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Jonathan Nestler

Curriculum vitae · 2026

Jonathan Edward Nestler

Senior Product Designer · UX/UI Designer · Jr. Product Owner · The Designasaurus

20+ years · AI-integrated product design with Claude, Claude Code and Figma MCP

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Professional summary

Senior Product Designer and Jr. Product Owner with 20+ years across iGaming, lottery, telecoms, EdTech and brand. I design the system before the screen, then use Claude, Claude Code and Figma MCP to prove flows in working prototypes before engineering builds them.

Promoted from Product Designer to Jr. Product Owner at Astria Systems, leading UX/UI across three live brands. Professional Diploma in UX Design (UX Design Institute, Dublin).

Core skills

UX & UI design: User research, usability testing, heuristic evaluation, benchmarking, information architecture, journey mapping, wireframing, prototyping, interaction design, UI design, design systems, responsive design, accessibility (WCAG)

Product: Product ownership, backlog prioritisation, journey scoping, stakeholder alignment, developer handoff and design QA

AI integration: Claude (extensive, daily), Claude Code, Figma MCP, AI-assisted prototyping, prompt design for UX copy, custom Claude skills, ChatGPT, Gemini; occasionally Midjourney and DALL·E

Visual & motion: Brand and corporate identity, brand guidelines, illustration, motion graphics, VFX, slot-game UI and animation, video production

Tools: Figma, Adobe Creative Cloud (After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, XD), Miro, Jira, Notion, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, GitHub

Industries: iGaming, lottery, telecoms, EdTech, fashion e-commerce, brand and advertising agencies

Experience

Jr. Product Owner (promoted from Product Designer)

Nov 2023 – Jul 2026

Astria Systems (formerly Wonderlabz) · Remote

  • Led UX/UI product design across three portfolio brands: Wonderlabz, Playsafe and Pantelotteriet.
  • Integrated Claude, Claude Code and Figma MCP into the design workflow; AI-assisted HTML prototypes validated timing-heavy flows before engineering built them.
  • Scoped user journeys, prioritised the backlog and aligned product, design and engineering.
  • Drove CI development, slot-game animation and cross-platform UI prototyping.

Product Designer — VFX · UX & UI

Oct 2018 – Nov 2023

Wonderlabz SA (now Livescore SA) · Table View, Cape Town

  • Led design collateral across multiple portfolio brands for live Scandinavian, South African and UK audiences.
  • UI/UX prototyping, corporate identity, illustration and animation for online slot games (Samurai, Geisha, Atlantis, Mayan Madness).
  • Authored brand guides for Wonderlabz and The Recycling Lottery.
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Experience (continued)

Multimedia Consultant

Aug 2017 – Sep 2018

EduBoard Interactive Classroom Solutions · East London

  • Websites, print and interactive media, video production, social media marketing and SEO for a classroom EdTech product.

Owner — Freelance Designer

Sep 2015 – May 2016

jonathanedwardnestler.com · Jeffreys Bay

  • Graphic and web design, illustration, photography and video production for a range of clients; concurrently Graphic Artist at Thinklocal.

Web & Graphic Designer

Aug 2013 – Jun 2015

Falcorp Technologies · Telkom SA · Pretoria

  • All design for Telkom's brand identity; responsive websites in Bootstrap, HTML5/CSS3 and JavaScript.

Brand, new media & print designer

2007 – 2015

Kashan Advertising (RAF, SABS, SARS) · Betelgeuse Advertising · Xcellent Media · Digineering (GSK, BASF) · Global Designs · 44 Stanley (stadium LED motion, IPL) · 8 Image Brand Consulting (Coca-Cola, Vodacom, MTN, 2010 FIFA World Cup) · Peermont Global (Emperors Palace) · Shocking Pink

AI toolkit

Claude — extensive, every stage: chat, Claude Code, Figma MCP, custom skills, AI prototyping, prompt-driven UX copy. Daily: ChatGPT · Gemini. Occasional: Midjourney · DALL·E. Never automated: user interviews, prioritisation, final visual judgment.

Selected work

The Recycling Lottery (Pantelotteriet) — mobile app and raffle site; timing-heavy flows proven in a Claude Code prototype before handoff. Indiemode — full redesign for an independent SA fashion label, built with Claude in two days. Wonderlabz.com — stakeholder research, IA and hi-fi redesign to launch.

Education

Professional Diploma in UX Design — UX Design Institute, Dublin (SCQF Level 8) · 2023
Awarded 25 Oct 2023 · Student ID UXDI-0123-0606 · 20 SCQF credits, credit-rated by Glasgow Caledonian University

Visual Communication (first year) — The Open Window, Pretoria · 2008–2010

Live Design & Progressive Media — Damelin, Vaal · 2003–2005

27 certifications, including Product Management Frameworks, WCAG Accessibility and Gamification Psychology.

References

Nicolaas Du PlessisHead of ProductAstria Systems+27 (0)84 479 9928
Anne JacobsonGeneral Manager, PPG Africa StudioFormer GM, Wonderlabz+27 (0)62 514 4517
Hennie GroenewaldCreative DirectorWonderlabz+27 (0)83 300 9796
Justin GieselbachFrontend Developer & DesignerColleague, Xcellent Media & Riviera on Vaal+27 (0)76 112 1565

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