Bogdan Anghel
Hands-On Senior Product Designer
Guiding teams, scaling design systems, and delivering user-centric products across AI, SaaS, Finance, and Gaming.
👋 About Me
I’m a hands-on Product Designer Senior/Lead with over 10 years of experience bridging strategy and execution.
I lead design initiatives end-to-end, from research and prototyping to design system implementation and mentoring teams, ensuring every solution is both user-centered and business-driven.
My background goes beyond AI platforms, SaaS products, enterprise finance systems, and global entertainment brands.
Whether building from scratch or refining mature systems, I combine leadership, design craft, and technical know-how to deliver measurable results.
💡 I thrive at the intersection of strategy and execution: setting vision, guiding teams, and rolling up my sleeves to get the work done.
Experience That Defines Me
Over the past decade, I’ve worked with startups and global organizations to design systems, streamline workflows, and lead projects.
Each role has challenged me to grow, adapt, and deliver.
Designed and implemented a scalable design system using Mantine UI, enabling consistent dev handoff.
Translated AI insights into usable UX for live stats and performance simulations.
Hands-on: built Figma and functional Typescript prototypes, ran usability testing, and shipped features, overseeing front-end, back-end and LLM developers.
Product Management: In a fast-moving startup environment, the product design role extends beyond design. I take ownership of key parts of the delivery process, aligning stakeholders, guiding priorities, and ensuring features are delivered on time and to a high standard.
Founded and lead a digital agency focused on web design, UX, automation, and content creation.
Hands-on leadership: balance client strategy with direct execution of web design, UX, and automation builds.
Serve local and international clients (US, EU) with measurable growth results.
Redesigned onboarding and policy flows, directly improving conversion rates and reducing friction in the user journey.
Applied design thinking methods — leading workshops, creating journey maps, and building prototypes to align product direction with user needs.
Designed custom data visualization dashboards in JetAdmin, empowering the Sales and Support teams with actionable insights and a tailored internal tool.
Collaborated closely with leadership (COO, Product Manager, Head of Engineering) to ensure business goals, technical feasibility, and user experience were fully aligned.
Supported enterprise SaaS workflow with UX navigation simplifcation.
Improved the existing design system by introducing design tokens, ensuring scalability and consistency across the platform.
Led the design and implementation of dark mode, collaborating closely with developers and the management team to deliver a seamless user experience.
Worked cross-functionally to align design decisions with technical feasibility and product strategy.
Part of "Transforming Data Collection" programme with the Bank of England.
Led UX design and engineering efforts for RegData, the FCA’s regulatory data collection platform serving 50,000+ UK firms. From user interviews to wireframes and high-fidelity prototypes in Figma.
Collaborated across disciplines with engineers, architects, content designers, and Product Managers to guide UX and design implementation.
Coordinated the design and development of real-time monitoring dashboards with DataDog.
Applied the GOV.UK Design System to ensure accessibility, compliance, and consistency across new features and services.
Improved compliance UX, including RegData’s cookie-policy experience.
Led a full UX/UI redesign of VLTED, a social sports network app, improving usability and visual consistency across the iOS experience.
Applied Apple Human Interface Guidelines (HIG) to ensure platform-native patterns and a seamless iOS experience.
Built a scalable design system in Figma, using tokens, variants, and atomic principles to support long-term product growth.
Designed and optimized key flows including tournament creation, player profiles, onboarding animations, and a web-based power user management dashboard.
Created web-data visualization components to surface player stats and performance insights in a clear, engaging way.
Collaborated directly with the founder and developers, balancing product vision with technical feasibility and release timelines.
Collaborated with the Design System team in the early phases of a Material UI based company-wide system, supporting multiple brands and ventures such as Virgin Games and BallyBET.
Oversaw marketing web products (promotions, templates, landing pages), applying UX principles to ensure effective, conversion-driven player journeys.
Mentored designers while maintaining brand consistency and best practices across teams.
Prototyped and coded landing pages/microsites, and introduced new workflows to improve collaboration with developers and stakeholders.
Led design for marketing products native apps (signup, onboarding, promotions, templates), applying UX principles to drive acquisition and retention.
Led design of interactive acquisition campaigns (spin-the-wheel, scratch cards, seasonal microsites) that boosted engagement and conversion.
Guided brand evolution for Jackpotjoy Plus and Botemania Plus (high-value segments), ensuring consistency across assets and early design system foundations.
Collaborated cross-functionally with developers, 3D artists, and marketers, aligning creative direction with business goals.
Recognized with multiple company-wide awards for campaign innovation and creative leadership.
Content Creation &
Knowledge Sharing
Beyond design work, I’m passionate about teaching and sharing knowledge. I believe design leadership is not just about delivering great products, but also about elevating others along the way.
Project Highlights
Brief case studies demonstrating impactful business results
Colleague & Management Feedback
From collaboration to impact - feedback that shaped my journey
Bogdan was incredible organized as we had hundreds of screens we needed him to design, and was able to connect every screen into a prototype that made it simple and easy for our developers to follow along with.
Awesome to work with, very professional and genuine!
Would absolutely recommend him to design your company's UX"
His approach to projects is data-driven, as he is eager to fully understand deeply each problem he is trying to solve in order to develop the best product that always keeps the users at its core delivering them the best experience, gathering and evaluating user requirements.
He has been fundamental in the implementation of the company design system across all marketing products.
He doesn't hesitate to support and mentor his more junior members of the team."
I am impressed by his devotion, expertise, and commitment to providing the best solution available. He listens and is attentive to what we require, and then he makes it happen.
Bogdan is an excellent choice for any position that requires a professional who listens and can seamlessly integrate technical expertise with unique design solutions.
His drive and ability to deliver results make him an asset to any organisation."
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