Brendan McLaughlin

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Head of Design at Arbor Care · Mobile design

Arbor Care
Leeds, UK · GMT (UTC+0)
11+ years experience
King's College London
English, Hindi
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Overview

Head of Design at Arbor Care, focused on mobile design. Shipped the mobile redesign that lifted task completion 22%. Most at home with prototyping and Figma. Trail runner and occasional climber.

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iOSmotion designFigmaAndroidprototyping
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Building out mobile at Arbor Care: UX researchers wanted in Leeds

Role
UX researcher
Level
Senior
Type
Full-time
Work mode
Hybrid
Compensation
$123k-$171k
Team
Mobile, 17 people
Start
Within a month
Must have
Production experience with iOS Production experience with Android Ownership of something end to end
Process
Intro call, technical deep dive, team chat

Comp £88k-£164k. We decide within ten days. Message me with one thing you shipped that you're proud of.

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Experience

  1. Head of Design
    Dec 2025 - Present
    Arbor Care · 10 mo · Full-time · Leeds, UK
    • Shipped the mobile redesign that lifted task completion 23%.
    • Built a component library 73 engineers ship with every day.
  2. Senior Product Designer
    Mar 2023 - Dec 2025
    Bloomberg · 2 yr 9 mo · Full-time · Leeds, UK
    • Brought the mobile flows to WCAG 2.2 AA.
    • Shipped the mobile redesign that lifted task completion 15%.
  3. UX Researcher
    Jun 2021 - Mar 2023
    Morgan Stanley · 1 yr 9 mo · Contract · Leeds, UK
    • Built a component library 43 engineers ship with every day.
  4. UX Researcher
    Oct 2019 - Jun 2021
    Boston Consulting Group · 1 yr 8 mo · Full-time · Leeds, UK
    • Cut support tickets about mobile by 26% with clearer copy and states.
    • Ran 42 usability sessions and turned them into a research repository.
  5. Product Designer
    Apr 2016 - Oct 2019
    Revolut · 3 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Leeds, UK
    • Brought the mobile flows to WCAG 2.2 AA.
    • Cut support tickets about mobile by 54% with clearer copy and states.

Projects

Side project: a budgeting app
2024

Built with iOS and Android. 2901 people used it last year.

Write-up: mobile design in practice
2023

A long-form guide to mobile design for people starting out.

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Education

  1. King's College London
    BSc, Industrial Design
    2010 - 2013

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