Field Notes
Reframed a research archive into a searchable workspace, helping a small team move from scattered findings to shared decisions.
01 / Evidence
Selected work
A few problems I have helped turn into products people can understand and use.
Common Thread
Designed a calmer onboarding path for a community platform, reducing the number of decisions new members faced at once.
Good Measure
Built the product language and interaction model for a planning tool used by independent food producers.
02 / Practice
Experience
A design practice grounded in questions, prototypes and close collaboration.
Senior product designer
Lead product discovery and interface direction across a three-person design team. Partner with product and engineering to make ambiguous work concrete early.
Product designer
Owned end-to-end design for internal operations software, from field research and service maps to a reusable component library.
Designer and researcher
Worked with early-stage teams on positioning, prototypes and the first version of their customer-facing products.
03 / Working style
Capabilities
The overlap between what I do, how I work and where I add the most value.
Product thinking
Framing, user research, journey mapping, prioritisation and experiment design.
Interface craft
Flows, prototypes, interaction patterns, visual systems and accessible UI.
Team practice
Critique, facilitation, clear handoffs and steady collaboration with engineering.
Education
BA, Interaction Design
Westborough School of Design
2015—2019
Open to a thoughtful conversation? Nola is available for selected product design roles.
nola.grain@proton.me