Product Design · AI · Strategy → Execution
Product Design · AI · Strategy → Execution
I bring calm to complexity and momentum to what matters most.
I bring calm to complexity and momentum to what matters most.
I bring calm to complexity and momentum to what matters most.
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Paris, France · Remote
Paris, France · Remote
ABOUT
Design leadership, from the inside.
Design leadership, from the inside.
I embed with product teams: the stand-ups, the user calls, the way the product really gets built. 12+ years across startups, scale-ups, and enterprise means I’ve seen a version of most problems before. The ones I haven’t is where I lean in.
Experience tells me where to look. Curiosity is what makes me look closer.
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EXPERTISE
What I do best.
What I do best.
Discovery, roadmapping, and the workshops that get product, engineering, and leadership pointed at the same problem. I turn ambiguous mandates into direction teams can execute.
Agentic workflows, human-in-the-loop systems, and design standards that keep human judgment where it matters. I also build the prompt libraries and AI-assisted workflows teams keep using after I leave.
Complex products and enterprise workflows: user journeys, information architecture, and interaction design, validated with the people who do the work.
Interface design with the details handled: typography, hierarchy, accessibility, responsive behaviour, and the polish that makes a product feel considered.
Architecture, governance, and component strategy at enterprise scale. I've audited ecosystems of 4,600+ components and helped teams adopt what we built.
Rapid prototypes with AI-assisted tools like v0 and Claude Code get real reactions from teams and clients while the conversation is still warm. Ideas stay nimble instead of pausing for weeks of high-fidelity build-out, and when a direction earns it, I deliver clickable flows and developer-ready interaction specs.
Discovery, roadmapping, and the workshops that get product, engineering, and leadership pointed at the same problem. I turn ambiguous mandates into direction teams can execute.
Agentic workflows, human-in-the-loop systems, and design standards that keep human judgment where it matters. I also build the prompt libraries and AI-assisted workflows teams keep using after I leave.
Complex products and enterprise workflows: user journeys, information architecture, and interaction design, validated with the people who do the work.
Interface design with the details handled: typography, hierarchy, accessibility, responsive behaviour, and the polish that makes a product feel considered.
Architecture, governance, and component strategy at enterprise scale. I've audited ecosystems of 4,600+ components and helped teams adopt what we built.
Rapid prototypes with AI-assisted tools like v0 and Claude Code get real reactions from teams and clients while the conversation is still warm. Ideas stay nimble instead of pausing for weeks of high-fidelity build-out, and when a direction earns it, I deliver clickable flows and developer-ready interaction specs.
ABOUT
Design leadership, from the inside.
I embed with product teams: the stand-ups, the user calls, the way the product really gets built. 12+ years across startups, scale-ups, and enterprise means I’ve seen a version of most problems before. The ones I haven’t is where I lean in.
Experience tells me where to look. Curiosity is what makes me look closer.
Read my full story
EXPERTISE
What I do best.
Discovery, roadmapping, and the workshops that get product, engineering, and leadership pointed at the same problem. I turn ambiguous mandates into direction teams can execute.
Agentic workflows, human-in-the-loop systems, and design standards that keep human judgment where it matters. I also build the prompt libraries and AI-assisted workflows teams keep using after I leave.
Complex products and enterprise workflows: user journeys, information architecture, and interaction design, validated with the people who do the work.
Interface design with the details handled: typography, hierarchy, accessibility, responsive behaviour, and the polish that makes a product feel considered.
Architecture, governance, and component strategy at enterprise scale. I've audited ecosystems of 4,600+ components and helped teams adopt what we built.
Rapid prototypes with AI-assisted tools like v0 and Claude Code get real reactions from teams and clients while the conversation is still warm. Ideas stay nimble instead of pausing for weeks of high-fidelity build-out, and when a direction earns it, I deliver clickable flows and developer-ready interaction specs.
OUR COLLABORATION
Two ways to work together.
Two ways to work together.
Monthly Retainer
You get a principal designer who embeds in your team like an in-house hire, working exclusively on your product.
For founders and product leads who:
For founders and product leads who:
Want a designer who learns your product, your users, and your constraints as deeply as your own team does
Need senior design in place before they're ready for a full-time hire
Need design to keep pace with engineering
Month-to-month, renew as long as it's working
Month-to-month, renew as long as it's working
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Fixed Scope
You get a defined project with clear deliverables, a timeline, and a price you approve before work starts.
For product teams who:
Have a specific problem to solve: a redesign, a design system, a new product feature
Want senior craft for a defined stretch, then a clean handoff
Prefer structured checkpoints over open-ended collaboration
Scoped, priced, and approved before kickoff
Scoped, priced, and approved before kickoff
Scope a fixed project
TESTIMONIALS
The proof is in the partnerships.
Lululemon's leadership moved forward with confidence.
During the Lululemon design system audit, Mary was first in the ground in a new client relationship, with a lot of investors watching the outcomes. She turned a messy set of inputs (conflicting stakeholder priorities, dozens of interviews, scope that kept shifting under her) into clear, actionable themes. That early work and synthesis is what let leadership move forward with confidence. She became a trusted sounding board for exactly that reason: her recommendations were always grounded in what stakeholders had actually said, not in assumption.
