I’m Sven Lenaerts, freelance Product Designer & Design Leader deeply interested in building better digital products and businesses. I’m passionate about complex design challenges.
Here are a few accomplishments in my career I’m very proud of:
Built, scaled and managed product & design teams towards 15+ people
Over 10 years of shipping products as principal designer or design leader, with some over 100K users
Ability to connect product & user experience design with clear business & commercial outcomes
International experience with clients & products within Europe, USA & Middle East – I’m based in Brussels / New York
Managed a design team of 15+ people across different disciplines at a public service
Experienced with complex, greenfield design projects such as fintech projects, CRM modernisations, data platforms, … from early beginnings to scaling
Worked on corporate venturing projects for large-cap US clients such as Silicon Valley Bank and HBO
Worked as management consultant, solving complex digital challenges for some organisations
Worked at the intersection of soft- & hardware, designing & managing product offerings from scratch
Mentored over 50 students to start a career in UX
Worked on (offline) service design of some interesting organisations, including an airport and a museum
Dropped out of college, to pursue living and working in New York City at one of the top agencies
I enjoy working in environments where product, business and design overlap.
Get in touch →
Cake – UX design for Fintech app
C2FO – UX/UI Design For a New Fintech Product
Work
I strongly believe in achieving a balance between business and user needs. Making the world a better place through improved design of digital products is my reason to get out of bed in the morning.
I love design user experiences for any medium. Furthermore, I love the nitty gritty of collaborating with product management and engineering: collaborating with a team to make it real.
In general, I work together with clients via providing the following services:
Design & product leadership
Business consulting
Product management
UX design
View my Dribbble Portfolio →
Luxury Fashion
Aude - UX & UI design
Salesflare - UX & UI design, web design
Life
I’m very passionate about sports cars, fine dining and investing/economics. Design can be found in many areas of life, ranging from architecture to fashion and I let that inspire my craft.
16
Visited countries
100+
Completed projects
3
Average coffees per day
Radix - Web design
Lookback - Web design