Experience
J.P. Morgan — CDAO Product Designer
- Leading all design for the Data Mesh and Connectivity platform, owning the end-to-end experience for how teams across the firm discover, connect to, and register data.
- Designing the flow for registering distributions and connecting data sources, cutting steps out of a previously fragmented, technical workflow.
- Partnering with PMs, data engineers, and platform teams to translate complex data infrastructure into intuitive, scalable interfaces.
- Building functional prototypes with AI-assisted coding (GitHub Copilot) to validate flows early and tighten design-to-engineering handoff.
J.P. Morgan Securities Services — Experience Designer
- Spearheaded design for a unified financial reporting platform used by 100+ global clients, including its most complex flow — end-to-end report creation (adding and removing attributes, layout, and calculations) — plus schedule creation, duplication, and customization.
- Introduced self-service workflows and UX patterns that reduced client reliance on manual service support.
- Created a lean usability-testing framework adopted across the team, enabling faster, more frequent testing cycles.
- Led client-persona development across Securities Services to guide platform strategy and dashboard design; aligned with PMs, engineers, and UI on the design system and delivered ahead of schedule.
- Ran 35+ internal and external client design reviews to validate prototypes and drive iteration.
J.P. Morgan — UX Design Summer Analyst
- Designed early-stage workflows for the Custody Deal Model platform, simplifying task flows for internal users.
- Collaborated on entitlement screens for the Risk-as-a-Service platform, aligning complex permission logic with scalable UX patterns.
Millennium TV — Product Designer
- Designed and prototyped the company's streaming app, accelerating delivery by three weeks and supporting campaigns that drove a 30% engagement lift across platforms.
CookieJar — Product Design Intern
- Led design of the chat home screen that became the foundation for the product's overall design direction.
- Iterated and tested 50+ wireframes and templates in Figma, streamlining the end-to-end design process.
Project
Caps For Care — Founder / Design Lead
- Pitched a business plan to investors, securing ~ZAR 150,000 in seed funding to launch a social-impact organization.
- Designed, produced, and sold 500+ caps and shirts, raising ZAR 100,000+ for educational supplies and essentials, and ran development workshops for a children's home in Cape Town.