LI GARDNERResearch • Design • AI experience

Experience, with range.

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Selected experience

Made Tech

Strategy & Design Principal

Feb 2026 – Sep 2026

Client scope, business cases and senior investment decisions; evidence-led innovation and complex service discovery.

Zühlke

Principal Business Consultant

Aug 2021 – Dec 2025

Business and design strategy across regulated industries, AI innovation, product transformation and delivery.

AXA Health

Experience Lead / Head of UX (by LovedBy)

Apr 2020 – Jul 2021

Multidisciplinary design leadership, clinical co-design and digital health propositions.

EPAM Systems

Lead Experience Designer

Aug 2017 – Mar 2020

R&D discovery, product design and international design systems.

TUI / LateRooms

Senior UX Designer

Jun 2010 – Jul 2014

Designed hotel booking experiences to improve online conversion.

TBWA

Interaction Designer

Nov 2008 – Mar 2010

Designed award-winning digital campaigns for global brands.

Microsoft

Interaction Designer (intern)

Sep 2005 – Sep 2008

Digital design for the Microsoft MSN community (Shanghai).

Top skills

  • Business case and proposal building
  • User research and user testing
  • Service design and journey mapping
  • UX/UI design and rapid prototyping
  • Information architecture and design systems
  • Human–AI interaction and responsible AI
  • Product discovery and requirements gathering
  • Workshop facilitation

Thought leadership

  • Podcast guest: CX and Business Transformation
    AWS Worldwide Podcast
  • Speaker: Inclusive Design
    Women in Business and Tech Conference
  • Podcast guest: Ethnic Minority Women at Work
    SheCanCode
  • Author: Inclusive project delivery
    Industry white paper
  • Author: Consumer Duty in UK financial services: an opportunity to enhance customer experience
    Financial services industry white paper

UK remote/hybrid, open to travel.

Based in Manchester

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