Ciao, I’m Arcangelo!

I’m a Lead Product Designer. I take products with a lot of moving parts — and a lot of people depending on them — and make them feel clear, then back them with systems that keep them that way as the team grows.

I moved from Italy to London in 2014 and have spent 13+ years in the space where product design, UI craft and design systems meet. Four startups, two corporates, and products shipped across iOS, Android and web.

For seven years I was Head of Product Design at YOOBIC, building and leading the design function for an enterprise SaaS platform used by frontline teams at global brands. Today I’m Lead Product Designer at Zapp, working across the consumer app, the operational tools behind it, and the Zync design system.

I’m hands-on. I still design, and I ship components as production code. What I care about is that quality doesn’t depend on me being in the room — which means clear principles, critique that’s about the work rather than taste, and systems that encode good decisions so the next screen starts from a higher baseline.

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13+

Years in design

7

Years leading a design function

2M+

People using what I’ve designed

200+

Brands reached

What I bring to a team

01

Craft that raises the bar

High-quality UI that makes a complex product clearer. I set the visual and interaction standard on real screens, then make it repeatable rather than personal.

02

Systems that scale quality

Design systems that ship as code, not just Figma libraries. Tokens, variants and states documented once and held across platforms, so consistency survives growth.

03

Leadership without ego

Clear principles, specific critique and reusable examples, so a team raises its own bar instead of waiting for mine. I mentor, and I hand work over properly.

How I work

Experience

  1. 2025 — Present

    Zapp · Lead Product Designer

    Consumer app, operational tools and the Zync design system across a high-velocity quick-commerce ecosystem.

    Read the case study →
  2. 2018 — 2025

    YOOBIC · Head of Product Design

    Built and led the design function for a 30-module enterprise SaaS platform, through to an AI-first frontline product.

    Read the 7-year story →
  3. Earlier

    HERO®, Rota, 3TX, DOJO Media · Product & UX Design

    Startups and scale-ups across retail, workforce and media — including HERO®, later acquired by Klarna.

    See selected work →
  4. 2015

    Feeday for Instagram · Founder & Creative Director

    My own app, featured by Apple in the App Store.

    See the project →

Skills

Product & UX

  • User research
  • User flows & journeys
  • Personas
  • UX audit
  • Wireframing
  • Data-driven decisions

UI & craft

  • Interface design
  • Prototyping
  • Interaction & motion
  • Icon design
  • Art direction

Systems & code

  • Design systems
  • Tokens & theming
  • Storybook
  • React & React Native
  • AI-assisted workflows

Leadership

  • Design direction
  • Critique & standards
  • Mentoring
  • Cross-team collaboration
  • Stakeholder alignment

Outside the work, I mentor designers coming up, and keep a few side projects running because they keep me curious.

When I’m not refining pixels you’ll find me watching football, following fashion, or hunting for the perfect espresso.

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