Complex products.
Clear experiences.
I’m René van Kuyk. I design accessible digital experiences and the systems that help teams deliver them consistently, from the journeys people navigate to the components behind them.
Built to be used
A banking design system I help lead, supporting designers across several product teams.
Selected work
Selected projects across banking, tourism and social impact.
Design that survives the handover.
A design can look right in a prototype and fall apart during the build. I work with product and engineering teams to carry the details through to what people actually use.
Untangle the difficult parts
I get clear on the flow, constraints and edge cases before polishing screens.
Make good decisions reusable
I turn recurring solutions into accessible patterns and guidance teams can use.
Check the built experience
I stay close to handover and quality reviews to catch gaps between the design and the product.
People first.
Systems minded.
My career started in software development and IT support before I moved into UX and UI. That background still shapes the way I collaborate with developers and think about what it takes to build an experience well.
Over 12 years in product and tech, I’ve worked across HR SaaS, tourism, employee tools, childhood cancer awareness and banking. These days, I help a large banking app team make more consistent, accessible decisions, and I mentor designers along the way.
Outside work, I’m usually reading, spending time with my dogs or tending to my ever-growing plant collection. I also enjoy a good game of Dungeons & Dragons. I bring curiosity, precision and a dry, occasionally dark sense of humour to work too.
What it’s like to work with me.
“She is confident enough to push for what is best for the end-user, not just what is easiest for the project in the moment.”
“Dude, you’re a 1 girl army. Literally.”
“She is solution-orientated, fast-thinking, and deeply committed to producing work that is both strategically sound and practically executable.”
Have a tricky product problem?
I’m interested in senior and lead product design opportunities where I can bring accessible product thinking, design systems and practical collaboration to complex challenges.
Email me