Kate Benson
Lead Product Designer
Salary / Daily rate
Paris, France
Freelance, open to permanent contract
Can come onsite
Skills
Languages
About me
Intro
Lead UX/Product Designer with 10+ years of expertise transforming complex user needs into innovative digital solutions. Successfully delivered B2C & B2B projects for top brands including L'Oréal, Sephora, Accor, and AXA using agile methodologies. Ready to elevate your digital products through user-centered design and strategic thinking.
Work experience
Lead Product Design Brands
AccorFreelance
May 2024 - Present
2 years 6 months
Paris, France
Product Design Manager
SEPHORAFreelance
Apr 2022 - Present
4 years 7 months
Paris, France
Lead User Experience Designer
Freelance (Self-employed)
Feb 2017 - Present
9 years 9 months
Paris Area, France
End clients: AXA/ING, Air Liquide, BPCE, Cascade8 (Logical Pictures startup), Institut national de l'audiovisuel (INA), L'Oréal Paris, Natixis, Société Générale, Sephora... Projects: - B2C & B2B - agile & lean methods - design for artificial intelligence - design for blockchain technology - cross-platform websites (adaptive & responsive) and specialized applications - internal tools (Salesforce...) - user research (diary, shadowing and interviews), personas, experience maps, architecture, flows, co-creation workshops, wireframes, UI, prototypes, user tests and iterations
Senior UX Designer
af83
Oct 2014 - Dec 2016
2 years 3 months
Paris, France
UX / IA Consultant
Nurun
Jan 2014 - Jul 2014
7 months
Paris, France
Wireframing and prototyping of mobile and responsive websites; participation in co-creation workshops. Clients : Accor, Lacoste, L'Oréal Luxe, Yves Saint Laurent
UX designer
Ogilvy Paris
May 2012 - May 2013
1 year 1 month
Paris, France
Generate ideas, define content strategy and functional scope via knowledge about user needs / behaviors and brand goals to design digital services. Conceive interfaces and interactions in detail, prototype, evaluate and iterate in order to improve digital products. Deliverables: Benchmarks, Personas, Functional Scope, Sitemaps, User Journeys, Wireframes /Zonings / Nestlé, Louis Vuitton, la Nuit Blanche... With 150 agencies in 30 countries, OgilvyOne worldwide is among the largest direct marketing and digital communication agencies in the world. Its clients include LVMH, Nestlé, IBM, American Express, Perrier, Coca Cola and Mattel. www.ogilvyone-paris.com www.facebook.com/OgilvyOneParis (http://on.fb.me/TkYt3X0)
Assistant to Contemporary Art Curator
Centre Pompidou
Jan 2001 - Dec 2002
2 years
Paris, France
Collaborated on the exhibition Cher peintre, Lieber Maler, Dear Painter : Peintures figuratives depuis l’ultime Picabia from its inception until its installation.
Project Coordinator
Galerie Jérôme de Noirmont
Jan 1998 - Dec 1998
1 year
Paris, France
Relations with international galleries and cultural institutions for the Jean-Michel Basquiat: Témoignages 1977-1988 exhibition.
Education
GOBELINS Paris
2011 - 2012
2 years
GOBELINS Paris
DIF, Concevoir et Conduire un Projet Web
2010 - 2010
1 year
Columbia University
Master of Arts (M.A.)
1998 - 2000
3 years
Université Paris-Sorbonne
«Licence» and «Maîtrise» in Contemporary Art with High Honors
1996 - 1998
3 years
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
B.F.A. in Art History with High Honors
1991 - 1995
5 years
Portfolio
Green Energy Data Marketplace - Use Case
