Ellie Patten

Product Designer

London, UK

About me

About me

Background

I'm a product designer with a frontend engineering background, with 7 years spent embedded in product teams and involved in design decisions and product direction.

User experience has always been at the centre of my work, from collaborating on feature planning and ideation, to prototyping and shaping design systems. I'm now moving fully into product design, bringing technical fluency that lets me take projects from early concept to realistic, buildable solutions.

Having worked across a range of industries including healthcare, fintech, and B2B SaaS products, I'm most excited by products that improve users' everyday lives, by making something genuinely easier, more empowering, or more joyful.

While my focus going forward is on product design, I'm happy to leverage my engineering background; for example, creating code prototypes, building and maintaining design systems, and making UX improvements.

My approach

I approach design thoughtfully and empathetically, with a deep commitment to inclusive, accessible interfaces and intuitive user journeys grounded in usability principles and research.

My engineering experience means I understand where complexity and uncertainty lies in a design, and what kind of errors and edge cases might occur, which makes me a stronger collaborator for scoping, feasibility, and handoff.

Outside of work

Outside of work, I enjoy illustration and making comics, spending time with my dog Luna, and yoga.

Design skills

UI Design

UX Research

Prototyping

Design systems

Accessibility

Wireframing

Interaction design

Information architecture

Frontend development

Frontend tools

React

Typescript

Next.js

HTML

CSS

React Native

Storybook

Framer

Made it to the end? Let's chat!

I’m currently exploring new product design opportunities. If you think I’d be a good fit for your team, or just want to chat, let's connect on LinkedIn.

Made it to the end? Let's chat!

I’m currently exploring new product design opportunities. If you think I’d be a good fit for your team, or just want to chat, let's connect on LinkedIn.

Made by Ellie Patten

Made by Ellie Patten

Made by Ellie Patten

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