Hello, Hola, Olá  I’m Jy!

Designer for Fintech & SaaS

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A product designer who designs and builds

  • SaaS
  • Fintech
  • Design system

I’m a Product Designer with 5+ years of experience, from Gibraltar and now living in the Portuguese countryside.

I like making complicated things simpler in products, but also in the way teams work. At Venga, I’ve been building out our design system, improving processes and helping reshape how we use AI in design.

CurrentlyProduct Designer at Venga
Previously atSwissBorg and Tax Systems
MSc User Experience DesignKingston University
Jy smiling outdoors in front of mountains

"A real pleasure working with Jy! While working at SwissBorg, he managed a big workload while diving deep into complex product problems. He has a great ability to factor in business, technical, and regulatory constraints while still putting the user first."

Ronnie Bester

Head of Design @SwissBorg

The latest

NEW

A new AI design process

At Venga, I streamlined the design process around an AI-first approach, reducing manual work and helping the team move from idea to validated direction faster.

Recent win!

Utilising AI I connected an MCP to Claude that carried out 219 translations in 13 minutes. This would have taken 6+ hours to carry out. Every Designer at Venga is now using this AI workflow.

When not at the laptop

You can find me doing pullups, playing with my bunny, going on a walk with my wife or playing games with the boys.

Vibe coded app

I designed and vibe coded my personal workout application and built it in Xcode

Worked with

Companies I have either freelanced for, worked within a design agency or full time employment.

  • SpamHaus logoSecurity

    SpamHaus

    Carried out competitor analysis and user research creating personas as well as user stories.

  • Cambridge University logoEducational

    Cambridge University

    Worked alongside other designers in a rebrand and design system overhaul working in a 4 point grid.

  • Tax Systems logoTax & Finance

    Tax Systems

    Led projects & epics, designed award-winning features & enhanced the design system.

  • SwissBorg logoCryptocurrency

    SwissBorg

    Led compliance and regulatory UX, improved onboarding, greatly reduced user friction.

  • Retain International logoResource

    Retain International

    Led the rebrand, crafted the design system for mobile and desktop and ensured accessibility compliance.

  • Movewise logoReal estate

    Movewise

    Designed their property dashboard. Redesigned their website, assisted in carrying out a rebrand.

  • Transforming Systems logoMedical

    Transforming Systems

    Reduced client wait time by 75% and facilitated expansion into Canada. Designed dashboards.

Selected works

Automating devices and themes in a design system

  • Design system
  • Figma variables
  • Theming

Goal

Let designers switch any screen between iOS and Android, and between light and dark mode, without rebuilding it, by driving components from shared variables.

Impact

One set of components now covers every device and theme, so screens stay consistent across platforms and designers spend their time on the product, not on duplicates.

My vibe coded wedding seating planner

  • Vibe coded
  • Claude Code
  • Web app

Goal

Visualise and plan our wedding arrangements: drag guests between tables, try different layouts side by side and see who's still without a seat.

Impact

Seated all 106 guests, tracked dietary needs and menu languages for each one, and compared layouts side by side before printing the final plan. Funny thing is, my mum still did it faster with pen and paper.

A calisthenics workout app, vibe coded for iOS

  • Vibe coded
  • ChatGPT
  • Gemini
  • iOS

Goal

Stop hand-writing workout plans for myself and friends with an app that builds a fresh, high-rep session from your own baseline in one tap.

Impact

Every workout is generated and paced for you, with circuit and competition modes, and it runs offline from a single file. Built with early ChatGPT and Gemini, when vibe coding still had lots of limitations.

Beyond the case studies

What the case studies don’t show

Designing compliance and regulatory flows in fintech without killing conversion
How I get useful in a new team within weeks
How I push back on execs without burning the relationship
Mentoring designers and shaping the design practice without a management title
How I handle epics without a brief or requirements
How I use AI to save the company time and money
Getting product, engineering,
legal and leadership
behind one direction