Maria Irie

Head of Brand Design at Chili Piper 🌶️

Greater Brighton and Hove Area

About

Product Designer with 15+ years of experience in the industry. Born in Galicia, Spain but based in the South of the UK for the last 20 years. Previously working at Cogsy, WebinarNinja, CM Commerce, Tictrac, Mixed in Key. I have experience helping startups to take off the ground up to acquisition stage. I spent years before that helping brands to create an online presence designing and building websites with WordPress, which has also a special place in my heart. I was lucky to have the opportunity to work at several design agencies in London in my early career where I had the chance to work for brands such as Mercedes-Benz, Unilever or Universal Studios.

Experience

  • Chili Piper (Full-time · 2 yrs 9 mos)
    • Head of Brand Design
      Apr 2025 - Present · 1 yr 3 mos

    • Senior Visual Designer
      Oct 2023 - Apr 2025 · 1 yr 7 mos

  • Product Designer at Cogsy
    Jan 2022 - Jun 2023 · 1 yr 6 mos

    I worked at Cogsy as the only Designer in house for one year and a half. Working mainly on Product but also helping the Marketing team. I got the product from a basic UI to accommodate a wide range of sophisticated features. I worked closely with the Product team on ideation and with the Engineering team on implementation, often taking projects from a problem or opportunity to overseeing the development to ensure the highest quality delivery within the available timeframe and resources. Skills: UX Design, UI Design, Marketing Design, Growth Design

  • UX/ UI Designer at WebinarNinja
    Oct 2020 - Jan 2022 · 1 yr 4 mos

    I worked as a Product Designer on two of their products and I also helped with Marketing Design. Skills: UX Design, UI Design, Marketing Design, Growth Design

  • Product Designer at CM Commerce
    Apr 2017 - Sep 2020 · 3 yrs 6 mos

    I worked as a Product and Marketing Designer as well as Front End developer, working closely with Product in ideation and with the Engineering team on implementation. Skills: UX Design, UI Design, Marketing Design, Growth Design, Front End Development (CSS & React)

  • UI/ UX Designer and front-end Developer at Freelance
    May 2011 - Apr 2017 · 6 yrs

    I worked as a freelance for my own clients handling everything from new business, project management, branding, website design and implementation, often using WordPress as a CMS. Skills: UX Design, UI Design, Brand Design, Project Management, Front End Development, WordPress Development.