Ben Walsh ✦ Staff Product Designer

Leading teams that design and build products

I lead product initiatives and build the design systems underneath. I’ve done that for more than ten years in ecommerce, fintech, edtech, and AI, and the teams I’ve worked with keep asking me back.

Ben Walsh ✦ Staff Product Designer

Leading teams that design and build products

I lead product initiatives and build the design systems underneath. I’ve done that for more than ten years in ecommerce, fintech, edtech, and AI, and the teams I’ve worked with keep asking me back.

More impact

Work that never got a case study

01

Current account switching

Rebuilt the switching journey so people could see what was happening to their money at every step.

thinkmoney

4x more customers switching

02

Finance applications that people finish

Found where applicants dropped out, then split the questions across screens. Splitting them added 11%, a conversational tone added 5%, and accessibility fixes added another 4%.

CarFinance 247

+20% applications

03

Accessibility built into the system

Surface and on-surface colour pairings at Pearson meant teams stopped shipping contrast failures. Then I built Perception, a Figma plugin that catches them before handover.

Figma Plugins

10,000+ installs

Testimonials

The job

What I actually do as a lead

What I actually do as a leader

Most of my week goes on the work around the screens.

Prioritisation

I work out what’s worth building next and size it before anyone opens Figma, if it's not a hell yes, it's a no.

Systems and governance

Owning the design system. Naming, tokens, contribution rules, and the maintenance that keeps it useful.

Accessibility

Setting the standard and building it in by default. And baking into team processes.

Pairing

Sitting with developers while they build and PMs while strategising. It’s how we build the right thing first time.

Mentoring

Navigating difficult situations and communication issues. Career stuff, and ways of working.

Adoption

A design system only pays off when teams use it, so I spend as much time helping them use it as I do building.

Available now

I’m open to permanent roles and contracts

Twenty five minutes, no agenda. Roles, contract work, a second opinion on a design system, or something you haven’t quite worked out yet. And I’ll tell you straight if I’m not the right fit.

Available now

I’m open to permanent roles and contracts

Twenty five minutes, no agenda. Roles, contract work, a second opinion on a design system, or something you haven’t quite worked out yet. And I’ll tell you straight if I’m not the right fit.

Available now

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Available now

© 2026 Benjamin Walsh. All rights reserved.

We use Microsoft Clarity to see how you use our website. This helps us improve our products and advertising. By using our site, you agree that we and Microsoft can collect and use this data. Our privacy statement has more details.

Available now

© 2026 Benjamin Walsh. All rights reserved.

We use Microsoft Clarity to see how you use our website. This helps us improve our products and advertising. By using our site, you agree that we and Microsoft can collect and use this data. Our privacy statement has more details.