2024 — present
Lead UX Designer & Team Manager · Actiris · Brussels
UX/UI leadership, Design System, accessibility, project management and team management.
UX consultant with over 25 years of experience in digital in Belgium and abroad, I help organisations design products that are useful, consistent and accessible. My expertise covers Design Systems, UX governance, WCAG 2.2 accessibility, user research and interface design for complex environments.
A structured, practical and results-oriented approach, tailored to complex products and multi-stakeholder environments.
UX assignments across the public sector, finance, energy, media, publishing and international platforms.
2024 — present
UX/UI leadership, Design System, accessibility, project management and team management.
2021 — 2024
INAMI Design System, ONSS applications, user research, workshops and wireframes.
2018 — 2021
UX assignments across diverse sectors: finance, energy, event tech, food tech and publishing.
2016 — 2017
Information architecture and responsive framework for multilingual institutional websites.
I can help with UX scoping, design, UX/UI audits, Design System structuring, digital accessibility or team support on complex digital products.
As a product grows, the interface accumulates screens, business rules and exceptions. I help SaaS teams simplify everyday usage, accounting for the Design System, existing components and front-end constraints.
A few answers to clarify the role of a freelance UX consultant, assignment formats and possible deliverables.
A freelance UX consultant brings an external perspective, a structured method and the ability to move quickly. I can help clarify user journeys, frame user needs, improve an existing interface, prepare wireframes, audit a product or support a product team over a defined period.
Hiring a freelance UX designer is useful when a website, application or SaaS product becomes difficult to use, when a redesign is being prepared, when a Design System needs to be structured or when a team temporarily needs senior UX expertise. The assignment can be short and focused, or part of a longer collaboration.
Both formats are possible. A short assignment can take the form of a UX/UI audit, an interface review, a workshop or a scoping phase. A long assignment makes it possible to support a product team on UX research, wireframes, Design System work, accessibility and design decisions.
Deliverables depend on the context: UX/UI audit report, prioritised recommendations, user journeys, wireframes, prototypes, user research synthesis, user testing findings, component documentation or accessibility recommendations. The goal is to produce material that can be used directly by business, design and development teams.
UX design focuses on understanding usage, user journeys and ease of use. UI design is more concerned with the visual appearance, hierarchy and screens. A Design System organises shared rules, components and principles to make interfaces more consistent, accessible and maintainable.