CHRISTIAN LAWRENCE
// LOCATION · SOUTH EAST, UK

From product problems
to design decisions

Product design and product strategy for UK startups and scale-ups.

I help teams convert early-stage ambiguity into clear, validated digital products.
// WORK

Selected Case Studies

[CASE 01] FINTECH
Allica Bank Business Overdraft application, Add Banks step

Modernising SME lending: a lean path to market

Medium-sized businesses face seasonal cash-flow gaps, but working capital overdrafts lacked a digital-first way to apply.

IMPACT: 57.1% ABOVE REVENUE TARGET, 60 NPS

A lean, digital-first overdraft application, proven in a live pilot.

[CASE 02] SAAS
Horizon dashboard with KPI cards and a US state map of average Google ranking

The Big Picture: Reimagining SEO for National Brands

National brands with hundreds of stores struggled to see the big picture in SEO, making it hard to show impact and decide where to focus.

IMPACT: 6-FIGURE SUBSCRIPTION DEALS AND QUALIFIED LEADS

A segmented US map showing SEO performance by state at a glance.

[CASE 03] SAAS
Local Search Grid report: Google ranking positions plotted as a grid over a map of Brooklyn

Off the Chart: Local SEO Clients Understand

Marketers struggled to show clients how they rank across a local area, and clients new to SEO got lost in charts.

IMPACT: OVER 60% CUSTOMER ADOPTION IN MONTH ONE

Local rankings plotted on a Google map, easy to share month on month.

[CASE 04] EXPERIMENT
ClickyLinks web app suggesting better link text from ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini

Using AI to create an AI powered micro web app

Vague 'click here' links give readers no reason to click, so they get ignored.

IMPACT: LIVE AI APP BUILT FOR £23.30 IN TOTAL

ClickyLinks rewrites link text with ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini side by side.

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// ABOUT

Clarity before code

Based in the South East, I have spent over a decade working with founders and product teams across the UK including London, collaborating remotely and in person. I work alongside leadership teams to shape new products from the ground up, with an end-to-end approach that spans research and discovery through to delivery and measurement, focusing on what matters most and turning early ideas into clear, workable direction.

My work centres on early-stage challenges: clarifying product direction, testing concepts quickly, and prioritising progress over perfection.

Decisions are made deliberately, informed by evidence and experience, and revisited only when there is real value in doing so.

I use research, prototyping, and iterative design not just to explore options, but to tell a clear story that aligns teams, influences decisions, and helps set confident direction. My approach is collaborative and pragmatic, balancing speed with judgement and craft. The work is centred on products that hold up in practice, support real people in real contexts, and deliver meaningful, measurable value over time.

FOCUS UK STARTUPS + SCALE-UPS
LOCATION SOUTH EAST, UK
EXPERIENCE 10+ YEARS
CORE METHODS RESEARCH & PROTOTYPING
FOCUS AREA EARLY-STAGE AMBIGUITY
// CAPABILITIES

How I Work

[01]

Discovery

Find the problem worth solving. Talking to founders and customers, and digging into the data you already have. AI helps sift the research faster, but deciding what matters is still a human call.

OUTPUTS: Problem statement, evidence, riskiest assumptions
[02]

Direction

Turn competing opinions into one clear bet. Opportunity framing, prioritisation and decision sessions that leave the whole team committed to a direction, not just consulted.

OUTPUTS: Decision record, first bet, success measures
[03]

Design

Prototype at the fidelity the question needs. With AI, ideas become something real in hours: interactive prototypes, polished screens, or changes built straight into your codebase.

OUTPUTS: Tested prototype, user findings, clear recommendation
[04]

Delivery

Ship, measure, learn. Working alongside engineers in shared files and code, with staged rollouts and metrics agreed up front, so success is measured, not assumed.

OUTPUTS: Build-ready design, launch metrics, next bets