An iF Design Award winning product designer who moves between research, strategy, and craft with equal confidence.

Josh Simpson
Lead/Snr Product Designer
London, UK · Hybrid & Remote
After 200+ user testing sessions and years in senior positions on cross-functional teams, I know how to talk strategy with Founders and PMs, earn trust with engineers, gain insight from users and present work that genuinely moves stakeholders.
Winner • iF Design Award
May 2022
Winner • iF Design Award
May 2020
Shortlist • MADE TalentLAB
Nov 2018
Shortlist • Lexus Design Awards
Jan 2016
AI Coding for Designers
Memorisely • 2026
Masterclass: AI Design
Memorisely • 2026
UX Design Bootcamp
The School of UX • 2019
BA (Hons) Design for Industry
1st Class Honours • 2018
Experience
Principal Product Designer
London, UK | Remote
Dec, 2025 - Present
Led Product Design for Studio Soren's website redesign, increasing session duration by 81.5% through analytics-led design. Shaped strategy with the founder, introduced AI workflows with Figma × Claude Code, and mentored junior designers.
Lead UX & UI Designer
London, UK | Hybrid | Full Time
Apr, 2021 - Dec, 2025
Led Product Design for Brandborne's largest client, improving patient outcomes on the flagship product of a $1.1B pharma company. Delivered 3.3× faster onboarding and 3× more successful searches for people with Parkinson's, led discovery through to launch, presented in large meetinings with CEOs and CTOs, and grew the design team to five.
UX & UI Designer
Dec, 2020 - Apr, 2021
Recruited by a key client as a full-time UX & UI Designer to lead Product Design, UX Research and Product Strategy for Roche's $325B business, improving diabetes management before promotion to Lead Product Designer.
Lead Product Designer
Haifa, Israel | Remote
Apr, 2021 - Apr, 2025
Led Product Design from discovery to launch for ProdActive's largest client, a leading Middle Eastern pharma company. Redesigned a bug reporting platform, increasing key workflow engagement 4× while reducing drop-off by 82%.
Product Designer
Dec, 2020 - Apr, 2021
Product Design from discovery to launch, partnering with engineers, product managers and cross-functional teams.
UX Designer • Freelance & Contract
York, UK | Hybrid
May, 2019 - Apr, 2021
Delivered UX Design work for startups and entrepreneurs, contributing to Kody's $20M Series A and improving diabetes management for Roche's $325B business. Published on UX Planet & built long-term partnerships with Brandborne, ProdActive & Durham Grange.
Junior Product Designer
York, UK | Hybrid
May, 2019 - Dec, 2020
Product Design for Foxwood Properties, worked with the Director to turn commercial goals into intuitive digital experiences to let office space. User research, content strategy, UX and UI design, continuously iterating and building websites in Webflow.
Product Design Intern
London, UK | On-site | Full Time
Feb, 2019 - May, 2019
Joined LAYER, a leading design studio with 200+ awards and 2,500+ press features, working on a Meta product that gained 1.4M users, an iF Design Award-winning NIO product, and pitch work for Samsung.
Product Design Intern
York, UK | On-site | Full Time
Jan, 2019 - Feb, 2019
Joined leading design agency Design Bridge an agency with 200+ awards, contributed to design work for Unilever and Cadbury, including a winning pitch for Unilever.
Industrial Design Associate
Cambridge, UK | On-site | Full Time
Apr, 2017 - Aug, 2017
Designed concepts for Adidas, including the concepts taken forward, and contributed to a Keurig product that won an iF Design Awards and Red Dot Design Award.
3D CAD Engineer
York, UK | On-site | Full Time
Apr, 2016 - Sep, 2016
Principal Product Designer
London, UK | Remote
Dec, 2025 - Present
Currently a core member of a tight cross functional team at Studio Soren:
Lead UX & UI Designer
London, UK | Hybrid | Full Time
Dec, 2025 - Present
Worked within a large inter-company network of designers, engineers, researchers and other cross-functional partners:
UX & UI Designer
Dec, 2025 - Present
Recruited by a key client as full-time UX & UI Designer:
Lead Product Designer
Haifa, Israel | Remote
Dec, 2025 - Present
Currently a core member of a tight cross functional team at Studio Soren:
Product Designer
Dec, 2025 - Present
Product Design work from discovery & problem framing to shipped features:
UX Designer • Freelance & Contract
York, UK | Hybrid
Dec, 2025 - Present
Contract UX & Product Design work for startups, entrepreneurs and software companies:
Junior Product Designer
York, UK | Hybrid
Dec, 2025 - Present
Currently a core member of a tight cross functional team at Studio Soren:
Product Design Intern
York, UK | Hybrid | Full Time
Dec, 2025 - Present
Post-university internship within thought-leading design studio with 200+ awards, 2500+ press features and 15M+ impressions on socials:
Product Design Intern
York, UK | Hybrid | Full Time
Dec, 2025 - Present
Post-university internship within a leading multidisciplinary design agency with 200+ awards:
Design Associate
York, UK | Hybrid | Full Time
Dec, 2025 - Present
Summer job working at an Industrial Design agency:
Fascination with people
I love talking to users, listening to their stories with empathy, and get a huge amount of joy from being surprised by their behavior.
Openess & curiosity
I am a truly open and curious person. I enjoy learning and do my best work when faced with new or novel subjects.
Lean to the core
My mind is constantly scanning for shortcuts and fast methods of approaching problems. I love planning lean research.
Love of storytelling
I love telling stories that engage with people, light them up inside and truly reach into the core of who they are.
Teams I designed for
With a background in Industrial Design, I have designed connected products and helped craft thoughtful products and experiences extending beyond the screen.




Teams I designed for
Outside of work, I love exploring new places and photographing beautiful scenery and moments that spark my curiosity.




Teams I designed for

The Brain The Story of You
David Eagleman

Just Enough Research
Erika Hall

Design for How People Think
John Whalen, PhD

A Wizard of Earthsea
Ursula K. Le Guin

The Design of Everyday Things
Don A. Norman

Pascal’s Pensées
Blaise Pascal

The Matter With Things
Iain McGilchrist

Crime And Punishment
Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Emotional Design
Don Norman

Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman

Livewired
David Eagleman

Laws of UX
John Yablonski

Super Normal
Naoto Fukasawa & Jasper Morrison

The Brain The Story of You
David Eagleman

Just Enough Research
Erika Hall

Design for How People Think
John Whalen, PhD

A Wizard of Earthsea
Ursula K. Le Guin

The Design of Everyday Things
Don A. Norman

Pascal’s Pensées
Blaise Pascal

The Matter With Things
Iain McGilchrist

Crime And Punishment
Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Emotional Design
Don Norman

Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman

Livewired
David Eagleman

Laws of UX
John Yablonski

Super Normal
Naoto Fukasawa & Jasper Morrison

The Symbolic World

Brain Food
Spotify Playlist

Theories of Everything

Emotions
Tony Ann

The Daily Stoic

Deep Focus
Spotify Playlist

Fall of Civilizations

Lofi Chill
Spotify Playlist

The Louis Theroux Podcast

Lofi Road Trip
Spotify Playlist

Philosophize this!

On Repeat
Spotify Playlist

The Symbolic World

Brain Food
Spotify Playlist

Theories of Everything

Emotions
Tony Ann

The Daily Stoic

Deep Focus
Spotify Playlist

Fall of Civilizations

Lofi Chill
Spotify Playlist

The Louis Theroux Podcast

Lofi Road Trip
Spotify Playlist

Philosophize this!

On Repeat
Spotify Playlist
I turn deep research into meaningful products.
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