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Chris Freitag

@chrisfreitag

Product designer with experience leading UX strategy, design systems, and end-to-end product design across SaaS, fintech, and B2B platforms.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I'm looking to lead product strategy, design systems, and end-to-end UX for complex SaaS, fintech, or B2B products, partnering closely with Product and Engineering. I prefer remote work and am open to on-site opportunities.

I've led end-to-end product design for SaaS, fintech, and B2B platforms at Creative Friday, HG Insights, Caliber Home Loans, Pearson, and Pitney Bowes. I turn complex workflows and data-heavy products into accessible, enterprise-grade experiences.

At HG Insights, I led adoption of an enterprise-wide Figma design system that reduced developer handoff time and shortened release cycles from weeks to days. I also helped lead a company-wide strategic OKR across Product, Engineering, Data Science, Sales, Customer Service, and Product Marketing.

I'm currently directing AI-assisted design and development workflows with Figma Make, Replit, Lovable, and Claude Code to accelerate discovery and prototyping while retaining ownership of strategy, rationale, and quality.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Lead Product Designer and Founder

Current

Creative Friday, LLC

Jan 2025 - Present (1 year 7 months)

Lead end-to-end design for SaaS and data-driven clients, from early customer discovery through production-ready, developer-handoff-ready interfaces. Direct AI-powered design tools to speed up ideation, research synthesis, and prototyping, while personally owning UX strategy, design rationale, and quality control.