Independent product designer and developer
2024 to present- Designed and built a mobile banking app (Orbit) used by 40,000 customers, cutting onboarding time by 38%.
- Created a research tool (Fieldnotes) adopted by three newsrooms.
Noor Ellison
Product designer & front-end developer
- hello@noorellison.example
- +351 900 000 000
- Lisbon, Portugal
- noorellison.example
Profile
Designer-developer with seven years of experience shipping web and mobile products for startups and agencies. Strong in design systems, accessibility and prototyping in code.
Experience
Senior designer, Northwind Studio
2021 to 2024- Led a six-person squad delivering eight client products.
- Introduced a shared design system that reduced design-to-build time by a third.
Front-end developer, Brightloop
2019 to 2021- Built the React component library used by 12 product teams.
- Raised Lighthouse accessibility scores from 71 to 98 across the main app.
Junior developer, Cobalt Agency
2017 to 2019- Delivered marketing sites and campaign tools for 25+ clients.
Skills
- Product design
- Design systems
- Figma
- React and Next.js
- TypeScript
- Accessibility (WCAG 2.2)
- User research
- Prototyping
Education
BSc Interaction Design
University of Porto, 2013 to 2017
Languages
English (fluent)
Portuguese (native)
French (conversational)
Awards
Awwwards honourable mention, 2025
Design Week Emerging Talent, 2023