning solutions with overarching business goals and user needs.

Conducted in-depth user research and developed detailed personas, directly guiding design decisions and enhancing product usability.

Managed design processes for a portfolio of 7 products, collaborating with teams of 5+ stakeholders to ensure cohesive design execution.

Created 7 visually appealing and accessible interfaces, maintaining strict consistency with Solve.money's established brand guidelines.

Kurtosys
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Product Designer / Web Designer

Summary

Collaborated with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality design solutions, contributing to a scalable design system and ensuring precise implementation of design vision.

Highlights

Collaborated closely with product, engineering, and key stakeholders within an agile framework to align design work with strategic objectives.

Developed wireframes and UI components based on user and product data, contributing to a scalable design system that enhanced development efficiency.

Utilized React.js to develop reusable and scalable components for the design system, improving consistency and accelerating front-end development.

Partnered with developers to accurately implement styled components, ensuring pixel-perfect execution of the design vision and maintaining brand integrity.

Evolutica Ltd
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Founding Designer

Summary

Led all design facets from discovery to delivery, including UX, UI, and content design, establishing the foundational user experience and early product direction.

Highlights

Directed all aspects of product design, from initial discovery to final delivery, encompassing UX, UI, and content design to shape early product direction.

Defined and delivered critical design assets, including comprehensive wireframes, interactive prototypes, and user flows, establishing the foundational framework for the product's user experience.

Education

University of South Africa

Information and Technology Communication

UX Design Institute

Professional Diploma

UX Design & Research

Freecodecamp

Certification

JavaScript Algorithms and Data Structures

Skills

Collaboration & Strategy

Collaboration, Workshop Facilitation, Stakeholder Management, Agile Methodologies, Creative Problem Solving, Adaptability, End-to-End Product Design.

Design & UX

Prototyping, Wireframe, UI and Interaction Design, Design Systems, Usability Testing, User-Centered Design, User Research, Figma, Jitter.

Development & Technologies

JavaScript, HTML/CSS, React, React Native, Next.js, GSAP, Tailwind CSS.