Hi 👋 I'm Paul R Mayer — a London-based product designer and digital native.

Hi 👋 I'm Paul R Mayer — a London-based product designer and digital native.

simplifying complex systems for real-world users at scale.

simplifying complex systems for real-world users at scale.

Gravity Sketch

2024–2026

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Gravity Sketch is a VR design tool used by teams at Ford, Nike and New Balance. It grew fast, and features landed wherever there was room. • Led a UX audit of the whole app and tested the findings with power users in VR. • Used it to ship Colors & Materials, then Environments & Lighting. • Environment and lighting use grew 5.8% within two quarters.

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Gravity Sketch

2024–2026

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Gravity Sketch is a VR design tool used by teams at Ford, Nike and New Balance. It grew fast, and features landed wherever there was room. • Led a UX audit of the whole app and tested the findings with power users in VR. • Used it to ship Colors & Materials, then Environments & Lighting. • Environment and lighting use grew 5.8% within two quarters.

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TripUp

2026

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TripUp is a concept app for planning, deciding and splitting a group trip in one place. • Designed three journeys end to end: plan and invite, decide dinner, split and settle. • Built a 31-step clickable prototype with two phones side by side. • Every money flow is calculated: editable receipts, several payers, simplified debts.

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TripUp

2026

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TripUp is a concept app for planning, deciding and splitting a group trip in one place. • Designed three journeys end to end: plan and invite, decide dinner, split and settle. • Built a 31-step clickable prototype with two phones side by side. • Every money flow is calculated: editable receipts, several payers, simplified debts.

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Easee

2022–2023

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Easee is one of Europe’s largest EV charging platforms, with over 1 million chargers in 17+ countries. • Split the portal by audience and gave partners remote diagnostics, cutting support tickets by about half. • Led the Energy Flexibility initiative, which cut cloud costs by over $1M a year. • Led a team of developers and data scientists, and mentored two designers.

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Laptop showing the Easee charger management portal
Phone showing the Easee app, resting on a laptop
Man plugging an electric car into an Easee charger on a wooden wall

Easee

2022–2023

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Easee is one of Europe’s largest EV charging platforms, with over 1 million chargers in 17+ countries. • Split the portal by audience and gave partners remote diagnostics, cutting support tickets by about half. • Led the Energy Flexibility initiative, which cut cloud costs by over $1M a year. • Led a team of developers and data scientists, and mentored two designers.

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Laptop showing the Easee charger management portal
Phone showing the Easee app, resting on a laptop
Man plugging an electric car into an Easee charger on a wooden wall

Bosch

2020

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I designed logistics software for Bosch’s Calponia IoT platform. • Cut the time shipment procedures take by about 80%. • Contributed to the Bosch UI and visual design system.

Angled screens of the Bosch IoT platform dashboard
Bosch logistics app on a desktop monitor
Bosch IoT platform pop-up designs: onboarding tour and what's new

Bosch

2020

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I designed logistics software for Bosch’s Calponia IoT platform. • Cut the time shipment procedures take by about 80%. • Contributed to the Bosch UI and visual design system.

Angled screens of the Bosch IoT platform dashboard
Bosch logistics app on a desktop monitor
Bosch IoT platform pop-up designs: onboarding tour and what's new

Vall

2019

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Lead designer at Amatorium, a Japanese startup, taking its first product, VALL, to launch. • Designed the device experience, its mobile app and the packaging.

Vall art frame displaying a painting on a wall
Two phones showing art playlists in the Vall app
Vall device, a white box with two ports
Vall device, a white box with a vented lid

Vall

2019

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Lead designer at Amatorium, a Japanese startup, taking its first product, VALL, to launch. • Designed the device experience, its mobile app and the packaging.

Vall art frame displaying a painting on a wall
Two phones showing art playlists in the Vall app
Vall device, a white box with two ports
Vall device, a white box with a vented lid

BSmotion

2016–2017

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Lead designer at BSmotion, a Brazilian startup building VR motion simulators. • Designed the experience for its flight and racing simulators.

People using VR racing simulators at an event
Man in a VR headset on a motion simulator seat

BSmotion

2016–2017

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Lead designer at BSmotion, a Brazilian startup building VR motion simulators. • Designed the experience for its flight and racing simulators.

People using VR racing simulators at an event
Man in a VR headset on a motion simulator seat

EXPERIENCE

Gravity Sketch (’24 – ’26)

Equinor via Olavstoppen (’23 – ’24)

Easee EV Charging (’22 – ’23)

Laerdal Medical (’21 – ’22)

Bosch Engineering (’20)

Freelance Designer (’18 – ’20)

Napead (’16 – ’17)

AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

iF Design Award (2025)

Developed Patent BR102019000347-2 (2018)

Museu Casa Brasil 31st Design Award (2017)

MAECI Scholarship

Science Without Borders Scholarship

focus

Storytelling

Prototyping

System thinking

User Testing

EDUCATIOn

MSc in Product Service System design, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Exchange, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan

BSc in Product Design, UFRGS, Brasil