Giulia Pizzignacco

Senior Product Designer & UX Engineer

I'm Giulia, a Senior Product Designer and UX Engineer with over 10 years of experience shipping products end-to-end: from early discovery and service design through UX, UI, and production front-end code.

My specialty is complex SaaS where clarity is the product. Dashboards, workflows, onboarding flows that users actually understand. I've also led branding, design systems, and product direction across teams, so I can hold the vision while getting hands dirty in the details.

More recently, I've been building AI skills into my practice, using tools like Claude Code and LLMs to accelerate design-to-code workflows and prototype faster.

I'm at my best when a product needs to go from messy to shipped, fast and done right. I partner with startups and established companies, whether that means working solo as a founding designer or embedding into an existing team, working closely with product, engineering, and stakeholders to move things forward. Based in Portugal , fully remote across Europe European Union , and available to UK United Kingdom companies as a contractor.

UI & Design systems

Figma, Storybook, Component Libraries

UX research

Usability Testing, Interviews, A/B Tests

Production code

React/Next.js, TypeScript, HTML/CSS

AI-assisted design

Claude Code, Cursor, Figma AI

Product strategy

PRDs, User Stories, Roadmaps

What people say

Words from people I've worked with

You've really taken us to that next level. And without you, I don't think we would be where we are today, certainly from that UI and UX perspective. So you've been an absolute asset. And I just want to say a massive thank you for all the hard work you've done.

Name

Dominic Gilbert

Role

COO

Company

ThinkHuge
What stood out to me from the start was her ability to think across all levels of design, from shaping big-picture concepts down to refining the smallest interaction details. She's a true team player, the kind of colleague you trust, learn from, and genuinely enjoy working with.

Name

Julia Miller

Role

Senior Product Engineer

Company

Minviro
Giulia is very proactive when it comes to responding to product feedback and makes a good distinction between what can be fixed right away as a quick-win versus what needs to be considered and analysed thoroughly.

Name

Kristian Dupont

Role

Principal Fullstack Engineer

Company

Minviro
Giulia has been such a joy to work with, always stepping up to any task with grace, enthusiasm, and zero hesitation. Her UX expertise has truly elevated XYCLE: she's refined and improved so many features across the product.

Name

Bertie O'Brien

Role

Senior Product Manager

Company

Minviro
Given how intimately she understands the architecture behind everything, she was able to guide the user through his issues in huge depth and I really appreciate it!

Name

Jordan Lindsay

Role

Head of R&D

Company

Minviro
Her unique ability to bridge the gap between design and development has greatly enhanced our projects, bringing a level of depth and technical excellence that is rare and highly valuable.

Name

Andrea Barracu

Role

Product Manager

Company

Think Huge
She wants to understand the context, the user problem and then workshop the best way to solve it. Giulia's active contribution to the team is both admirable and greatly appreciated. It keeps everyone motivated and in a good headspace.

Name

Rohin Shah

Role

Product Manager

Company

Minviro