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Laurent Disty.
Senior UX Designer.

25+ years in IT and digital, including 15+ years specialised in UX. I help organisations design coherent, accessible and sustainable digital products, with strong expertise in Design Systems, UX governance and WCAG 2.2 accessibility.

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Profile

Senior UX expertise for complex environments.

Actiris, INAMI, ONSS, European Parliament, Belfius, EDF Luminus, IPM, BeTV, Expat.com: assignments focused on scoping, design, product consistency and collaboration with business, design and development teams.

Design Systems

Component structuring, documentation, governance, design/code consistency and continuous improvement.

UX Research & Testing

Interviews, workshops, usage observation, user testing, eye tracking, user flows and personas.

UX/UI Design

Wireframes, prototypes, user journeys, responsive design and interface recommendations.

Management & Governance

UX/UI team management, planning, project tracking, reporting and multi-stakeholder coordination.

Experience

Professional background.

A career built on design, information architecture, user research and the delivery of robust digital products.

May 2024 — present

Lead UX Designer & Team Manager · Actiris.brussels · Brussels

UX/UI team management, planning, project tracking and reporting to IT management. Driving a Design System with WCAG 2.2 accessibility improvements and implementing UX methods for new projects.

Figma
Axure
Material Angular Component Library

April 2021 — May 2024

UX Designer · Smals · Brussels

Design and implementation of a Design System for INAMI (Belgian National Health and Disability Insurance Institute), coordination of a small UX team and accessibility improvement. UX design for an internal ONSS payment management application, with contributions for SPF Santé and SPF Justice.

UX research
Co-creation
User testing
Eye tracking
Wireframes

April 2018 — April 2021

Senior UX Consultant · Finance, energy, publishing & food tech · Brussels

UX assignments for Belfius, EDF Luminus, Emisys, Youmeal, Van In and Stellar.io: UX audit, redesign recommendations, high-fidelity wireframes and improvement of business and consumer-facing platforms.

Belfius
EDF Luminus
Emisys
Youmeal
Van In
Stellar.io

2017 — 2018

UX/UI Designer · Expat.com · Port Louis, Mauritius

International assignment to improve the experience of a platform used by a worldwide audience. User research, pain point analysis, UX recommendations, wireframes and web page redesign.

2016 — 2017

Information Architect & UX Consultant · European Parliament · Brussels

Information architecture and UX design for the News and EPTV sites of the DG Communication. Stakeholder workshops, user research, user flows, wireframes and a responsive framework aligned with institutional standards.

April 2011 — 2016

UX Designer · Media, finance & broadcasting · Brussels

UX and digital assignments for IPM Group, Logic-Immo, CodaBox and BeTV: responsive redesign, financial web applications, media portals, project scoping, wireframes and development follow-up.

Web development background

2006 — 2011

Web Agency Owner · WebDesigned sprl

Custom web development agency in PHP, MySQL, HTML and CSS. Clients: RTBF, Luminus, Atos Origin, Renmans.

2000 — 2006

Web Developer · Belgacom Skynet

Strategic projects: WebBlogs, RTBF TV news integration, classifieds, Google integration and first front-end CMS for the Skynet portals.

Skills & tools

UX Design
UX Research
Wireframes
User flows
User testing
A/B testing
Eye tracking
Responsive design
Design System
WCAG 2.2
HTML/CSS
Figma
Axure
Balsamiq
Miro
Jira
Confluence
Azure DevOps

Training

Information ArchitectureNielsen Norman Group · New York · 2017
Scaling User InterfacesNielsen Norman Group · New York · 2017
Web Page UX DesignNielsen Norman Group · New York · 2017
Improving the User ExperienceDigitalMasterclass · Brussels · 2014

Languages & education

FrenchNative language
EnglishFluent
DutchBasic knowledge
IT DiplomaUnix systems · EPHEC Brussels · June 2000

Available to strengthen a UX, Design System or accessibility team.

I can contribute on product scoping, user research, UX/UI audits, Design System structuring or interface design for complex digital products.

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