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Hi, I'm Nicholas Naude, a Senior UX/UI & Product Designer with over 10 years of experience in fintech, legaltech, and eCommerce. I specialize in creating smarter systems that simplify complexity, improve workflows, and deliver measurable results. I enjoy collaborating with cross-functional teams and bringing innovative, user-centered solutions to life. I’ve worked across multiple countries including South Africa, the UK and the Middle East, focusing on mobile-first design, agile methodologies, and seamless user experiences. My passion is helping companies reduce friction through design that aligns with their brand and meets user needs effectively.…Hi, I'm Nicholas Naude, a Senior UX/UI & Product Designer with over 10 years of experience in fintech, legaltech, and eCommerce. I specialize in creating smarter systems that simplify complexity, improve workflows, and deliver measurable results. I enjoy collaborating with cross-functional teams and bringing innovative, user-centered solutions to life. I’ve worked across multiple countries including South Africa, the UK and the Middle East, focusing on mobile-first design, agile methodologies, and seamless user experiences. My passion is helping companies reduce friction through design that aligns with their brand and meets user needs effectively.

Nicholas Naude

UX Designer, UI Designer, Product Designer, +2

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Hi, I'm Nicholas Naude, a Senior UX/UI & Product Designer with over 10 years of experience in fintech, legaltech, and eCommerce. I specialize in creating smarter systems that simplify complexity, improve workflows, and deliver measurable results. I enjoy collaborating with cross-functional teams and bringing innovative, user-centered solutions to life. I’ve worked across multiple countries including South Africa, the UK and the Middle East, focusing on mobile-first design, agile methodologies, and seamless user experiences. My passion is helping companies reduce friction through design that aligns with their brand and meets user needs effectively.…Hi, I'm Nicholas Naude, a Senior UX/UI & Product Designer with over 10 years of experience in fintech, legaltech, and eCommerce. I specialize in creating smarter systems that simplify complexity, improve workflows, and deliver measurable results. I enjoy collaborating with cross-functional teams and bringing innovative, user-centered solutions to life. I’ve worked across multiple countries including South Africa, the UK and the Middle East, focusing on mobile-first design, agile methodologies, and seamless user experiences. My passion is helping companies reduce friction through design that aligns with their brand and meets user needs effectively.

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Hi, I’m Nicholas Naude, a Senior UX/UI & Product Designer with over 10 years of experience in fintech, legaltech, and eCommerce. I specialize in creating smarter systems that simplify complexity, improve workflows, and deliver measurable results. I enjoy collaborating with cross-functional teams and bringing innovative, user-centered solutions to life.

I’ve worked across multiple countries including South Africa, the UK and the Middle East, focusing on mobile-first design, agile methodologies, and seamless user experiences. My passion is helping companies reduce friction through design that aligns with their brand and meets user needs effectively.

Skills

Experience Level

Expert

Expert

Expert

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

Language

English

Fluent

Afrikaans

Fluent

Dutch

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Work Experience

Senior UX/UI Designer at Corsearch (LegalTech, SaaS)

July 1, 2024 - Present

Optimised and accelerated analyst workflows to enable faster identification and takedown of infringing content, counterfeit products, and IP violations. Collaborated with engineers, product owners, data scientists, machine learning engineers, and UI designers to deliver innovative, AI-powered solutions that protect the IP of some of the world’s largest brands. Contributed to a global platform migration initiative, working with teams across the UK and EU to support a smooth transition and reduce user disruption. Enabled analysts and clients to effectively work with AI-generated recommendations, optimising workflows to improve accuracy, reduce false positives, and speed up decision-making. Conducted UX research at every stage of development, enabling faster decision-making through real-world insights gathered from user testing.

Head of User Experience & Design at Equiti (Fintech)

April 30, 2024 - July 16, 2025

Redesigned website to prioritise mobile users, improving performance and conversion rates. Collaborated with Product Managers and Engineers to create app and web elements using Agile methodology. Developed the Equiti Design System comprising hundreds of components for use across all sites, apps and the customer portal. Developed a custom content management system (CMS) resulting in accelerated update times. Boosted website conversion rates by 11.5% through an extensive redesign focused on mobile responsiveness, modern aesthetics and an optimised user journey. Slashed onboarding interactions on app and web by 35%, contributing to increase in new traded accounts. Accelerated Compliance sign-off times by 50% through strategic information architecture redesign.

UX/UI Designer at OANDA (Fintech)

August 1, 2021 - July 16, 2025

Rebuilt OANDA’s website from the ground up, revitalised the onboarding flow with a simplified, responsive design informed by extensive user research, boosted new traded accounts by 20 percent, and redesigned the currency converter tool to automate high-demand conversions and improve Google PageRank.

UX/UI Designer at IntuDigital (eCommerce)

March 1, 2018 - July 16, 2025

Collaborated with cross-functional teams to translate marketing objectives into intuitive digital experiences, delivering four clickable prototypes per month to support usability testing and leading UX prototype development for major events like Black Friday and Christmas.

Group Designer at Local World (Publishing)

December 31, 2015 - July 16, 2025

Developed wireframes for evening edition iOS/Android apps to ensure intuitive UX and seamless functionality, while also designing and executing email campaigns for Local World's ad platform.

Creative Director at Red Flag Consulting (Public Relations)

May 1, 2017 - July 16, 2025

Directed the development of multiple websites and digital campaigns focused on EU legislative changes, using a build-measure-learn loop and data-driven insights to continuously optimise user engagement and performance.

Associate Creative Head at Clicks Retailers (FMCG, Retail Healthcare)

December 31, 2013 - July 16, 2025

Led the responsive redesign of Clicks.co.za and developed comprehensive email brand guides aligned with in-store and print campaigns, ensuring cross-functional design consistency and integrating UI with broader marketing strategy.