
Romain Abidonn
Senior Product Designer | Design Systems
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Paris, France
Freelance
Can come onsite
Skills
Languages
About me
Intro
My portfolio: https://romain.short.gy/book Hey 👋 I'm Romain, a Paris-based Product Designer with a background in entrepreneurship and web development. I focus on creating user-centric experiences while delivering measurable business outcomes. I’ve helped entrepreneurs turn ideas into real products from initial concept to launch, supported fast-growing scaleups and redesigned existing platforms to help them grow further. I've worked on fast-paced and flexible environments with teams of all si
Work experience
Senior Product Designer
SwileFreelance
Jan 2026 - Present
10 months
Paris, France
Senior Product Designer
BeRealFreelance
Jul 2025 - Dec 2025
6 months
Paris, France
Senior Product Designer
TudigoFreelance
Apr 2024 - Jul 2025
1 year 4 months
Remote, OR 97458, USA
Tudigo is France’s leading community of retail investors, giving individuals access to exclusive, high-potential investment opportunities traditionally reserved for insiders. As a Product Designer at Tudigo.co, I play a key role in shaping and refining the user experience across our investment platform. My work span from : - Lead UX discovery efforts through user research, competitive analysis, and collaborative ideation with stakeholders - Design user flows, wireframes, and high-fidelity UI mockups across multiple features and user journeys - Build and maintain a scalable Design System to ensure visual and functional consistency across the platform - Conduct usability tests, user interviews, and co-creation workshops to inform design decisions and improve product adoption - Contribute to the evolution of Tudigo’s visual identity, aligning brand design with product experience and mission
Shadow
Jul 2021 - May 2024
2 years 11 months
Paris, France
Senior Product Designer
Jan 2023 - May 2024
1 year 5 months
Paris, France
Skills: Product Design · Web Design · SASS · Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) · Figma (Software) · User Interface Prototyping · HTML · Wireframing · User Interface Design · User Experience (UX) · Software Design · Git · Product Development · Design system
Product Designer
Jul 2021 - May 2023
1 year 11 months
Paris, France
Shadow is dedicated to evolving into the ultimate cloud platform for gamers, creatives, and businesses, driven by the belief in the transformative potential of cloud technologies to democratize technological access. In my role as a Product Designer at Shadow, I engaged in a wide array of crucial tasks, I: - Participated in product ideation and definition through UX research, competitive benchmarking, and collaborative workshops - Defined and executed UX strategies to drive acquisition via landing pages, increase conversion across the onboarding funnel, and strengthen user retention within the core experience - Designed user flows, wireframes, and high-fidelity mockups for multi-platform experiences (Mobile, Desktop, TV, VR, Web) - Developed and maintained a comprehensive UI kit and Design System to ensure consistency and best practices across all user touchpoints - Facilitated user testing sessions, interviews, and focus groups to validate design assumptions and iterate on key features rapidly - Redesigned the visual identity across all products, aligning interfaces with the brand's positioning while minimizing impact on development efforts
UX/UI and Tech Mentoring
WILLA by Paris Pionnières
Nov 2020 - Dec 2022
2 years 2 months
Paris, France
WILLA, ex-Paris-Pionnières, is a French non-profit organization that helps women entrepreneurs who are starting up. I advise entrepreneurs on UX/UI and tech topics, as well as help them build a suited process to successfully launch and build their projects.
Product Design and Development
Self-EmployedFreelance
Jan 2019 - Jan 2021
2 years 1 month
Remote
I support companies from early startups to scaleups by designing and improving web and mobile products (BeReal, OCS. EDF, Nextstore, Bepatient, Unflux, Canal+, WILLA...). My work focuses on creating user-centric and effective experiences that drive business outcomes whether building from scratch, accelerating growth or redesigning existing platforms. I also mentor entrepreneurs and train teams/students in UX/UI and tech fundamentals.
Founder
Linkr
Feb 2019 - Aug 2019
7 months
Paris, France
With over 5,000 users and a 4.7/5 rating on the Chrome Store, Linkr was an Automated LinkedIn Lead Generation tool, aimed to effortlessly boost business growth and visibility. My responsibilities included product and graphic design, Chrome Extension and web platform development, devising growth strategies, and providing support. Linkr's operations ceased due to new LinkedIn policies that restricted the use of third-party tools (https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/56347/prohibited-software-and-extensions). Stack: Go, JavaScript, ReactJS, Google Cloud, Firebase, Sketch/Invision
Founder and CTO
crème de la crème
Apr 2015 - Mar 2019
4 years
Paris, France
Acquired in 2024. crème de la crème connects innovative companies and large corporations with top freelancers (10% of approval) to build digital projects (tech, design/product, marketing). Led as a co-founder and CTO, overseeing the product development and deployment of a highly scalable B2B platform and mobile app. Collaborated with each department to devise strategic initiatives across product, marketing, sales, and community outreach. Additionally, managed a team of developers and product designers, provided technical training to our business and operational teams, and managed the application process and recruitment of tech and product freelancers for our platform. Stack: Go, JavaScript, AngularJS, Google Cloud, HTML, CSS
Software Engineer
Canal+ (Vivendi)
Jan 2014 - Jan 2014
1 month
Région de Paris, France · On-site
Canal+ Group is the leading French audiovisual media group and a top player in the production of pay-TV and theme channels and the bundling and distribution of pay-TV services. As a software engineer, I was in charge of the management and development of projects for the Canal Group TV channels in order to upgrade and automate existing broadcast tools and processes, and conceive proofs-of-concepts based on new technologies and uses. In order to ensure that final users will be pleased with the solution, I had to select features that brought added value and improvement in their current workflow, with minimal changes in their working method. And also ensure that the support teams will be able to integrate and maintain my solutions in the future. Stack: C#, PHP, JavaScript, Google Cloud, VR
Education
Lycée Montalembert (High School)
Baccalauréat (High Scool Degree)
1900 - Present
126 years 10 months
42 Paris
Software Engineering
2013 - 2016
3 years 1 month
Licenses & certifications
Google Cloud Platform Fundamentals (CP100A)
Issued: Sep 2015
SFEIR School AngularJS Certification (200)
Issued: Jan 2015