Product Designer · UI/UX & Product Management

Marli
Lucas

6+ years designing, owning, and managing complex, high-stakes B2B and AI-enabled products from discovery through delivery.

Open to remote rolesSouth Africa · UTC+2UK/EU hours
Marli Lucas
6+
Years experience
4
Case studies
2
Angel investments secured
15+
End-user validations

Designer, product owner, systems thinker

I specialise in designing and managing complex, high-stakes B2B SaaS products, particularly where AI, trust, and explainability intersect. Most recently, I led UI/UX and product for SafeNav, a safety-critical AI decision-support platform for maritime collision avoidance, from an EU/UKRI-funded R&D project through to commercial spinout.

My background in animation and storywriting gives me a different kind of creative intuition. I think in flows, narratives, and systems rather than just screens. I'm experienced working across distributed, cross-cultural remote teams, partnering closely with engineering and stakeholders to ship scalable, enterprise-grade workflows.

I'm now looking for my next challenge: a remote product design or product management role where I can bring discipline, empathy, and momentum to complex problems.

Selected work

Case studies

SafeNav
Shipped - Safety-Critical AI SaaS

SafeNav - Maritime AI Collision Avoidance

3-year UKRI/EU-funded B2B SaaS platform. End-to-end UI/UX and product leadership from R&D through commercial spinout with 12 global partners.

Creator Atelier
Prototype - AI-Accelerated Workflow

Creator Atelier - Community Onboarding

Training exercise demonstrating AI-accelerated concept development. LLM-powered research into a vibe-coded, credible MVP in days.

Naviro
Brand & Product Design

Naviro - NPC Tackling Homelessness

End-to-end brand identity, pitch deck, and product design for a non-profit focused on transparent, strategic, community-driven impact.

Maritime Brands
Shipped - Brand Overhaul & Web

Maritime-Tech Consortium - Brand & Web

Full brand identity and website redesign across four related maritime-tech companies. Identity, positioning, content, and implementation oversight.

Digital Art
Creative - @marliz_art

Digital Art & Illustration

Character design, concept art, and illustration. Sharpens visual thinking, storytelling, and attention to detail.

Web & App
Misc - Web & App

Other Web & App Design

Fintech, outdoor adventure, water management, and more. Responsive web design, UI/UX mockups, infographics.

Brand & Logo
Misc - Brand & Logo

Brand Identities & Logo Design

Logo and brand identity across fintech, maritime-tech, social impact, and creative studios.

Capabilities

Skills & tools

Design & Prototyping

FigmaFigma MakeDev ModeFigJamAdobe Creative SuiteDesign SystemsAnt DesignToken Studio

AI - Research & Strategy

LLMs for researchCompetitive analysisSynthesisProduct documentationChatGPTGeminiClaude

AI - Design & Build

Vibe codingv0StitchFramerClaude CodeCursor

Product Delivery

JiraFigJamJourney mapsWorkflow diagramsZapierRICE/MoSCoW

Web & No-Code

WordPressHTMLSquarespaceWixShopify

Also

CanvaProcreateCapCut

Fast, self-directed learner - recently self-taught agentic coding workflows