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Your AI writes the JSON. We turn it into a clean, recruiter-ready CV in 50 templates — with a gap check against the advert, before you apply.
Alex Taylor
Staff Product Designer
London, UK • alex.taylor@studio-sketch.io • +44 20 7946 0812 • alextaylor.work • linkedin.com/in/alextaylor • github.com/alextaylor
Executive Profile
Product designer with 10+ years shaping design systems, checkout flows and developer tooling across payments and platform teams. Rebuilt a token pipeline that cut handoff time 42% for 18 enterprise squads, and shipped a checkout system running across 135 currencies. Comfortable owning a surface end to end, from research through to the release train.
Professional Experience
Staff Product Designer · Northwind Payments
Apr 2021 – Present
London, UK
Design owner for checkout, billing and the shared component library.
- •Rebuilt the design-token pipeline across 4 platforms, cutting design-to-production handoff from 9 days to 5 and saving roughly 640 engineer-hours a year.
- •Redesigned the multi-currency checkout used in 135 currencies, lifting completed payments by 2.4% (roughly £1.8M a year in recovered revenue).
- •Introduced automated accessibility linting into component review, taking shared modules to 100% WCAG 2.1 AA with zero regressions in 12 months.
- •Mentored 6 designers and ran the weekly critique that raised first-pass design-review approval from 61% to 88%.
Senior Product Designer · Strata Labs
Feb 2018 – Mar 2021
Manchester, UK
Payments and onboarding for a B2B SaaS platform (2.4M end users).
- •Redesigned onboarding from 11 steps to 4, raising activation by 26% and cutting support tickets by a third.
- •Built the first research programme (48 sessions in 6 months) that set the roadmap for two quarters running.
Product Designer · Fieldnote Studio
Jun 2015 – Jan 2018
Bristol, UK
- •Designed and shipped 14 client products, including two that reached 100k+ monthly active users.
Education
B.Sc. Industrial & Interaction Design · Rhode Island School of Design — Magna Cum Laude
2011 – 2015
Areas of Expertise
—Design & Research: Design Systems, Component Libraries, Figma, Design Tokens, User Research, Usability Testing, Accessibility (WCAG 2.1), Interaction Design
—Delivery & Technical: TypeScript, React, Tailwind CSS, JSON Schema, Storybook, Prototyping, A/B Testing
—Leadership: Mentoring, Design Critique, Roadmapping, Stakeholder Alignment
Certifications
Certified Professional in Accessibility Core Competencies · IAAP, 2023
NN/g UX Master Certification · Nielsen Norman Group, 2021
Languages
English (Native) • German (C2) • French (B2)
How it works in 4 steps
No signups, no drag-and-drop builders. Your prompt and some crisp stationery.
Copy our prompt
Grab the pre-tuned master prompt. It asks your AI for strict, schema-compliant JSON, including a met / partial / not-met check against the advert.
Feed your AI the job
Paste the prompt plus the job description into Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, DeepSeek — any of them. It rewrites your history to fit the role.
Paste the JSON here
Drop the payload into the workspace box. Live validation names the exact broken line, and the fields it found are listed back to you.
Pick template & save
50 layouts, five inks, three densities. Export a vector PDF or a real Word file, watermarked only while you are signed out.
“Your AI already knows your experience. We just make it pretty.”
Skip wrestling with margin bugs, misaligned bullet tabs and template paywalls. The model writes the substance; the layout engine guarantees the typography is clean enough to print.
Stationery gallery
50 templatesTen genuinely different layouts × five ink and font pairings.
Alex Taylor
Staff Product Designer
London, UK | alex.taylor@studio-sketch.io | +44 20 7946 0812 | alextaylor.work | linkedin.com/in/alextaylor | github.com/alextaylor
Professional Summary
Product designer with 10+ years shaping design systems, checkout flows and developer tooling across payments and platform teams. Rebuilt a token pipeline that cut handoff time 42% for 18 enterprise squads, and shipped a checkout system running across 135 currencies. Comfortable owning a surface end to end, from research through to the release train.
Professional Experience
Staff Product Designer — Northwind Payments
Apr 2021 – Present · London, UK
Design owner for checkout, billing and the shared component library.
- •Rebuilt the design-token pipeline across 4 platforms, cutting design-to-production handoff from 9 days to 5 and saving roughly 640 engineer-hours a year.
