Hugo Betelu

Product Designer, UX/UI Designer, Communication

Salary / Daily rate

Paris, France

Freelance

Remote only

Skills

Web DesignUI Product DesignUX Product DesignProduct StrategyProduct ManagementDesign ThinkingFinal Cut ProBranding StrategySketchFigmaStrategy & ConsultingCanvaAccountingVisual IdentityCoaching

Languages

EnglishSpanishFrench

About me

Intro

I worked for 9 years with agencies and startups, building products across various domains such as finance, fashion, and entertainment. With a multidisciplinary background in Brand, Design, and Communication, I bring a hybrid skill set that allows me to quickly grasp and adapt to any subject. I'm currently working as a Freelance Product Designer.

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Work experience

Designer

FreelanceFreelance

Jan 2025 - Present

1 year 10 months

France · Hybrid

I work at the intersection of design, tech, media & brand. I have worked on over 100 projects—solo, as part of a creative team, and one-on-one with business owners—building strong relationships with my partners. Design → User Research → UX Design → UI Design → Web & Product Design Project Management → Digital Production → Digital Project Management → At ease with multidisciplinary teams Communication → Strategic planning → Brand/Product deployment → Brand experience → Media & content strategy → Content creation → Content marketing

Lead UX & Product Design

Aria

May 2021 - May 2024

3 years 1 month

Paris, France

Easily embed Aria’s financing solution into your product with our API. We enable instant payments and maintain your cash flow while you grow. In the B2B world, everything has to go fast. Be done ASAP or get delivered by tomorrow. How can processing payments still take 90 days in this economy? Aria is building the Buy Now, Pay Later technology allowing for instant payments in B2B, helping leaders of the modern economy thrive in their own industry.

Lead UX & Product Designer freelance

Hugo BeteluFreelance

May 2019 - Jul 2022

3 years 3 months

Région de Paris, France

PRODUCT STRATEGY ▪️ Road map ▪️ Benchmarks ▪️ Design Sprint, MVP ▪️ Sketching PRODUCT DESIGN ▪️ User flows ▪️ Wireframes ▪️ UX Design ▪️ UI Design ▪️ Design specs ▪️ User tests UX REASEARCH ▪️ UX Audit ▪️ Interviews ▪️ Shadowing ▪️ Analysis COMMUNICATION & DIGITAL ▪️ No-code integration ▪️ Communication & Branding ▪️ front-end HMTL / CSS / JS

UX Coach

Schoolab

Nov 2020 - May 2022

1 year 7 months

Paris, France

I coach several start-ups every week and bring them precious advices about UX Design to allow them to build better products.

Co-founder

ONGAESHI STUDIO

Jun 2019 - Jan 2022

2 years 8 months

Région de Paris, France

At ONGAESHI STUDIO, we are passionnated about video, photo, digital, media, music and art. We work for projects we truly believe in. We also build digital media. What we do ? 🎥 Video production 📱 Digital production 📰 Report & Documentary 🖥️ Post-production 🎹 Music production

UX Speaker

Université Paris Descartes

Nov 2017 - Jan 2022

4 years 3 months

Région de Paris, France

I teach UX & UI course, analysis, methodology & Design process

Digital Project Manager with UX & Product expertise

Breaking Web

Sep 2016 - May 2019

2 years 9 months

Région de Paris, France

Digital Management for Product & UX / UI projects ▪️User research, customer needs ▪️User Flow ▪️Design Thinking ▪️Production (wireframes, storyboards) ℹ️ Figma - Abode XD - Photoshop - Miro --------- 🏢 Clients L'Oréal, BVA, Yves Saint-Laurent, Pfizer, Undiz, Paco Rabanne, Valéo, Jacquemus, Universal, La Bouche Rouge, Marithé François Girbaud, Yseop, Whyers, Immobilière BMF... --------- With its trusted partners, Breaking Web develops its own digital products and services, for example: FutureScore.io combines client survey with AI to measure and localize the match between your ideas and the future demand 🏅LSA startup of the year in data, IA & marketing 🥉3rd best B2B startup in IA, prediction & investment decision-making tool

Writer

INfluencia Le Trendmag des influences

Jan 2016 - Oct 2016

10 months

Junior Strategic Planner

McCann Worldgroup

Feb 2016 - Aug 2016

7 months

7620 Paris, Denmark

- Brand Strategy and recommandations - Brand & consumer analysis - Integrated brand activations - Social Media strategy - Innovation & Technology trends - Studies : Wellness, Food -------- 🏢Clients Nespresso Worldwide (Machines, George Clooney campaign) + Newbiz (Food, Insurance, Bank, Distribution)

Project Manager

Streetfood Quest

Feb 2014 - Aug 2014

7 months

Montreal, QC, Canada

Streetfood Quest is a multi-platform web application that lists street food locations in cities all around the world. We offer you a tool to find, eat and share the best of your city, through any cellphone, tablet or computer available today. - New business and partnership - Web design and creation - Social media strategy - PR - BtoB communication

Digital Account Manager

Questology

Feb 2014 - Aug 2014

7 months

Montreal, QC, Canada

Questology helps brands, events and venues to listen to their community, understand and interact with their people through a platform that gather the most relevant conversations, in real time. - Social media intelligence - Social media storytelling - Social media experience (ugc) - Global strategy -------- 🏢Clients C2MTL, SIDIM, Infiniti, Musée d'Art Contemporain de Montréal, Van Houtte, Ritz-Carlton, Coupe Rodgers, Pages Jaunes Canada

Project Manager Assistant

STJOHN'S

Nov 2012 - Dec 2012

2 months

Paris, France

STJOHN'S is a communication and brand strategy agency. STJOHN'S is focused on marketing & communication recommandations, global design, social marketing, brand content. - Benchmark - Semantic - Branding - Creative brief -------- 🏢Clients AXA, Evaneos, Alma Consulting, Spie Batignolles


Education

CELSA Paris-Sorbonne

Master Degree in Communication

2015 - 2016

1 year 1 month

Paris-Pantheon-Assas University

Master Degree Media

2014 - 2015

1 year 1 month

Université Paris Cité

Licence Professionnelle Chef de Projet de Communication (IUT)

2013 - 2014

1 year 1 month

Lycée Jean-Lurçat Paris

BTS Communication

2011 - 2013

2 years 1 month

Music Academy International

Music diploma - Jazz

2010 - 2011

1 year 1 month

Portfolio

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