Charlotte Sferruzza
Work experience
Product design lead at Onfido
๐ฌ๐ง London, UK - Mar 2019 โ now
Onfido helps businesses verify people's identities via our integrated app (SDK). Using pictures of identity documents and faces, we support our clients to onboard customers remotely and securely.
- I'm leading the team focused on end-user experience, overcoming the challenges of building a B2B2C product. We are creating innovative and delightful experiences to push the boundaries of identity verification online.
- Our SDK, the product Iโm focusing on, is now embedded in +600 of our customers' products. It's used by +3M users each month.
- I've kick-started design initiatives that support the business, such as our UX Services Program. It's a design-led program shared with Growth that enables our customers to build the best UX using our product. In addition to being a great way to improve our product, it drives customer satisfaction and revenue.
- I've contributed to our design system with a strong focus on accessibility.
- Iโm supporting the building and growth of a happy and high-performing UX team of +20 designers.
Product designer at Onfido
๐ฌ๐ง London, UK - Mar 2017 โ Mar 2019
I joined Onfido as a product designer to support creating and launching a new end-user-facing product: an SDK available on Android, iOS, and web. As an early design team member, Iโve helped craft design and UX research processes. I advocated for the design team to get a seat at the table in an engineering-driven organization.
Product designer at DoYouBuzz
๐ซ๐ท Nantes, France - Mar 2016 โ Mar 2017
DoYouBuzz is an online resume editor that helps people with no technical or design skills to build a perfect resume to land their dream job. I worked on the UX of the resume editor and its onboarding flow to improve user adoption and conversion. DoYouBuzz is a very open company where I learnt how to work with a diverse product team.
UI designer & UX consultant at Le Palace
๐ซ๐ท Nantes, France - Sep 2016 โ Mar 2017
I joined Le Palaceโs web agency department as a UI and UX designer, creating websites and web apps for customers. The company was also developing its startup accelerator program that I supported as a UX consultant. I analyzed many onboarding flows and startup concepts to advise entrepreneurs who were launching their products.
UX designer at Eventbrite
๐บ๐ธ San Francisco, USA - Jun 2016 โ Sep 2016
I created a vision for a multi-platform (native and web) in-product messages system to help event organizers run their events smoothly. I also worked with a small product squad to define a new event categorization system to support people finding exciting events to attend. I worked closely with Eventbrite's users through usability testings and a detailed UX research process.
Web designer at Escale
๐ซ๐ท Nantes, France - Sep 2013 โ Nov 2013
Escale was a web agency building responsive websites. I learnt how to create web experiences and design systems for clients with various needs.
Tools & skills
- I use Figma and Protopie to design and build prototypes. I use Miro to run workshops, and a mix of Notion, Atlassian products and Google Suite to write documentation, make sense of data and share work with my team.
- Iโve got a lot of experience in designing apps on Android, iOS and web as well as responsive websites and multi-platform design systems.
- I love talking to our customers, running workshops and research projects to make sure weโre building the right thing, in the right way.
- I enjoy chatting about onboarding experiences, accessibility, UX writing and leadership.
- I speak English, French, and Iโve been taking Spanish classes for 3 years. Itโs been helpful when working in a global team!
Education
Master's Degree in Interaction design and tangible interfaces
๐ซ๐ท Lโรcole de Design Nantes Atlantique, France (2016)
Master's Degree in Innovative services and Internet of Things
๐ซ๐ท Polytech Nantes, France (2016)
Bachelor's Degree in Digital Media Design
๐ฆ๐บ Swinburne University of Technology, Australia (2014)