Natalie Gooding
Director, Program Management
TESTIMONIALS
The proof is in the partnerships.
Lululemon's leadership moved forward with confidence.
During the Lululemon design system audit, Mary was first in the ground in a new client relationship, with a lot of investors watching the outcomes. She turned a messy set of inputs (conflicting stakeholder priorities, dozens of interviews, scope that kept shifting under her) into clear, actionable themes. That early work and synthesis is what let leadership move forward with confidence. She became a trusted sounding board for exactly that reason: her recommendations were always grounded in what stakeholders had actually said, not in assumption.
Natalie Gooding
Director, Program Management
TESTIMONIALS
The proof is in the partnerships.
Lululemon's leadership moved forward with confidence.
During the Lululemon design system audit, Mary was first in the ground in a new client relationship, with a lot of investors watching the outcomes. She turned a messy set of inputs (conflicting stakeholder priorities, dozens of interviews, scope that kept shifting under her) into clear, actionable themes. That early work and synthesis is what let leadership move forward with confidence. She became a trusted sounding board for exactly that reason: her recommendations were always grounded in what stakeholders had actually said, not in assumption.
Natalie Gooding
Director, Program Management
GOOD TO KNOW
Questions worth asking.
Questions worth asking.
I'm based in Paris and work with clients across time zones. EMEA teams get the most natural overlap, and NA teams reliably get my afternoons. Most of my career has been spent on distributed teams, so the habits that make remote collaboration work are already how I operate: asynchronous communication, clear documentation, recorded walkthroughs, and decisions in writing.
Product design for teams building with AI is the core of my practice: agentic workflows, human-in-the-loop interfaces, and the design systems that keep them coherent. I also take on select website and visual design projects where strategy and craft both matter.
Two ways. Embedded engagements, where I join your team a set number of days per week and operate as your senior design lead over a few months. Or scoped projects with a defined outcome and timeline. Both start with a conversation about what your roadmap needs.
It means I work inside your team: your standups, your user calls, your real constraints. Twelve years across startups, scale-ups, and enterprise means I've seen a version of most problems before, and the fastest way to solve yours is from the inside.
Engagements are scoped individually and priced either per project or as a monthly retainer. Tell me your goals, timeline, and budget range, and I'll put together a proposal with options so you can choose the level of involvement that fits.
A short note about your product, what's blocking you, and roughly when you want to start. From there we'll book a call, and you'll leave it with a clear sense of whether I'm the right fit and what working together would look like.
I'm based in Paris and work with clients across time zones. EMEA teams get the most natural overlap, and NA teams reliably get my afternoons. Most of my career has been spent on distributed teams, so the habits that make remote collaboration work are already how I operate: asynchronous communication, clear documentation, recorded walkthroughs, and decisions in writing.
Product design for teams building with AI is the core of my practice: agentic workflows, human-in-the-loop interfaces, and the design systems that keep them coherent. I also take on select website and visual design projects where strategy and craft both matter.
Two ways. Embedded engagements, where I join your team a set number of days per week and operate as your senior design lead over a few months. Or scoped projects with a defined outcome and timeline. Both start with a conversation about what your roadmap needs.
It means I work inside your team: your standups, your user calls, your real constraints. Twelve years across startups, scale-ups, and enterprise means I've seen a version of most problems before, and the fastest way to solve yours is from the inside.
Engagements are scoped individually and priced either per project or as a monthly retainer. Tell me your goals, timeline, and budget range, and I'll put together a proposal with options so you can choose the level of involvement that fits.
A short note about your product, what's blocking you, and roughly when you want to start. From there we'll book a call, and you'll leave it with a clear sense of whether I'm the right fit and what working together would look like.
I'm based in Paris and work with clients across time zones. EMEA teams get the most natural overlap, and NA teams reliably get my afternoons. Most of my career has been spent on distributed teams, so the habits that make remote collaboration work are already how I operate: asynchronous communication, clear documentation, recorded walkthroughs, and decisions in writing.
Product design for teams building with AI is the core of my practice: agentic workflows, human-in-the-loop interfaces, and the design systems that keep them coherent. I also take on select website and visual design projects where strategy and craft both matter.
Two ways. Embedded engagements, where I join your team a set number of days per week and operate as your senior design lead over a few months. Or scoped projects with a defined outcome and timeline. Both start with a conversation about what your roadmap needs.
It means I work inside your team: your standups, your user calls, your real constraints. Twelve years across startups, scale-ups, and enterprise means I've seen a version of most problems before, and the fastest way to solve yours is from the inside.
Engagements are scoped individually and priced either per project or as a monthly retainer. Tell me your goals, timeline, and budget range, and I'll put together a proposal with options so you can choose the level of involvement that fits.
A short note about your product, what's blocking you, and roughly when you want to start. From there we'll book a call, and you'll leave it with a clear sense of whether I'm the right fit and what working together would look like.