I design products that make sense to the people using them.

Based in South Africa--:--:--

Open to remote senior product design roles ↓

Research+Design systems+AI workflows=Clarity

Senior Product Designer, six years in. Fintech, education, healthcare and e-commerce.

Years6+

Industries4

Claude skills built9

Research-led product design, design systems and AI workflows. I’m based in South Africa and looking for a remote senior role on a product team. Right now I’m a Senior Product Designer at Velocity Labs, a UK product design studio, where I built the studio’s Claude skills. I also co-founded Sgela, a career guidance startup for South African students.

First, I talk to the people involved → then I design the clearest route through.

Briefs get messy. I keep the work moving regardless.

See the work

Selected Work

Three projects. What was broken, what I did, and what changed.

BriefA global TEFL provider’s RFP for a website redesign, with a student platform behind it, pitched to 25+ agencies. No new brand to work from.

MoveRebuilt their brand as tokens from the live site, then sent two clickable prototypes instead of a proposal document.

ResultThe client chose us. We’re in discovery now, and their new brand drops in with one switch.

Read the case study

Two website concepts on laptops: Runway and Departure

Two concepts / one token setRFP won

BriefI grew up without career direction. Learners still choose by guessing, and nothing let them try the work first.

MoveValidated it with 12 interviews, built an APS calculator, then pivoted to practice: real scenarios from inside each career.

ResultA marketing site, a learner platform and an admin portal, ready to launch deep and narrow.

Read the Sgela case study

The Sgela marketing site on a laptop: Try the job before you pick it

Try the job before you pick itPre-launch

BriefThe website didn’t match the ordering platform, said too much and wasn’t built for mobile.

MoveA mobile-first design system on a Relume base, then the whole site rebuilt from reusable components, sprint by sprint.

ResultLive since January 2026, on time and through QA. One system now carries every change across the ecosystem.

Read the Debonairs case study

The redesigned Debonairs pizza specials page on an iPhone

Pizza specials · mobile firstLive since Jan 2026

Rough brief in. Clear product out.

Consult & Research

Have we consulted? I start with users and stakeholders before I open Figma.

Structure & Flows

Does it make sense? Flows, IA and logic get fixed before anything gets polished.

Design Systems

Is it clean? Tokens and components first, so every screen stays consistent and easy to build.

Build in Claude Code

I prototype and ship in Claude Code, with GitHub and Vercel handling versions and change logs.

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AI workflows

I automate the busywork so the thinking gets time.

Built in Claude Code.Most of it lives in GitHub repos and ships through Vercel.

Contact

Hiring a senior product designer? Let’s talk.

I’m looking for a remote senior role on a team that values research and systems. I work in SAST (UTC+2), which overlaps with UK and EU hours. Freelance projects are welcome too.

gabrielmallane96@gmail.com

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