Michael Pinney - Digital Product Designer

I'm a Product Design Lead based in London

Currently I am leading design at LendInvest

I have a keen interest in the space where humanity and technology meet. I'm big on empathy, recognising the effect we each have on society and how this all translates into a strategy

I also cohost a podcast about design and help run a community for designers in and around London. If this sounds like you come join us on Triangles

thistbh — A podcast about design

I co-host a bi-weekly podcast where we discuss all things product design. Have a listen to our latest episode below and subscribe if you like what we're doing.

Here are a few of the projects I've been involved with…

Putting teachers first with Education First

Education First are the market leaders in language education and the people who enable them to hold this title are their world class teachers. Working as part of a team spanning across three continents, I lead the design of an internal tool which provides EF's teachers with the world class experience they deserve.

Details available at interview

EF Design

Redesigning Eurosport from the ground up

Whilst at Eurosport I led a number of cross team activities which culminated in a rearchitected service IA, a user centric approach to product strategy, a reusable design library and a unfied vision for the experience moving forward.

Case study coming soon

Eurosport Player

Exploring New Markets with Paybase

Working with the Head of Product I explored greenfield consumer propositions. I conducted in–depth user interviews to identify gaps in the market, researched the competitor landscape, addressable market size, MVP scopes and more.

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Optimising Blinkbox on 10ft Devices

Working closely with the Product and Tech leads for the blinkbox 10ft experience I redesigned the Movie & TV show pages to be more performant both interm of usability and device speed.

This was key to supporting business goals of deploying on to more devices and reaching a wider market.

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C.V.

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Employment	2020 — Now	Lead Product Designer LendInvest
	2019 — 2020	Lead Product Designer Education First
	2017 — 2019	Senior User Experience Designer Eurosport
	2016 — 2017	Senior User Experience Designer Paybase
	2015 — 2016	Senior User Experience Designer Yubl
	2015 — 2015	User Experience Designer TalkTalk
	2012 — 2015	User Experience Designer blinkbox
	2010 — 2011	Creative Technologist Lowe Profero
Education	2006 — 2009	BA (Hons) Graphic Design: New Media University for the Creative Arts
Skills	Programming	HTML, CSS, JavaScript (jQuery), Exposure to PHP, Processing, Arduino
	Software	Sketch, InVision, Marvel, Adobe CC, OmniGraffle