Product designer · systems thinker

Mara
Vale

I make complex digital products feel clear, useful and ready for real life.

Profile

I am a product designer with nine years of experience turning dense workflows into focused, humane experiences. I work across research, interaction and systems, partnering closely with engineering to move from a sharp question to a shipped answer.

Selected work

01 / Operations

Harbor Console

Reframed a fragmented logistics dashboard into a single planning surface for dispatch teams.

Product · systems
02 / Public services

Common Ground

Built an accessible service pattern library that helped a distributed civic team design with one voice.

Research · direction
03 / Finance

Northstar Ledger

Translated complex account decisions into a calm guided flow for independent businesses.

UX · prototyping

Experience

2021—Now

Lead Product Designer · Fieldwork Studio

Lead product direction for a small independent studio, from early discovery through delivery. Facilitate cross-functional workshops, mentor designers and help teams make better trade-offs under pressure.

2018—2021

Product Designer · Meridian Works

Designed internal tools and customer-facing workflows across logistics, finance and public services. Established a shared component practice with design and engineering partners.

2016—2018

Visual Designer · Small Hours

Created digital identities, editorial systems and early product concepts for growing teams. Learned to make every pixel carry its weight.

A good next step

If the problem is meaningful and the work needs both care and momentum, I would like to hear about it.