Sébastien Maury

Senior Product Designer

Salary / Daily rate

Paris, France

Freelance, open to permanent contract

Skills

UI Product DesignUser ResearchUX Product DesignProduct StrategyDesign SystemSketchFigmaNotionAirtableDesign ThinkingAmplitude

Languages

EnglishFrenchSpanishGerman

About me

Intro

Senior Product Designer with 9+ years of experience in user-centered design and product development. Currently leading design initiatives at Akeneo, with proven expertise in user research, workshop facilitation, and cross-functional collaboration. Specialized in UX/UI design and iterative prototyping to transform complex product challenges into intuitive user experiences. See portfolio on bit.ly/maurys

Links

Work experience

Senior Product Designer

Akeneo

Apr 2021 - Present

5 years 7 months

Nantes, France

- Strategic design : Partner with PMs and engineers to align user experience with business and technical goals within a complex product ecosystem. - Structured user research : Established a consistent research practice (interviews, testing, workshops) to deeply understand user needs and embed developers into the discovery process. - Design systems & delivery process : Built reusable components and a smooth design-to-dev workflow, enabling fast iterations and consistent quality. - Continuous delivery mindset : Short build-and-test cycles with engineering teams to ship user value regularly and validate impact early. - Exploring AI-augmented design workflows : Using Claude Code for UI contributions and Figma Make for rapid prototyping.

Product Designer

CalloCalloFreelance

Sep 2020 - Dec 2020

4 months

Paris, France

- Product vision & launch : Guided two founders in shaping and launching a new product through collaborative design workshops. - User-centered structure : Developed personas, journey maps, and functional prototypes to ground product decisions in real user needs. - UX structuring : Transformed co-creation outputs into actionable UX flows that moved the concept from vision to product reality.

UX - UI designer

EMOTIC

Jan 2019 - Aug 2020

1 year 8 months

Région de Nantes, France

- Co-design workshops : Facilitated product alignment sessions to ensure a shared understanding of user experience goals. - User research & usability testing : Conducted exploratory interviews and usability sessions to continuously refine the product experience. - Agile methodology : Applied iterative prototyping, co-creation, and regular feedback loops with developers for fast learning cycles.

UX Design consultant

FreelanceFreelance

Sep 2015 - Apr 2019

3 years 8 months

Nantes, France

Worked with clients across catering, real estate, and healthcare sectors to design and prototype innovative, tangible experiences, helping them connect and communicate more meaningfully with their audiences. Selected clients : Ojacaranda · DeltaDrone · Bamesso & ses amis


Education

Telecom Bretagne

University Degree "DESSiiN" with Télécom Bretagne and Polytech' Nantes

2014 - 2015

2 years

L'École de design Nantes Atlantique

Master's degree

2013 - 2015

3 years

L'Ecole de design Nantes Atlantique

Bachelor's degree

2010 - 2013

4 years

Externat des Enfants Nantais

Baccalaureat

2007 - 2010

4 years

Portfolio

AI data modeler

The best place to find your next move

© 2026. All Rights Reserved.