Annalisa Valente

Head of Product Design & Mentor
London, GB.

About

Product Designer and mentor with over 10 years of experience in designing and leading digital products in B2B, SaaS, cybersecurity, cloud platforms, and developer tools. Skilled in UX/UI design, design systems, product strategy, and complex systems simplification. Fluent in English and Italian, based in London.

Work

JupiterOne
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Head of Product Design

London, England

Summary

Leading product design strategy and execution for JupiterOne, a cybersecurity SaaS platform.

MentorCruise
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Product Design Mentor

London, England, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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Summary

Mentoring designers and founders globally in product and UX design, portfolio reviews, career growth, interview prep, design strategy for B2B/SaaS/AI products.

Engflow
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Lead Product design

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Summary

First internal product designer of a Series A startup, I led design solutions for engineers and build teams to manage build failures and optimize performance

Snyk
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Staff Product Designer

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Summary

Staff designer for Snyk plugins for IDEs and infrastructure as code where I led designs with the goal to making more seamless and accessible for developers to write secure code in the cloud

Elastic
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Senior Product Designer

London, England, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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Summary

Leading design solutions to help developers to optimizing system performance and making data-driven decisions

Oozee LTD
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Founder Creative Director

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Summary

Freelance designer creating a range of products and experiences for diverse clients, from small businesses to major brands and digital agencies in Milan, Toronto, and London. I founded my own company, Oozee Ltd, through which I continued my work as a contractor based in London. In this role, I focused on shaping design and strategy for prominent clients, including industry leaders such as Google, Lloyds etc.

Decentriq
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Head of Product Design

London, England, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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Summary

Led the product design team at Decentriq (Series A), focusing on data-sharing and governance solutions.

IBM Cloud & AI
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UX/Product Designer

London, England, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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Summary

Designed user experiences for IBM Cloud and AI platform products.

Lloyds Banking Group
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UX Designer (Contractor)

London, England, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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Summary

Contract UX design work for Lloyds Banking Group.

Google
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UX Designer (Contractor)

London, England, United Kingdom

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Summary

Contract UX design work for Google Play Developer Console

Education

General Assembly
New York, New York, United States of America

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Certificate

Design (UX/UI)

Accademia di Comunicazione
Milan, Lombardy, Italy

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Master’s Degree

Graphic Design / Art Direction

Università degli Studi di Firenze
Florence, Tuscany, Italy

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Bachelor of Arts

Architecture / Industrial Design

Skills

Mentoring & Coaching

Portfolio Review, Career Growth, Interview Preparation, Design Leadership.

Tools & Systems

Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, HTML/CSS, Illustrator, Photoshop.

Domains

B2B SaaS, Cybersecurity, Cloud, AI-driven Platforms.

AI Product Design

UX Design, UI Design, Design Systems, Product Strategy, Design Thinking.