About me

Cutting Through the Noise

With over two decades of experience in product design, I focus on turning complex requirements into simple, intuitive digital products. I blend design thinking, strategic insight, UX clarity, and purposeful UI execution, shaped by years of designing for both major organisations and fast-moving startups.

In recent years, I’ve specialised in more innovative SaaS products across fintech, big data, and emerging AI/ML markets. My workflow now integrates agentic AI to speed up research, sharpen decisions, and streamline prototyping, helping me move from ambiguity to clarity with greater precision and efficiency.

I design with intention, curiosity, and a commitment to creating meaningful experiences that scale intelligently.

Experience

QuantHarbour

2025 – Present

Product Design Director

Leading design for a self-initiated fin-tech product designed to transform ideas written in plain English into optimized trading strategies for quant and financial professionals

CRU

2023 – 2024

Head of Product Design & UX

Built in-house design capability, replacing multiple agencies. Created the global design system and UX workflow used across CRU’s product suite from conception through delivery.

FE Fundinfo

2022 – 2023

Lead Product Designer

Directed end-to-end UX/UI for an Asset Management Platform MVP. Unified legacy systems into a single interface supporting large-scale financial data and advanced visualisation.

BP

2022 (3 Months)

Lead Product Designer

Shaped the UX for BP’s Unified Data Experience, a central hub for requesting, ingesting, and consuming predictive and historical data across the organisation.

Arcturus.io

2020 – 2022

Lead Product Designer

Designed a climate-integrated financial intelligence platform. Delivered workflows, high-fidelity designs, and a scalable system blending real-time financial data with climate KPIs.

EY

2019 – 2020

Lead Product Designer

Led design for EY Brain, developing an M&A prediction platform used by hedge fund managers. Managed research, prototyping, stakeholder alignment, and iterative UX strategy.

Industrium.io

2018 – 2020

Product Design Director

Owned end-to-end design for an AI/ML decision-making platform in the Oil & Gas sector, covering research, flows, prototyping, and a fully scalable design system.

UrbanThings

2018

Head of Product Design & UX

Created a cross-platform design system for next-gen transit and ticketless travel apps across iOS, Android, and web.

Stylindex

2022 – 2023

Lead Product Designer

Redesigned the platform experience for a global talent and production index, delivering full UX strategy and high-fidelity product design.

BP

2022 (3 Months)

Lead Product Designer

Shaped the UX for BP’s Unified Data Experience, a central hub for requesting, ingesting, and consuming predictive and historical data across the organisation.

Expedia Group

2018 (6 Months)

UX/UI Lead Designer

Contributed to unifying 22 digital platforms through UX strategy, flows, prototypes, and interface design for Expedia Partner Central.

Digital White Agency

2002 – 2016

Lead Product Designer & Founder

Founded and led a 22-person digital agency delivering multi-platform design solutions for major global brands across web, mobile, and product.

© 2026 Nicholas Del Conte. All Rights Reserved

© 2026 Nicholas Del Conte. All Rights Reserved

© 2026 Nicholas Del Conte. All Rights Reserved