About me

Problem solver. I turn complex ideas into simple, intuitive, and handsome products.

Hi! My name is Francis and I’m a Product Designer based in Montréal. I have over 8 years of experience working with digital products, and 15+ years as a Graphic Designer.

Expertise

  • Working with B2B, B2B2C and SaaS products in web and mobile environments.

  • Ideate new product features and oversee their entire development cycle.

  • Researching experiences and needs to create accessible, user-centric solutions

  • Developing journey maps, user flows, wireframes, high-fidelity interface mockups, prototypes, and styling guidelines using Figma.

  • Writing specs, user stories, acceptance criteria and documentation.

  • Building, improving, and maintaining scalable and flexible design systems.

  • Maintaining a clean and organized workflow to make team communication and processes seamless.

  • Analyzing situations with critical thinking and propose solutions.

  • Leading, mentoring and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams in Agile environments.

  • Learning fast, always improving myself, workflows, processes and overall productivity.

Tools & Skills

  • Figma

  • Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop & InDesign

  • Miro / Figjam

  • Design thinking & strategy

  • Agile methodology (JIRA, Confluence, Trello)

  • Accessibility

  • Information architecture

  • Journey mapping & user flows

  • Responsive design

  • Web, iOS and Android

Experience

Lead Product Designer 
Sherpa Solutions
Dec 2020 → Present 

 UI/UX Designer 
QuickSeries Publishing
Jun 2017 → Dec 2020

Graphic Designer 
QuickSeries Publishing
Jun 2011 → Jun 2017

Graphic Designer
Unidé Graphique 
Nov 2008 → Jun 2011 

Certifications

  • Advance Your Skills as a User Experience Researcher

  • UX Foundations: Research

  • Using AI in the UX Design Process

Languages

Français & English