
Walid MERRAD
Senior UX / Product consultant
Salary / Daily rate
Paris, France
Mobility: France, England, ...
Freelance, open to permanent contract
Can come onsite
Skills
Languages
About me
Intro
Senior UX / Product consultant with 9 years’ experience designing, testing, and optimizing web and mobile experiences. Expert in end-to-end design, from discovery to delivery, translating user insights into impactful, scalable products. Skilled in UX strategy, research, conversion design, and design systems. Ready to bring strategic thinking, autonomy, and creativity to drive measurable results for your product.
Work experience
Senior Product Designer
Groupe BPCEFreelance
Aug 2024 - Mar 2025
8 months
Greater Paris Metropolitan Region · Hybrid
Designed and tested end-to-end SaaS journeys for complex B2E platforms in banking and insurance ● Built low- to high-fidelity Figma prototypes to simplify workflows and boost usability ● Led user interviews and usability tests to identify friction points and validate UX hypotheses ● Collaborated closely with PMs and devs to align UX strategy with product and tech constraints ● Improved UX maturity by integrating research insights and product psychology into agile delivery Skills: Key Performance Indicators · Competitive Analysis · Digital Transformation · Process Design · Presentations · Analytics · Coordinating Skills · Communication · Customer Requirements · Facilitation
Senior UX Designer / Researcher
DecathlonFreelance
Oct 2022 - Aug 2024
1 year 11 months
Greater Paris Metropolitan Region · Remote
● Collaborated with cross-functional teams to improve mobile/web e-commerce journeys ● Led discovery and co-design workshops with users and internal stakeholders ● Implemented a scalable research system across multiple product teams ● Delivered user-driven insights to optimize features, flows, and conversion performance
Senior UX Designer / Researcher
Natixis
Jan 2022 - Oct 2022
10 months
Paris, France
● Designed and iterated user flows, wireframes, and interactive prototypes for finance and enterprise platforms ● Conducted usability testing and heuristic evaluations to identify pain points and refine UI ● Facilitated co-creation and ideation workshops with stakeholders and end-users to explore feature opportunities ● Collaborated with PMs and developers to ensure user-centered design across delivery cycles ● Synthesized insights into design decisions that improved usability and task completion
UX Researcher
Usabilis
Jun 2021 - Jan 2022
8 months
92120 Montrouge, France
● Delivered UX solutions for clients in Software, pharma, home automation, heavy industry ● Designed and refined user journeys, wireframes, and prototypes for mobile and web UI ● Conducted usability testing, user interviews, and heuristic evaluations to identify usability issues and drive design improvements ● Collaborated with cross-functional teams to align product vision with user needs and business objectives, through quantitative & qualitative methods ● Translated insights into design recommendations that improved conversion, task efficiency, and satisfaction across varied digital platforms
UX Researcher
l'Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France
Oct 2016 - Jun 2021
4 years 9 months
59300 Valenciennes, France
● Led experimental research on dual reality systems and multitouch UIs within lab environments ● Designed, executed, and analyzed controlled user studies focusing on usability, cognitive load, attention, and task performance ● Developed custom protocols to evaluate interaction design, user behavior, and ergonomic factors across novel input modalities ● Published peer-reviewed findings contributing to advances in human-computer interaction (HCI) and interface evaluation
Junior HCI specialist
UC Irvine Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences
Apr 2019 - Jul 2019
4 months
Orange, CA, USA
Skills: Key Performance Indicators · User Experience Research · Qualitative & Quantitative Research Methodologies · Process Design · Data Analytics · Analytical Skills · Usability · Presentations · Analytics · Statistics · Coordinating Skills · Observational Studies · Organization Skills · User Research · Communication
Junior HCI researcher
Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz (DFKI)
Mar 2018 - Aug 2018
6 months
Saarbrücken Area, Germany
Skills: Key Performance Indicators · User Experience Research · Qualitative & Quantitative Research Methodologies · Process Design · Data Analytics · Analytical Skills · Usability · Presentations · Analytics · Statistics · Coordinating Skills · Observational Studies · Organization Skills · User Research · Communication
Education
Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
2016 - 2020
3 years 8 months
Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée
Master's degree
2015 - 2016
1 year 2 months
Northumbria University
Master's degree
2015 - 2016
1 year 1 month
Ecole nationale Superieure d'Informatique (ESI)
Engineer's degree
2010 - 2015
5 years 1 month
Licenses & certifications
Product Owner
Issued: Feb 2022
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