
Sébastien Maury
Senior Product Designer
Salary / Daily rate
Paris, France
Freelance, open to permanent contract
Skills
Languages
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
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
