(About)

About.

I’m Paul Stephen, a product designer who turns complex problems into products people find intuitive and businesses can measure. Five years across SaaS, enterprise and developer platforms, working remotely with teams worldwide.
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How I approach product design

Start with people. End with outcomes.

I trained as a petroleum engineer, which left me with a habit I still rely on: understand the whole system before you change one part of it.

Since 2021 I’ve designed logistics, compliance and developer products, most recently leading product design at Aortem from January 2025 to August 2026.

  1. 1

    People

    User understanding

    Discovering what people actually need and finding the problems worth solving.

  2. 2

    Product

    Product thinking

    Turning complex requirements into intuitive, accessible and scalable digital products.

  3. 3

    Performance

    Business outcomes

    Connecting design decisions to adoption, operational efficiency and measurable business performance.

[01] Career

Experience.

From logistics to enterprise SaaS to developer platforms: five years of product design, oldest first.

  1. 01

    Jun 2021 – May 2024

    Es Logistic Services

    Product Designer / Product Manager

    Hybrid

    End-to-end UX/UI for a logistics and service platform: booking, tracking and service management, with user research, stakeholder interviews, market analysis and A/B testing.

  2. 02

    Jun 2024 – Jan 2025

    Pathfinder Consulting

    Product Designer / Product Marketing Manager

    Remote, USA

    Enterprise SaaS workflows for compliance-driven career and professional platforms. UX strategy across onboarding, activation and retention, aligned with engineering and go-to-market.

  3. 03

    Jan 2025 – Aug 2026

    Aortem

    Lead Product Designer

    Remote, USA

    Led UI/UX across a multi-product SaaS and developer-platform ecosystem: authentication, feature flags, data streaming and cloud infrastructure tools. Research synthesis, journey mapping and rapid prototyping for complex workflows, in close partnership with engineering.

[02]

Toolkit & learning.

(Tools)

  • Figma
  • FigJam
  • Framer
  • Adobe Creative Suite
  • Miro
  • Mixpanel
  • Google Analytics
  • Claude

(Education & certificates)

  • B.Tech, Petroleum Engineering — Rivers State University
  • UX Design Professional Certificate — Google (2024)
  • Agile Project Management — Google (2024)
  • Complete Web & Mobile Designer — Udemy (2024)
  • Diploma in Product Management — Alison (2023)