Paul Hatch

Resumé

Paul Hatch

Paul Hatch

Building products and
growing teams through

Building products and
growing teams through

Building products and
growing teams through

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Hi, I'm Paul.

I’m a design leader with over 20 years’ experience shaping products, teams and strategy across a range of industries, with a strong focus on B2B products and services.

I thrive in complex, ambiguous problems, leveraging my background as a developer to bridge design and engineering, and bring teams together around shared understanding and clear direction.

My work centres on people. I build collaborative, curious teams focused on deeply understanding those we’re designing for—creating experiences that aren’t just intuitive, but genuinely essential.

What i do

Product Design

Designing products that solve real problems in complex environments. I blend research, systems thinking and hands-on design to create experiences that are clear, scalable and serve their purpose.

User research and data analysis

UX/UI and interaction design

Iterative prototyping

Functional and usability testing

Designing for scalability and consistency

Cross-functional collaboration

Leadership and Strategy

Leading teams and shaping strategy to align user needs with business goals. I focus on creating clarity, building alignment and turning ambiguity into actionable direction.

Building high performing teams

Defining product and strategy

Driving outcomes

Managing stakeholders

Facilitating alignment across disciplines

Design Operations

Establishing the foundations that help teams work effectively at scale. From processes to systems, I focus on improving quality, consistency and efficiency.

Governance and process

Improving design workflows

Design systems

Tooling and ways of working

Scaling design practices across distributed teams

Quality through standards and critique

Identity and Branding

Shaping product and brand experiences so they feel coherent, purposeful and aligned.

Creating cohesive visual languages

Aligning brand with identity and experience

Translating strategy into clear product brand expression

Evolving identity within complex product ecosystems

Product Design

Designing products that solve real problems in complex environments. I blend research, systems thinking and hands-on design to create experiences that are clear, scalable and serve their purpose.

User research and data analysis

UX/UI and interaction design

Iterative prototyping

Functional and usability testing

Designing for scalability and consistency

Cross-functional collaboration

Leadership & Strategy

Leading teams and shaping strategy to align user needs with business goals. I focus on creating clarity, building alignment and turning ambiguity into actionable direction.

Building high performing teams

Defining product and strategy

Driving outcomes

Managing stakeholders

Facilitating alignment across disciplines

Design Operations

Establishing the foundations that help teams work effectively at scale. From processes to systems, I focus on improving quality, consistency and efficiency.

Governance and process

Improving design workflows

Design systems

Tooling and ways of working

Scaling design practices across distributed teams

Quality through standards and critique

Identity & Branding

Shaping product and brand experiences so they feel coherent, purposeful and aligned.

Creating cohesive visual languages

Aligning brand with identity and experience

Translating strategy into clear product brand expression

Evolving identity within complex product ecosystems

Featured work

A selection of work across product design, design ops and branding.

How an iterative, research-led approach transformed a standard monitoring tool into a mission-critical differentiator for Console Connect.

2020

Network utlilisation stats

Product Design

User research

How an iterative, research-led approach transformed a standard monitoring tool into a mission-critical differentiator for Console Connect.

2020

Network utlilisation stats

Product Design

User research

Console

In a fast-moving startup environment, we designed and launched a self-service platform to disrupt the enterprise network connectivity space.

2018

Console - A Silicon Valley startup

Product Design

Console

In a fast-moving startup environment, we designed and launched a self-service platform to disrupt the enterprise network connectivity space.

2018

Console - A Silicon Valley startup

Product Design

Creating a unified and accessible design language for every digital application across the organisation.

2025

Universal UI guidelines

Design Ops

Creating a unified and accessible design language for every digital application across the organisation.

2025

Universal UI guidelines

Design Ops

PCCW Global website

Aligning PCCW Global’s digital presence with its modern subsidiary through a strategic, family-focused design system.

2025

PCCW Global website

Web design

PCCW Global website

Aligning PCCW Global’s digital presence with its modern subsidiary through a strategic, family-focused design system.

2025

PCCW Global website

Web design

Green and blue business card design

A local brewery needed a distinctive and playful brand to differentiate and elevate them from the array of other craft beer brands.

2020

Malt brewing

Brand Design

Green and blue business card design

A local brewery needed a distinctive and playful brand to differentiate and elevate them from the array of other craft beer brands.

2020

Malt brewing

Brand Design

Console - Identity and brand

A scalable brand identity for a fast-moving startup, establishing a distinctive visual system that differentiated Console from traditional enterprise networking.

2018

Console identity and brand

Brand Design

Console - Identity and brand

A scalable brand identity for a fast-moving startup, establishing a distinctive visual system that differentiated Console from traditional enterprise networking.