- •Redesigned the multi-currency checkout used in 135 currencies, lifting completed payments by 2.4% (roughly £1.8M a year in recovered revenue).
- •Introduced automated accessibility linting into component review, taking shared modules to 100% WCAG 2.1 AA with zero regressions in 12 months.
- •Mentored 6 designers and ran the weekly critique that raised first-pass design-review approval from 61% to 88%.
Senior Product Designer — Strata Labs
Feb 2018 – Mar 2021 · Manchester, UK
Payments and onboarding for a B2B SaaS platform (2.4M end users).
- •Redesigned onboarding from 11 steps to 4, raising activation by 26% and cutting support tickets by a third.
- •Built the first research programme (48 sessions in 6 months) that set the roadmap for two quarters running.
Product Designer — Fieldnote Studio
Jun 2015 – Jan 2018 · Bristol, UK
- •Designed and shipped 14 client products, including two that reached 100k+ monthly active users.
Education
B.Sc. Industrial & Interaction Design — Rhode Island School of Design · Magna Cum Laude
2011 – 2015
Skills
Design & Research: Design Systems, Component Libraries, Figma, Design Tokens, User Research, Usability Testing, Accessibility (WCAG 2.1), Interaction Design
Delivery & Technical: TypeScript, React, Tailwind CSS, JSON Schema, Storybook, Prototyping, A/B Testing
Leadership: Mentoring, Design Critique, Roadmapping, Stakeholder Alignment
Certifications
Certified Professional in Accessibility Core Competencies — IAAP, 2023
NN/g UX Master Certification — Nielsen Norman Group, 2021
Projects
PaperSketch Toolkit — Zero-dependency vector styling library for hand-drawn interfaces. 4.1k GitHub stars. (https://github.com/alextaylor/papersketch)
Languages
English (Native), German (C2), French (B2)
Alex Taylor
Staff Product Designer
London, UK • alex.taylor@studio-sketch.io • +44 20 7946 0812 • alextaylor.work • linkedin.com/in/alextaylor • github.com/alextaylor
Executive Profile
Product designer with 10+ years shaping design systems, checkout flows and developer tooling across payments and platform teams. Rebuilt a token pipeline that cut handoff time 42% for 18 enterprise squads, and shipped a checkout system running across 135 currencies. Comfortable owning a surface end to end, from research through to the release train.
Professional Experience
Staff Product Designer · Northwind Payments
Apr 2021 – Present
London, UK
Design owner for checkout, billing and the shared component library.
- •Rebuilt the design-token pipeline across 4 platforms, cutting design-to-production handoff from 9 days to 5 and saving roughly 640 engineer-hours a year.
- •Redesigned the multi-currency checkout used in 135 currencies, lifting completed payments by 2.4% (roughly £1.8M a year in recovered revenue).
- •Introduced automated accessibility linting into component review, taking shared modules to 100% WCAG 2.1 AA with zero regressions in 12 months.
- •Mentored 6 designers and ran the weekly critique that raised first-pass design-review approval from 61% to 88%.
Senior Product Designer · Strata Labs
Feb 2018 – Mar 2021
Manchester, UK
Payments and onboarding for a B2B SaaS platform (2.4M end users).
- •Redesigned onboarding from 11 steps to 4, raising activation by 26% and cutting support tickets by a third.
- •Built the first research programme (48 sessions in 6 months) that set the roadmap for two quarters running.
Product Designer · Fieldnote Studio
Jun 2015 – Jan 2018
Bristol, UK
- •Designed and shipped 14 client products, including two that reached 100k+ monthly active users.
Education
B.Sc. Industrial & Interaction Design · Rhode Island School of Design — Magna Cum Laude
2011 – 2015
Areas of Expertise
—Design & Research: Design Systems, Component Libraries, Figma, Design Tokens, User Research, Usability Testing, Accessibility (WCAG 2.1), Interaction Design
—Delivery & Technical: TypeScript, React, Tailwind CSS, JSON Schema, Storybook, Prototyping, A/B Testing
—Leadership: Mentoring, Design Critique, Roadmapping, Stakeholder Alignment
Certifications
Certified Professional in Accessibility Core Competencies · IAAP, 2023
NN/g UX Master Certification · Nielsen Norman Group, 2021
Languages
English (Native) • German (C2) • French (B2)
Alex Taylor
Staff Product Designer
London, UK / alex.taylor@studio-sketch.io / +44 20 7946 0812 / alextaylor.work / linkedin.com/in/alextaylor / github.com/alextaylor
Profile
Product designer with 10+ years shaping design systems, checkout flows and developer tooling across payments and platform teams. Rebuilt a token pipeline that cut handoff time 42% for 18 enterprise squads, and shipped a checkout system running across 135 currencies. Comfortable owning a surface end to end, from research through to the release train.
