A 2x iF Design Award winning product designer who moves between research, strategy, and craft with equal confidence.

Josh Simpson
Lead 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.
iF Design Award, Winner, 2022
Red Dot Design Award, Winner, 2022
iF Design Award, Winner, 2020
MADE TalentLAB, Shortlist, 2018
Lexus Design Award, Shortlist, 2016
Masterclass: AI Coding for Designers & AI Design
Memorisely, 2026
UX Design Bootcamp
The School of UX, 2019
1st-Class Honours,
BA (Hons) Design for Industry,
Northumbria University, 2018
Experience
Principal Product Designer
London, UK | remote
Dec 2025 – Present
Led Product Design for Studio Soren's website redesign, increased engagament by 81.5% through UXR and analytics-led design. Shaped strategy with the founder, introduced AI- workflows that accelerated design and research by up to 10× with Figma, Claude Code & GPT, and mentored and guided 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 increased successful search results 3x 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 to work on product design and UX research full-time, collaborating across design, engineering and research. Promoted from contractor to Lead within five months.
Lead Product Designer
Haifa, Israel | remote
Apr 2021 – Apr 2025
Led Product Design from discovery to launch for ProdActive's largest strategic client, a leading Middle Eastern pharma company. Redesigned a bug reporting platform, increased key feature 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 and Contract
York, UK | hybrid
May 2019 – Apr 2021
Delivered UX 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 | on-site | hybrid
May 2019 – Dec 2020
Product Design for Foxwood Properties, partnering with the Director to translate commercial goals into strategic digital experiences letting office spaces. Conducted research to shape enquiry journeys & content strategy. Designed in Figma & shipped with 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, designed UI for an iF Design Award-winning NIO product, and presentation 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 an winning pitch deck 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 Award and Red Dot Design Award.
3D CAD Engineer
York, UK | on-site | full time
Apr 2016 – Sep 2016
Summer role at leading creative construction company, contributing to projects for The Rio 2016 Olympic Opening Ceremony, YouTube at Cannes Lions, The Hive installation at Kew Gardens, and the BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group) Serpentine Pavilion.
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.




Outside of work, I love exploring new places then taking photos of beautiful scenery and moments that spark my curiosity.





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 rich insights into meaningful products.
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