2018

Console identity and brand

Brand Design

See more

See all

Paul is one of the sharpest UX leaders I’ve worked with. He has a knack for keeping Product, Design and Engineering aligned on the real business problem, rather than letting the team slip into feature-factory mode. You can always trust Paul to anchor the work in outcomes over output — and to bring the team with him while he does it.

Matt Hawken

Product Manager

My guiding principles

These are things that guide me day-to-day – there are many more, but these are the most important.

Leadership

Provide context over instructions

Giving a team the full context is always better than just giving them a list of tasks. When everyone understands the "why," they have the freedom to figure out the "how" on their own – agree on the destination together instead of dictating directions.

Design the way we work

Treating the way a team works as a design problem helps get rid of the friction that slows everyone down. By applying systems thinking on our daily rituals, we can build processes that make us more efficient and save time for the the stuff that counts.

Cultivate kindness and trust

Building a culture where "clear is kind" means we can be honest about the work without it ever feeling personal. Trust in leadership comes from getting involved, being present and available, and making sure that work-life balance is always a priority.

Partners, not stakeholders

Thinking of partners as copilots rather than "stakeholders" changes everything. Silos usually disappear when we start owning the results as one team. It keeps the energy up and makes sure we’re all solving the same problem for our users.

Stay curious

Nurturing a "beginner’s mindset" helps the team keep asking "why", and "how" instead of just doing things the way they’ve always been done. It's about priortising time for discovery and exploration before anyone starts any visual design.

Grow your people

Help everyone in the team to develop the skills they want to pursue. It's about looking at where someone wants to go long-term, not just what they’re doing today, and figuring out a path that gets them ready for whatever their next big move might be.

Provide context over instructions

Giving a team the full context is always better than just giving them a list of tasks. When everyone understands the "why," they have the freedom to figure out the "how" on their own – agree on the destination together instead of dictating directions.

Stay curious

Nurturing a "beginner’s mindset" helps the team keep asking "why", and "how" instead of just doing things the way they’ve always been done. It's about priortising time for discovery and exploration before anyone starts any visual design.

Partners, not stakeholders

Thinking of partners as copilots rather than "stakeholders" changes everything. Silos usually disappear when we start owning the results as one team. It keeps the energy up and makes sure we’re all solving the same problem for our users.

Cultivate kindness and trust

Building a culture where "clear is kind" means we can be honest about the work without it ever feeling personal. Trust in leadership comes from getting involved, being present and available, and making sure that work-life balance is always a priority.

Design the way we work

Treating the way a team works as a design problem helps get rid of the friction that slows everyone down. By applying systems thinking on our daily rituals, we can build processes that make us more efficient and save time for the the stuff that counts.

Grow your people

Help everyone in the team to develop the skills they want to pursue. It's about looking at where someone wants to go long-term, not just what they’re doing today, and figuring out a path that gets them ready for whatever their next big move might be.

Provide context over instructions

Giving a team the full context is always better than just giving them a list of tasks. When everyone understands the "why," they have the freedom to figure out the "how" on their own – agree on the destination together instead of dictating directions.

Cultivate kindness and trust

Building a culture where "clear is kind" means we can be honest about the work without it ever feeling personal. Trust in leadership comes from getting involved, being present and available, and making sure that work-life balance is always a priority.

Stay curious

Nurturing a "beginner’s mindset" helps the team keep asking "why", and "how" instead of just doing things the way they’ve always been done. It's about priortising time for discovery and exploration before anyone starts any visual design.

Design the way we work

Treating the way a team works as a design problem helps get rid of the friction that slows everyone down. By applying systems thinking on our daily rituals, we can build processes that make us more efficient and save time for the the stuff that counts.

Partners, not stakeholders

Thinking of partners as copilots rather than "stakeholders" changes everything. Silos usually disappear when we start owning the results as one team. It keeps the energy up and makes sure we’re all solving the same problem for our users.

Grow your people

Help everyone in the team to develop the skills they want to pursue. It's about looking at where someone wants to go long-term, not just what they’re doing today, and figuring out a path that gets them ready for whatever their next big move might be.

Design

Solve the right problems

Design with empathy by deeply understanding the people we serve and the challenges they face. Prioritise solving root problems to deliver genuine value for users and the business alike.

Design for reuse

Create reusable componentry and a cohesive visual language. This eliminates duplication and makes the user experience intuitive and predictable.

Simplify with intent

Design intuitive experiences while also empowering users with the control and flexibility they need. Hide unnecessary complexity, use smart defaults, and provide proactive guidance.

Add personality and delight

Create some joy through thoughtful details. While we shouldn't distract from the primary purpose, including things people enjoy builds emotional connection and transforms functional tools into memorable experiences.