Experience
Staff Product Designer
Apr 2021 – Present
Northwind Payments, London, UK
Design owner for checkout, billing and the shared component library.
- •Rebuilt the design-token pipeline across 4 platforms, cutting design-to-production handoff from 9 days to 5 and saving roughly 640 engineer-hours a year.
- •Redesigned the multi-currency checkout used in 135 currencies, lifting completed payments by 2.4% (roughly £1.8M a year in recovered revenue).
- •Introduced automated accessibility linting into component review, taking shared modules to 100% WCAG 2.1 AA with zero regressions in 12 months.
- •Mentored 6 designers and ran the weekly critique that raised first-pass design-review approval from 61% to 88%.
Senior Product Designer
Feb 2018 – Mar 2021
Strata Labs, Manchester, UK
Payments and onboarding for a B2B SaaS platform (2.4M end users).
- •Redesigned onboarding from 11 steps to 4, raising activation by 26% and cutting support tickets by a third.
- •Built the first research programme (48 sessions in 6 months) that set the roadmap for two quarters running.
Product Designer
Jun 2015 – Jan 2018
Fieldnote Studio, Bristol, UK
- •Designed and shipped 14 client products, including two that reached 100k+ monthly active users.
Skills
Design & Research: Design Systems / Component Libraries / Figma / Design Tokens / User Research / Usability Testing / Accessibility (WCAG 2.1) / Interaction Design
Delivery & Technical: TypeScript / React / Tailwind CSS / JSON Schema / Storybook / Prototyping / A/B Testing
Leadership: Mentoring / Design Critique / Roadmapping / Stakeholder Alignment
Education
Rhode Island School of Design
B.Sc., Industrial & Interaction Design · Magna Cum Laude
2011 – 2015
Certifications
Certified Professional in Accessibility Core Competencies — IAAP, 2023
NN/g UX Master Certification — Nielsen Norman Group, 2021
Projects
PaperSketch Toolkit — Zero-dependency vector styling library for hand-drawn interfaces. 4.1k GitHub stars. (https://github.com/alextaylor/papersketch)
Languages
English (Native) / German (C2) / French (B2)
Alex Taylor
Staff Product Designer
Profile
Product designer with 10+ years shaping design systems, checkout flows and developer tooling across payments and platform teams. Rebuilt a token pipeline that cut handoff time 42% for 18 enterprise squads, and shipped a checkout system running across 135 currencies. Comfortable owning a surface end to end, from research through to the release train.
Experience
Staff Product Designer
Apr 2021 – Present
Northwind Payments, London, UK
Design owner for checkout, billing and the shared component library.
- •Rebuilt the design-token pipeline across 4 platforms, cutting design-to-production handoff from 9 days to 5 and saving roughly 640 engineer-hours a year.
- •Redesigned the multi-currency checkout used in 135 currencies, lifting completed payments by 2.4% (roughly £1.8M a year in recovered revenue).
- •Introduced automated accessibility linting into component review, taking shared modules to 100% WCAG 2.1 AA with zero regressions in 12 months.
- •Mentored 6 designers and ran the weekly critique that raised first-pass design-review approval from 61% to 88%.
Senior Product Designer
Feb 2018 – Mar 2021
Strata Labs, Manchester, UK
Payments and onboarding for a B2B SaaS platform (2.4M end users).
- •Redesigned onboarding from 11 steps to 4, raising activation by 26% and cutting support tickets by a third.
- •Built the first research programme (48 sessions in 6 months) that set the roadmap for two quarters running.
Product Designer
Jun 2015 – Jan 2018
Fieldnote Studio, Bristol, UK
- •Designed and shipped 14 client products, including two that reached 100k+ monthly active users.
