Publication
Why Startups Need a Styleguide
https://www.toptal.com/designers/ux/why-startups-need-a-styleguide
Benoît is available for hire
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Designer
Location
Miami, FL, United States
Toptal Member Since
December 2, 2015
Benoît has been creating digital apps for the past seven years. Since 2014, he has led product designs for startups—helping them create a unified design system and acquire new users. Benoît can do everything from low-fidelity prototypes and user flows to designing pixel-perfect layouts that adapt to any digital device.
Portfolio
Work Experience
Lead UX/UI Designer
2022 - 2022
Oblong Inc.
- Synthesized and participated in qualitative and quantitative user research. Shared insights with the rest of the team.
- Created an MVP that included slide decks and a landing page to help with fundraising. The MVP was a complete, interactive prototype turned into a video.
- Communicated frequently with the stakeholders and other team members to justify, show, and defend design decisions.
Technologies: UX Design, UI Design, Product Design, Visual Design, SaaS Design, Enterprise Design, Web App Design, Information Architecture (IA), Interaction Design (IxD), UX Prototyping, UI Prototyping, User Interface (UI), User Experience (UX), Branding, UX Engineering, Responsive Web Design (RWD), Wireframing, App Design, Design Systems, Mobile App Design, UX Audits, User Journeys, Communication, Digital Communication, Communication Design, After Effects CC, App UX, App UI, Web UI, Web UX, Web App UX, Web App UI, ProtoPie, Prototyping, Design Leadership, User Stories, User Personas, MVP Design, Landing Page Design, UI Components, Mockups, UX Wireframes, Graphic Design, Figma, Design Thinking, Digital Product Design
Senior eCommerce UX/UI Designer
2021 - 2022
Greendropship
- Designed a 2-sided dropshipping application with complex technical constraints.
- Built a design system to increase development productivity and output.
- Created clear workflows out of complex 3-sided transactions.
Technologies: UX Design, eCommerce UX, UI Design, Shopify, SaaS, Design, App Design, Wireframing, User Interface (UI), Design Leadership, User Stories, User Personas, MVP Design, User Journeys, Landing Page Design, UI Components, Mockups, UX Wireframes, Graphic Design, Figma, Design Thinking, Digital Product Design
Lead Product Designer
2015 - 2017
ArtStation
- Acted as the product manager and lead product designer for the apps' development, leading a mobile development team of seven developers and two designers.
- Led the product redesign and art direction of the platform, including mobile apps.
- Communicated weekly with artists and conducted user interviews for UX research.
- Performed comparative analysis with other websites in the entertainment industry for UI research.
- Helped with product strategy by putting forward principles of design.
- Gave conferences to aspiring artists and professional artists.
Technologies: Affinity Designer, Adobe Illustrator, Sketch, OmniGraffle, Balsamiq, Adobe Photoshop, InVision, User Testing, User Research, Prototyping, Interaction Design (IxD), SaaS Design, Information Architecture (IA), Wireframing, Responsive Web Design (RWD), App Design, Dashboard Design, SaaS, Design Systems, UI Prototyping, Branding, UX Audits, User Journeys, Animation, Adobe After Effects, HTML5, Lottie, After Effects CC, Design, User Interface (UI), Design Leadership, User Stories, User Personas, MVP Design, Android, Landing Page Design, UI Components, Mockups, UX Wireframes, Graphic Design, Mobile UI Design, Data Visualization, Figma, Design Thinking, Digital Product Design
Product Designer Advisor
2014 - 2015
Coveo
- Helped with a major product redesign (web based products, admins, and interfaces).
- Aided marketing efforts including online communities, documentations and website.
- Led professional services UX/UI design on projects involving companies like Go Pro, Microsoft, L'oreal.
- Established common UX/UI guidelines for various products.
- Led R&D design for future concepts, improvements, and new product ideas.
Technologies: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Affinity Designer, Axure, Sketch, Balsamiq, User Testing, Prototyping, Interaction Design (IxD), Enterprise Design, Information Architecture (IA), Wireframing, App Design, Adobe After Effects, HTML5, Lottie, After Effects CC, Design, User Interface (UI), MVP Design, Android, UX Wireframes, Graphic Design, Digital Product Design
Freelance UX/UI Designer
2014 - 2014
Government of Quebec
- Designed and led the content strategy and information architecture efforts. Redesigned the entire products sitemaps and established a cohesive content strategy.
- Led user research and user experience efforts to gather information to lead further design decisions. Conducted user interviews, user surveys, and shadowing techniques.
- Established user interface guidelines in order to managed user interface deliverables. These could be also used for their other products.
- Produced twice as much of a previous version in a 140 page book of recommendations, patterns, and user research results as a guideline elaborating our design strategy.
- Consulted on future products and initiatives.
- Provided recommendations on existing products and offered modern solutions.
Technologies: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Affinity Designer, Axure, Sketch, Balsamiq, User Testing, Prototyping, Enterprise Design, UX Audits, UX Wireframes
Interactive Developer
2011 - 2013
lg2
- Developed animated online ad campaigns for various clients.
- Created marketing websites and microsites for clients in various industries.
- Helped with interactive apps and installations for advertising purposes.
- Conducted R&D for future campaigns, concepts, and pitches.
- Helped sporadically with small internal initiatives (internal tools).
Technologies: CSS, HTML, Adobe After Effects, Flash, Adobe Photoshop, After Effects CC
Other Experience
Education
2013 - 2014
Master of Arts Degree in Interface Design
Laval University - Quebec, Canada
2011 - 2013
Bachelor of Arts Degree in Digital Creation
Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue - Quebec, Canada
2008 - 2011
Technical Degree in Multimedia (Web Design and Front-end)
Maisonneuve College - Montreal, Canada
Certifications
JANUARY 2015 - PRESENT
Pragmatic Marketing
Pragmatic Institute