JV
Josh Vilensky
Head of Product Design
CohesionX

About Me

Product designer who builds. I work out what a product should be, test that with the people who have to use it, then ship it. Often I write the frontend myself.

Head of Product Design at CohesionX, a B2B AI company serving enterprise clients across pharma, legal, agriculture and retail. I own product direction and I'm in the codebase most days. Before that I led design at OM Bank through to launch. The thread through both is products people actually adopt, which is the part that eventually shows up in revenue.

This site is one of my own builds, assistant and all. Outside work you'll find me in the gym most mornings, attempting to be consistent with the guitar, on a padel court trying to drag my Playtomic rating up, and following whatever piques my curiosity that week.

Career Journey

  1. Head of Product Design

    CohesionX · Feb 2026 - Present

    Current

    Sole designer across a multi-product AI platform serving 40+ enterprise clients. I own product direction, report to the CEO, and build a lot of it myself.

    • Forge Core Design SystemEngineering adoption
    • VectorMind Agent PlatformFlagship product
    • VestaShipped
    • Platform IA & NavigationCoded by me
    • Customer Roadmap & Release NotesClient facing
    Product StrategyAI & Agent DesignDesign Engineering

  2. Lead Product Designer

    Old Mutual Bank · Oct 2023 - Jan 2026

    Design lead across the digital bank's squads, through to launch in September 2025. A team of eight, six-plus squads, and the process that moved work from idea to live.

    Lead Product Designer · Feb 2025 - Jan 2026

    • Led a design team of eight across six-plus product squads
    • Built the stage gate workflow, handover protocol and design principles library
    • Ran design sprints and reviews with senior leadership, and kept designing throughout

    Senior Product Designer · Oct 2023 - Feb 2025

    • Established Insight Card methodology (banking-wide adoption)
    • Redesigned savings goal journeys with gamification
    • Conducted accessibility reworks for compliance standards
    • Insight Card MethodologyMulti-squad adoption
    • Gamified Savings JourneysShipped with bank
    • Ignite Award WinnerIndividual excellence
    • Remote Culture BuilderTeam cohesion
    • In the newsIndustry recognition
    Product StrategyDesign SystemsFintech UX

  3. Senior Product Designer

    Rank Interactive · Jul 2023 - Oct 2023

    End-to-end redesign of COGS platform powering 80% of revenue. Short but intense stint with design legends across SA and UK who levelled up my thinking.

    • Revenue System Overhaul80% revenue streams
    • Cross-Continental CollaborationFresh thinking
    • Casino Platform ExposureDiverse experience
    Mobile DesignUser ResearchDesign Systems

  4. UX/UI Product Designer

    IoT.nxt · Feb 2022 - Jul 2023

    Complex B2B platform designs with zero industry precedents. Transformed overwhelming industrial data into clean UIs. Users now configure Raptor devices independently - no more tech support calls.

    • Self-Service ConfigurationNo more tech support
    • Dense Data, Readable ScreensScale monitoring
    • Design SystemFaster delivery
    IoT DesignData VisualisationEnterprise UX

  5. Freelance UX/UI Product Designer

    OpenCollab · Mar 2022 - Dec 2022

    Solo designer tackling massive e-learning platform overhaul. 8 users, one epic day, complete IA transformation that actually got positive user feedback.

    • 8-User Testing MarathonReal insights
    • Platform Navigation OverhaulUser praise
    • Solo Consultant SuccessEpic learning
    Collaboration ToolsUser Interface DesignCreative Solutions

  6. Strategic Projects

    Confidential · 2023 - 2025

    Early design contributor to an AI startup, turning AI and ML capability into interfaces enterprise buyers could actually use. Ran alongside my full-time roles.

    The details are password protected. Open this on a laptop, or ask me.

    AI/ML InterfacesProduct VisionConfidential

Education & Certifications

Actively practising:Design Engineering
  • Harvard University

    Harvard Online

    CS50 Introduction to Computer Science

    Nov 2024
    Education
  • Uxcel

    Uxcel

    Product Design & UX Courses

    2023 - Present
    Certifications
    Active
  • Amazon Web Services

    Amazon Web Services (AWS)

    AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

    2022
    Certification
  • Google

    Google & IxDF

    UX Design Professional Certificates

    2021 - 2023
    Certifications
  • Emirates Aviation

    Emirates Aviation College

    National Diploma in Aerospace Engineering (Btech)

    2012
    Education

Tools & Skills

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Check out my latest work

Shipped product work alongside the things I build to learn. I designed and coded most of what's here. AI tools, gesture recognition, design systems and product strategy, usually starting with a question I wanted answered.

Latest Work
Latest Work
Feb 2026 - Present
Client work, so it sits behind a password. Delivery tooling, an agent studio and the platform shell for a B2B AI product. Ask me for the code.
Product StrategyDesign SystemsEnterprise SaaSAI/ML Design
See the work
OM Bank - Goals & Dreams Savings Feature
OM Bank - Goals & Dreams Savings Feature
2024 - 2025
Led strategic design for OM Bank's Goals & Dreams savings feature, creating an engaging seamless experience, integrating with the rest of the ecosystem. All with the intention to genuinely help support our users.
Strategic DesignFinancial WellnessSavings GoalsProduct Leadership
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Get in Touch

Want to chat? Shoot me a message on LinkedIn. Professional enquiries, side project ideas, or just friendly hellos - all welcome.

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