Andre Vakilzadeh · Product Design Manager

Designing products
people love.

I lead design teams that craft thoughtful, human-centred experiences.

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About

Building the future of design, together.

I believe great design starts with deep empathy, clear thinking, and constant iteration. I've built and scaled design teams while focusing on shipping work that makes a difference.

MiQ
Full-time · 8+ yrs
Product Design Manager
Oct 2025 – Present · London
Senior Product Designer
Oct 2021 – Oct 2025 · 4 yrs · London
User Experience Designer
Dec 2017 – Oct 2021 · 3 yrs 11 mos · London
Acuris / ION Analytics
Full-time · 2 yrs
User Experience Designer
Dec 2015 – Dec 2017 · 2 yrs · London
BBC
Full-time · 1 yr
Junior User Experience Designer
Dec 2014 – Dec 2015 · 1 yr · London

Selected Work

Projects that made an impact.

2026

Fiber Design System

Evolving a visual language through tokens, brand thinking, and system design.

2025

Sigma

Moving from fragmented tools to one unified platform.

2024

Campaign Homepage Redesign

Giving traders a faster, clearer way to monitor and manage campaigns at scale.

Expertise

What I bring to the table.

From product thinking to scaling mature design orgs, I work across the full spectrum of what great design leadership requires.

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Product Design
UX research, interaction design, prototyping, and visual design from concept to launch.
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Design Leadership
Building, managing, and mentoring high-performing design teams in fast-paced environments.
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User Research
Qualitative and quantitative research to uncover user needs and validate design decisions.
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Design Systems
Creating scalable, component-driven design languages that empower engineering teams.
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Strategy & Vision
Aligning design vision with product strategy, business goals, and stakeholder needs.
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Cross-functional
Deep collaboration with engineering, product, and marketing to ship great work together.

Process

How I think about design.

01

Discover & Define

Start with the problem, not the solution. I run stakeholder interviews, user research sessions, and competitive analysis to get a clear picture of what we're actually solving and for whom.

02

Explore & Ideate

Diverge before you converge. I facilitate design sprints and ideation workshops that push the team beyond the obvious first solutions and surface unexpected, often better, directions.

03

Prototype & Test

Make ideas tangible fast. Low-fidelity prototypes in users' hands within days. Iterate based on real feedback, not assumptions. Fail early, fail cheaply, learn quickly.

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Refine & Ship

Polish matters. Work closely with engineers through implementation, sweat the details, and maintain design quality to the very last commit. Then measure what shipped.

Contact

Let's build something great.

Open to new opportunities, collaborations, and interesting conversations about design. I'd love to hear from you.

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