Olivier Vanbiervliet / [email protected] / +32 497 54 55 56 --- # Curriculum Vitae | ![[[email protected]\|75]] | Product designer and design engineer with 25+ years of experience shaping UX/UI for tech startups and SaaS products, with a strong focus on design systems, complex workflows, and ethical, user‑centred design.<br> | | ----------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ## Professional Experience **Senior Product Designer (consultant), Elia Group** · Belgium / Germany · 2025–2026 Electricity transmission system operator for Belgium and parts of Germany (50Hertz) - Led UX and UI for internal and client‑facing tools for Elia Group and 50Hertz. - Worked across multiple products in grid operations, planning, modelling, and communication with market parties. - Improved flows and interfaces while aligning tools with the Nova design system. - Helped refine components, patterns, and documentation to improve consistency and delivery speed across teams. **Senior Product Designer (consultant), Aaltra** · Belgium · 2024–2025 Digital product agency focused on connected and IoT solutions - Researched and designed tug boat planning software for dotOcean (concepts, user flows, interface designs). - Created new screens and flows for the Smappee energy management app. - Integrated new functionality into existing products without breaking established workflows. **Senior Product Designer, Nordhealth** · Finland / remote · 2022–2024 Healthcare SaaS company for veterinary and therapy management - Led design for the Provet Cloud Finance team (data validation, complex invoicing flows, payments). - Redesigned core flows for appointments, invoices, credit notes, and insurance features. - Designed concepts, user flows, and interfaces for new therapy patient management software. - Contributed to the Nord design system (components, workflows, documentation) and worked closely with product and engineering to navigate regulatory and technical constraints. **Senior Member Experience Designer, Aaqua** · Belgium / Singapore / remote · 2021 Social platform focused on passion‑based communities - Designed mobile app and web dashboard interfaces and end‑to‑end user workflows. - Built advanced Figma prototypes for key journeys. - Helped shape product features, early market strategy, branding, and the first version of the design system. **Interactive Designer, Hackages** · Brussels · 2018–2019 Tech education SaaS startup - Delivered responsive web design for the education platform. - Led rebranding work (visual identity, tone of voice). - Created gamification concepts and content layouts. - Combined rapid prototypes with longer‑term UX direction in close collaboration with developers. **Owner / Designer, CoreLand Studio** · Belgium / Europe / remote · 2000–present Design consultancy for startups and scale‑ups - Manage design projects for SMBs, startups, and scale‑ups. - Create user‑centric interfaces and scalable design solutions across branding, product strategy, responsive web and mobile interfaces. - Frequently work on design system foundations, UI libraries, and design–developer handover. **Web Designer / Developer, Online Internet / United Callers** · Belgium · 1996–1999 - Designed and developed early websites for small businesses. - Contributed to visual identity and complete company rebranding. --- ## Technical Skills **Design systems and process** Building and maintaining component libraries and workflows in Figma. Structuring documentation and contribution models for product teams. **Design tools** Figma (expert), FigJam, Miro, Notion, Confluence, Slack, Linear. **Product and UX design** Wireframing, UX and UI design, user flows, prototyping, interaction design, iconography, typography. **Frontend and collaboration** Solid understanding of semantic HTML, modern CSS, and SVG from years of UI implementation work. Comfortable reading and discussing JavaScript and component‑based code with engineers when shaping and debugging UI. **AI and workflow tooling** Practical use of local and cloud‑based AI tools to explore design options, analyse flows, generate variants, and speed up documentation, with a focus on privacy, control, and human oversight. **Tooling ecosystem** Experience working in mixed‑tool environments, with prior work in Sketch, Abstract, Flinto, Principle, Photoshop, Illustrator and others. **Accessibility and documentation** Writing clear interface and pattern documentation, supporting design system adoption, and applying accessibility principles in layouts, hierarchy, colour, and interaction patterns. --- ## Education UX Design Immersive, General Assembly · London, United Kingdom · 2018–2019 European Lettering Institute · Typography, calligraphy, design · Brugge, Belgium · 2014–2015 Information Technologies and Economics, Sint Jozefsinstituut · Brugge, Belgium · 1994 --- ## Languages Dutch (native) · English (excellent) · French (conversational) --- ## Selected Endorsements “Throughout his tenure, Ovan has provided exceptional design services, actively participated in research activities, and significantly contributed to the enhancement of the Nord Design System, as well as to the overall design processes and practices. Notably, he is recognised for his deep understanding of UI intricacies, consistently prioritising user centric design and quality craftsmanship. Additionally, his adeptness with the latest trends and tools in the field has not only kept him at the forefront of design innovation but has also enabled others to streamline their workflows.” – Teppo Haste, Head of Design, Nordhealth “Olivier’s wealth of experience shines through in every contribution that he makes to a project. He’s hugely technically skilled in visual design and coding, has a constant drive to learn and improve, and puts designing humane digital products for real human beings at the forefront of his practice.” – Keith Symonds, User Experience Consultant