Product

Evidence based Staff IC designer with PM qualities. Strong opinions loosely held.

Bumble — Chats design
Marshmallow — Motion activity design
Bumble app design
Bumble — What a match with keyboard
Marshmallow — Money and credit design
MacBook Pro — portfolio with content
MacBook Pro — photography portfolio
MacBook Pro — portfolio detail
Recent Work

Designing a product no one wants

2026 · Marshmallow

Nobody wants a 'black box' in their car. For Marshmallow's first Telematics launch, I had to design for transparency in a category built on surveillance. It's now 38% of Marshmallows new business, proving you can win on trust even when the price isn't the only lever.

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When the risk of widely releasing an MVP doesn't pay off

2024 · Bumble

Opening Moves was meant to change Bumble's trajectory, but the UX and marketing wasn't meeting people's expectations. After a round of redundancies we took on the project increasing adoption of the feature by 40% and good chats by 5%.

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Building 0-1 capability

2026 · Marshmallow

Marshmallow is essentially an insurance product. When I joined the finance team, I was tasked with developing a financial feature for the app. I soon realised that it's not just about finding the right market fit or ensuring the app supports this addition; it's about how our solution can expand and integrate more products seamlessly.

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From the bottom up

2025 · Bumble

Building on our success from Opening Moves, the content designer and I proposed dedicated time to brainstorm with our team. Our goal? To develop evidence-based features that truly resonate with Bumble users and get shipped.

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Navigating AI through trial, tokens and errors.

For me!

Working on this portfolio and side projects is very different to using AI at work, here's what I have learned.

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Apps I want in the world,
do you?

Anyone can create an app now, that's great, I want to gage whether I should. Taking product principles I will gage interest here, make it, gather feedback, iterate etc.

You can be a part of it, give feedback along the way.

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Cosmos
Problem to solve

Gardening is supposed to be peaceful and it can be but in this economy it's often expensive and frustrating when starting out.

five minutes
Problem to solve

Women in tech are burning out at work quicker than your tokens and the more senior, the more likely to report burnout. As a result more women are voluntarily leaving.

Forth
Problem to solve

In the UK, graduate and junior positions have dropped by 34.9% year over year. When was the last time you encountered a junior role?

What colleagues say

However much AI we use I still believe we will always need to work with others.

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Alex Cain

Get in touch!

Always happy to have a chat or a coffee, whether it's a big product challenge or just a conversation, feel free to reach out.