Hi, I'm Carlin 👋

Hi, I'm Carlin 👋

Product Designer helping businesses acquire, retain and monetise users through research and design

Product Designer helping businesses acquire, retain and monetise users through research and design

  • Product Positioning

    Product-Led Growth

    Experience Design

    User Research

    User Interface Design

    Rapid Prototyping

    MVP

    Zero - One

    C2C

    B2B

    B2C

    Marketplace

    SaaS

    IoT

I design user experiences and innovate products for agencies, startups and entrepreneurs.

I bring over 7 years of experience designing business and consumer applications ranging from SaaS to IoT, and marketplaces.

I design user experiences and innovate products for agencies, startups and entrepreneurs.

I bring over 7 years of experience designing business and consumer applications ranging from SaaS to IoT, and marketplaces.

Most of my career has been in the 'zero to one' development space, which has shaped me into a resourceful generalist. I craft every detail of new products and features, from idea to UX to pixel-perfect execution.

I practice design that is orientated toward a strategic outcome. Whether you are looking to get new users, retain the ones you have or turn users into paying customers — if you are looking to leverage design to find new opportunities, and solve business problems, we’ll be a great match.

I am South African and I am currently working from my beautiful home city, Cape Town. Naturally, I have worked on a whole range of South African startups but my projects and clients span across Africa and Europe.

I am on a mission to learn as much as I can to become better at product and business strategy and right now, I am delving deep into the mechanics of product-led growth.

When I'm not working, you can find me tinkering with low-code platforms, listening to Lenny's Podcast (iykyk), or walking my dog on Table Mountain.

Burning questions

We are an early to mid-stage startup, can you help us?

Yes! You may still be figuring out your ideal customer base and use cases for your product, or maybe you have found product market fit and are looking to improve customer acquisition and retention - a product design strategy can help you achieve both.

We are an early to mid-stage startup, can you help us?

Yes! You may still be figuring out your ideal customer base and use cases for your product, or maybe you have found product market fit and are looking to improve customer acquisition and retention - a product design strategy can help you achieve both.

We are an early to mid-stage startup, can you help us?

Yes! You may still be figuring out your ideal customer base and use cases for your product, or maybe you have found product market fit and are looking to improve customer acquisition and retention - a product design strategy can help you achieve both.

What can we expect from your process?
What can we expect from your process?
What can we expect from your process?
Are you available for full-time or longer term projects?
Are you available for full-time or longer term projects?
Are you available for full-time or longer term projects?
Where are you based, and do you work remotely?
Where are you based, and do you work remotely?
Where are you based, and do you work remotely?
  • C2C

    B2B

    B2C

    Marketplace

    SaaS

    Product Discovery

    Rapid Prototyping

    MVP

    User Interface Design

    Product-Led Growth

    User Experience

    Zero - Value

    User Research

    Rapid Prototyping

  • C2C

    B2B

    B2C

    Marketplace

    SaaS

    Product Discovery

    Rapid Prototyping

    MVP

    User Interface Design

    Product-Led Growth

    User Experience

    Zero - Value

    User Research

    Rapid Prototyping

Let's build your product together

Chat with me and find out how I can help you leverage user experience design as part of your product strategy