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JB

Principal Product Designer

I design products used by millions

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Twenty years across Booking.com, Shopify, Algolia and startups. I set design direction, stay hands-on with the craft and build in code when it helps.

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Where I’ve done the work

Booking.com

Product Designer, then Product Design Lead

Set the vision for Travel Communities and Booking Assistant and led teams through it, on a platform with around 150M active app users

Shopify

Design Manager, Shop

Managed a team of four through a new onboarding that lifted push opt-⁠in 30%, as Shop reached #1 in the App Store’s shopping chart

Algolia

Senior Manager, Product Design

Managed a team of seven and led Agent Studio from zero to one: $6M+ influenced ARR and a 4.7/5 customer satisfaction score

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Principal Product Designer

Set design direction across the whole business at a UK energy tech company, from how customers buy to how they onboard and renew

Selected work

Booking.com

Travel Communities

Set the vision and led the team through it. 1M monthly active users in under a year, and 12-⁠week retention doubled.

White universal travel adapter with lime pins
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Booking.com

Booking Assistant

Set the vision and led the team through it. 30% of stay-⁠related questions answered automatically, saving $10M+ a year.

Gloss black service bell with a lime button
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Search, AI and developer products

Algolia

Led six designers across the product, and took Agent Studio from zero to one: $6M+ influenced ARR and 4.7/5 CSAT

Gloss black walkie-talkie with a translucent lilac antenna
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Indie app and web guide

Ember

Designed, built and shipped solo, and #1 for “sauna guide” in multiple storefronts

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What I bring to a team

Design direction

Setting the vision for a product area and leading the team through it

Hands-on craft

Interaction and visual detail, from the first sketch to what ships

Built in code

Six iOS apps shipped solo, with AI coding tools in the daily loop

The numbers behind the work

150M

Active app users on the Booking.com platform

#1

Shop app in the App Store’s shopping chart

$6M+

Influenced ARR from Agent Studio at Algolia

42

Markets in the Booking.com localisation work

Hiring a principal designer? Let’s talk

Tell me about the team and the problem. I’m looking for a principal IC role in a strong design team.

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