# Maxime Blaise

> AI Native Senior Product Designer with 15+ years of experience designing complex B2B platforms. Based in Annecy, France · works fully remote from France. Specialized in turning domain complexity into clear, scalable experiences — from fintech workflows to AI-powered tools.

## About

Maxime Blaise is a Senior Product Designer who fills whatever gap stands between complexity and shipped product — from 0-to-1 strategy to system design and daily delivery.

- **Name**: Maxime Blaise
- **Role**: AI Native Senior Product Designer
- **Location**: Based in Annecy, France
- **Working style**: Fully remote, from France (open to international clients and teams)
- **Experience**: 15+ years (since 2010)
- **Current company**: Lemlist (since 2026)
- **Areas of expertise**: Product Design, UX Design, Design Systems, AI-Powered Products, B2B SaaS, Developer Experience

## Why work with Maxime

He's most useful where product complexity hurts growth: untangling AI-native interfaces, building design systems for fast-moving teams, and operating as a hybrid designer/PM when product organizations are still forming. He works at the intersection of strategy, system, and shipping.

## Experience

- **Lemlist** — Senior Product Designer (2026 — present, Remote, Paris). Designing the core product experience for an AI-powered sales engagement platform; the role is too recent for public outcomes yet.
- **Gladia** — Founding Product Designer (2025, Remote, Paris). Redesigned the entire AI speech-to-text platform; built a no-signup mini app that became the top of the funnel; rebuilt internal tools for Sales. Outcomes: +21% active users, 73% activation. Hybrid designer/PM, shipped daily with a small engineering team.
- **Prolong** — Senior Product Designer. Luxury repair platform.
- **Lumeen** — Senior Product Designer. VR healthcare UX.
- **October** — Senior Product Designer. Fintech lending platform.
- **Sketchfab** — Senior Product Designer. 3D platform.
- **Agencies** — earlier in career (multiple agencies).

## Case Studies

- [Gladia — AI speech-to-text platform redesign](https://maximeblaise.fr/casestudies/gladia/)

## Investments

Early-stage angel backer for startups where design is a competitive advantage, via Source Ventures syndicate:

- Condor (2026)
- Well (2025)
- Opsima (2024)
- Jimo (2023)
- Mangas.io (2023)
- Najar (2023)

## Stack

Daily tools: Figma, Claude, Linear, Notion, Granola.

Past tools (RIP): Sketch, Notepad++.

## Contact

- **Email**: maxime.blaise@gmail.com
- **LinkedIn**: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maximeblaise/
- **Book a call**: https://calendar.notion.so/meet/maxime-cy1im02gsy/zlm794qh0
- **Website**: https://maximeblaise.fr

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