Projects
PaperSketch Toolkit — Zero-dependency vector styling library for hand-drawn interfaces. 4.1k GitHub stars.
Product designer with 10+ years shaping design systems, checkout flows and developer tooling across payments and platform teams. Rebuilt a token pipeline that cut handoff time 42% for 18 enterprise squads, and shipped a checkout system running across 135 currencies. Comfortable owning a surface end to end, from research through to the release train.
Selected Engagements
Staff Product Designer
Apr 2021 – Present
Northwind Payments
Design owner for checkout, billing and the shared component library.
- •Rebuilt the design-token pipeline across 4 platforms, cutting design-to-production handoff from 9 days to 5 and saving roughly 640 engineer-hours a year.
- •Redesigned the multi-currency checkout used in 135 currencies, lifting completed payments by 2.4% (roughly £1.8M a year in recovered revenue).
- •Introduced automated accessibility linting into component review, taking shared modules to 100% WCAG 2.1 AA with zero regressions in 12 months.
- •Mentored 6 designers and ran the weekly critique that raised first-pass design-review approval from 61% to 88%.
Senior Product Designer
Feb 2018 – Mar 2021
Strata Labs
Payments and onboarding for a B2B SaaS platform (2.4M end users).
- •Redesigned onboarding from 11 steps to 4, raising activation by 26% and cutting support tickets by a third.
- •Built the first research programme (48 sessions in 6 months) that set the roadmap for two quarters running.
Product Designer
Jun 2015 – Jan 2018
Fieldnote Studio
- •Designed and shipped 14 client products, including two that reached 100k+ monthly active users.
Education
Rhode Island School of Design
B.Sc., Industrial & Interaction Design · Magna Cum Laude · 2011 – 2015
Studio & Portfolio
PaperSketch Toolkit — Zero-dependency vector styling library for hand-drawn interfaces. 4.1k GitHub stars. · https://github.com/alextaylor/papersketch
Recognition
Certified Professional in Accessibility Core Competencies — IAAP, 2023
NN/g UX Master Certification — Nielsen Norman Group, 2021
Alex Taylor
Staff Product Designer
London, UK • alex.taylor@studio-sketch.io • +44 20 7946 0812 • alextaylor.work • linkedin.com/in/alextaylor • github.com/alextaylor
Executive Summary
Product designer with 10+ years shaping design systems, checkout flows and developer tooling across payments and platform teams. Rebuilt a token pipeline that cut handoff time 42% for 18 enterprise squads, and shipped a checkout system running across 135 currencies. Comfortable owning a surface end to end, from research through to the release train.
Professional Experience
Staff Product Designer · Northwind Payments
Apr 2021 – Present
London, UK
Design owner for checkout, billing and the shared component library.
- •Rebuilt the design-token pipeline across 4 platforms, cutting design-to-production handoff from 9 days to 5 and saving roughly 640 engineer-hours a year.
- •Redesigned the multi-currency checkout used in 135 currencies, lifting completed payments by 2.4% (roughly £1.8M a year in recovered revenue).
- •Introduced automated accessibility linting into component review, taking shared modules to 100% WCAG 2.1 AA with zero regressions in 12 months.
- •Mentored 6 designers and ran the weekly critique that raised first-pass design-review approval from 61% to 88%.
Senior Product Designer · Strata Labs
Feb 2018 – Mar 2021
Manchester, UK
Payments and onboarding for a B2B SaaS platform (2.4M end users).
- •Redesigned onboarding from 11 steps to 4, raising activation by 26% and cutting support tickets by a third.
- •Built the first research programme (48 sessions in 6 months) that set the roadmap for two quarters running.
Product Designer · Fieldnote Studio
Jun 2015 – Jan 2018
Bristol, UK
- •Designed and shipped 14 client products, including two that reached 100k+ monthly active users.
Education
Rhode Island School of Design
B.Sc., Industrial & Interaction Design · Magna Cum Laude
2011 – 2015
Credentials
Certified Professional in Accessibility Core Competencies — IAAP, 2023
NN/g UX Master Certification — Nielsen Norman Group, 2021
English (Native), German (C2), French (B2)
Core Competencies
Selected Projects
PaperSketch Toolkit — Zero-dependency vector styling library for hand-drawn interfaces. 4.1k GitHub stars.
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