Turning insight into impact and design into a strategic partner

Nik Evans, Product Design Leader

The Stepstone Group TUI VML Audi BBC Xbox RAC

A bit about me

I build product design organisations that turn their craft into a business advantage. I've led multidisciplinary teams covering product design, content design, research and service design, in complex marketplace environments.

Starting with a deep understanding of users and the problems they're trying to solve, as these form the opportunities to drive real business and commercial outcomes. I stay close to the work, holding the standard on craft and care, and giving teams what they need to do their best work.

I operate at senior leadership levels, partnering with product, technology and commercial to set strategy, build the evidence behind it, and embed design practices that hold up at scale.

Design leadership Building & scaling teams Design systems Design operations Product strategy Product design User research practice Service design Voice of Customer frameworks 0→1 product discovery Executive partnership

Key highlights

30+
person multidisciplinary design orgs built and scaled
12-brand
design system championed and delivered
€7m
additional annual business value through elevating design
Cross-channel customer experience transformation
55k
downloads on first ski app launch
Fluency
in jobs to be done achieved across product and design org