ÐESIGN & RESEARCH LEADER

ÐESIGN & RESEARCH
LEADER

ÐESIGN & RESEARCH LEADER

Portrait image of Samantha Davies, facing the camera and smiling. Background colours are soft and neutral, with sunlight reflected on the wall behind the subject.
Portrait image of Samantha Davies, facing the camera and smiling. Background colours are soft and neutral, with sunlight reflected on the wall behind the subject.

Product and org-builder

Product & org builder

I've spent the last 15 years building new products and improving them for start-ups, scale-ups and large corporates.

I care about making meaningful experiences that create value by design, for both the user and the business. Doing this is a team sport, and my strengths are in aligning people to execute rapidly on growth and innovation opportunities.


I'm currently in a UX leadership role at Google, working on the Pixel Watch and Wear OS.

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I've spent the last 15 years building new products and improving them for start-ups, scale-ups and large corporates.


I care about making meaningful experiences that create value by design, for both the user and the business. Doing this is a team sport, and my strengths are in aligning people to execute rapidly on growth and innovation opportunities.


I'm currently in a UX leadership role at Google, working on the Pixel Watch and Wear OS.

Read more →


I've spent the last 15 years building new products and improving them for start-ups, scale-ups and large corporates.

I care about making meaningful experiences that create value by design, for both the user and the business. Doing this is a team sport, and my strengths are in aligning people to execute rapidly on growth and innovation opportunities.


I'm currently in a UX leadership role at Google, working on the Pixel Watch and Wear OS.

Read more →


Core skills

Core skills

Growth

I've built multiple high-performing design and research teams from scratch, both nationally and globally.

I've scaled practices, led restructures and evolved team shape as the organisation grew.

I have extensive experience coaching and mentoring individual contributors and managers, and leading performance management.

Org building

I've built multiple high-performing design and research teams from scratch, both nationally and globally.

I've scaled practices, led restructures and evolved team shape as the organisation grew.

I have extensive experience coaching and mentoring individual contributors and managers, and leading performance management.

Research

I've built multiple high-performing design and research teams from scratch, both nationally and globally.

I've scaled practices, led restructures and evolved team shape as the organisation grew.

I have extensive experience coaching and mentoring individual contributors and managers, and leading performance management.

I've built multiple high-performing design and research teams from scratch, both nationally and globally.

I've scaled practices, led restructures and evolved team shape as the organisation grew.

I have extensive experience coaching and mentoring individual contributors and managers, and leading performance management.

Product design

Growth

I've built multiple high-performing design and research teams from scratch, both nationally and globally.

I've scaled practices, led restructures and evolved team shape as the organisation grew.

I have extensive experience coaching and mentoring individual contributors and managers, and leading performance management.

Org building

I've built multiple high-performing design and research teams from scratch, both nationally and globally.

I've scaled practices, led restructures and evolved team shape as the organisation grew.

I have extensive experience coaching and mentoring individual contributors and managers, and leading performance management.

Research

I've built multiple high-performing design and research teams from scratch, both nationally and globally.

I've scaled practices, led restructures and evolved team shape as the organisation grew.

I have extensive experience coaching and mentoring individual contributors and managers, and leading performance management.

I've built multiple high-performing design and research teams from scratch, both nationally and globally.

I've scaled practices, led restructures and evolved team shape as the organisation grew.

I have extensive experience coaching and mentoring individual contributors and managers, and leading performance management.

Product design

Growth

I've built multiple high-performing design and research teams from scratch, both nationally and globally.

I've scaled practices, led restructures and evolved team shape as the organisation grew.

I have extensive experience coaching and mentoring individual contributors and managers, and leading performance management.

Org building

I've built multiple high-performing design and research teams from scratch, both nationally and globally.

I've scaled practices, led restructures and evolved team shape as the organisation grew.

I have extensive experience coaching and mentoring individual contributors and managers, and leading performance management.

Research

I've built multiple high-performing design and research teams from scratch, both nationally and globally.

I've scaled practices, led restructures and evolved team shape as the organisation grew.

I have extensive experience coaching and mentoring individual contributors and managers, and leading performance management.

I've built multiple high-performing design and research teams from scratch, both nationally and globally.

I've scaled practices, led restructures and evolved team shape as the organisation grew.

I have extensive experience coaching and mentoring individual contributors and managers, and leading performance management.

Product design

Portrait image of Thibault Imbert, facing the camera.
Thibault Imbert

Chief Product & Growth Officer @Creatopy

Anyone would be lucky to have Sam on their team.
She's dynamic, driven, and truly lives the principle of progress over perfection and bias for action.

Her deep understanding of users, good product design, the business needs and how to drive impact through fast, iterative design sets her apart.

She excels at rallying the team around the right problems to solve and inspiring them to execute with clarity and energy.

Portrait image of Thibault Imbert, facing the camera.
Thibault Imbert

Chief Product & Growth Officer @Creatopy

Anyone would be lucky to have Sam on their team.

She's dynamic, driven, and truly lives the principle of progress over perfection and bias for action.

Her deep understanding of users, good product design, the business needs and how to drive impact through fast, iterative design sets her apart.

She excels at rallying the team around the right problems to solve and inspiring them to execute with clarity and energy.

Portrait image of Dr Oli Mival, facing the camera.
Dr Oli Mival

VP of Product Strategy, Innovation
& Experience @Picsart

Sam is one of those rare partners who brings both clarity and momentum. Her ability to flex across disciplines while keeping sharp focus on business outcomes makes her a true force multiplier.

She’s consistently elevated team thinking, helped shape stronger strategies, and pushed projects forward with energy and precision.

She’s instrumental in building high-performing teams—bringing out the best in others and creating the conditions for great work to happen.

Portrait image of Dr Oli Mival, facing the camera.
Dr Oli Mival

VP of Product Strategy, Innovation
& Experience @Picsart

Sam is one of those rare partners who brings both clarity and momentum. Her ability to flex across disciplines while keeping sharp focus on business outcomes makes her a true force multiplier.

She’s consistently elevated team thinking, helped shape stronger strategies, and pushed projects forward with energy and precision.

She’s instrumental in building high-performing teams—bringing out the best in others and creating the conditions for great work to happen.

Portrait image of Dr Oli Mival, facing the camera.
Dr Oli Mival

VP of Product Strategy, Innovation & Experience @Picsart

Sam is one of those rare partners who brings both clarity and momentum.

Her ability to flex across disciplines while keeping sharp focus on business outcomes makes her a true force multiplier.

She’s consistently elevated team thinking, helped shape stronger strategies, and pushed projects forward with energy and precision.

She’s instrumental in building high-performing teams—bringing out the best in others and creating the conditions for great work to happen.

Thibault Imbert

Chief Product & Growth Officer @Creatopy

Anyone would be lucky to have Sam on their team.

She's dynamic, driven, and truly lives the principle of progress over perfection and bias for action.
Her deep understanding of users, good product design, the business needs and how to drive impact through fast, iterative design sets her apart.

She excels at rallying the team around the right problems to solve and inspiring them to execute with clarity and energy.

Collaboration starts with conversation

Collaboration starts with conversation

Collaboration starts with conversation

Big ideas and new projects, questions about my work, or just a quick chat–let's talk

Big ideas and new projects, questions about my work, or just a quick chat–let's talk