Bio

I am a product design leader with over 15 years of experience, creating impact through research-driven design, strategy, and collaboration across both B2B & B2C startups and large organisations.


I’ve built and led multidisciplinary teams across product design (UX), user research, and content (UX writing), scaling teams and design systems in fast-moving environments globally with work that covers the entire lifecycle, from research and strategy to execution and growth. I believe it's vital that teams are set up for success and supported to do their best work, confident to question things, experiment, fail, learn, and collaborate closely with their wider product development team to ultimately deliver best-in-class work.


Throughout my career, I’ve worked both in hands-on and in leadership roles, leading product and design organisations in markets such as, Fintech, Marketplaces, Music, Entertainment, Sports tech, E-commerce and Edtech at global companies including Spotify, Schibsted, Hala, and Careem, and co-founding DEMI, turning complex problems into clear, intuitive experiences that drive growth, trust, and long-term value at scale.

I am a product design leader with over 15 years of experience, creating impact through research-driven design, strategy, and collaboration across both B2B & B2C startups and large organisations.


I’ve built and led multidisciplinary teams across product design (UX), user research, and content (UX writing), scaling teams and design systems in fast-moving environments globally with work that covers the entire lifecycle, from research and strategy to execution and growth. I believe it's vital that teams are set up for success and supported to do their best work, confident to question things, experiment, fail, learn, and collaborate closely with their wider product development team to ultimately deliver best-in-class work.


Throughout my career, I’ve worked both in hands-on and in leadership roles, leading product and design organisations in markets such as, Fintech, Marketplaces, Music, Entertainment, Sports tech, E-commerce and Edtech at global companies including Spotify, Schibsted, Hala, and Careem, and co-founding DEMI, turning complex problems into clear, intuitive experiences that drive growth, trust, and long-term value at scale.

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ABOUT ME

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ABOUT ME

Experience

Hala

Head of Product Design

Head of Product Design

Apr 2025 - Now

Careem

Head of Product Design

Head of Product Design

Oct 2023 - Apr 2025

StudySmarter

Head of Product Design

Head of Product Design

Mar 2023 - Oct 2023

DEMI

Co-Founder - CPO

Co-Founder - CPO

Apr 2021 - Mar 2023

Tonsser

Head of Product Design

Head of Product Design

Apr 2020 - Mar 2021

Spotify

Senior Product Designer

Senior Product Designer

Jul 2018 - Apr 2020

Schibsted

Senior Product Designer & Product Manager

Snr Product Designer & Product Manager

Jan 2017 - Jun 2018

Itcher

Product Designer, Lead, Director of UX

Product Designer, Lead, Director of UX

Apr 2013 - Oct 2016

Self Employed

Product Design & Front End Development (Web)

Product Design & Front End Development

Sep 2012 - Apr 2013

Kudos Solutions

Product Design & Front End Development (Web)

Product Design & Front End Development

Sep 2012 - Apr 2013

Beggs

Web Design & Front End Development (Web)

Web Design & Front End Development

Jan 2011 - Sep 2012

Beggs

Marketing manager & Graphic Designer

Marketing manager & Graphic Designer

Jan 2006 - Jan 2010

© 2026 Gareth Perkin. All Rights Reserved.

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discuss your next project

I am a product design leader with over 15 years of experience, creating impact through research-driven design, strategy, and collaboration across both B2B & B2C startups and large organisations.


I’ve built and led multidisciplinary teams across product design (UX), user research, and content (UX writing), scaling teams and design systems in fast-moving environments globally with work that covers the entire lifecycle, from research and strategy to execution and growth. I believe it's vital that teams are set up for success and supported to do their best work, confident to question things, experiment, fail, learn, and collaborate closely with their wider product development team to ultimately deliver best-in-class work.


Throughout my career, I’ve worked both in hands-on and in leadership roles, leading product and design organisations in markets such as, Fintech, Marketplaces, Music, Entertainment, Sports tech, E-commerce and Edtech at global companies including Spotify, Schibsted, Hala, and Careem, and co-founding DEMI, turning complex problems into clear, intuitive experiences that drive growth, trust, and long-term value at scale.

Experience