# Benjamin Woodmansee > Design Lead, AI Incubation at IBM Location: London Area, United Kingdom, United Kingdom Profile: https://flows.cv/benjaminwoodmansee Hey, I’m an Interdisciplinary Design Lead building the next generation of AI products. My work focuses on translating frontier AI research into intuitive, powerful tools and prototypes. Erna Plachte Scholar at the University of Oxford, with a passion for designing for AI agents, multimodal systems and IBM Quantum. Fellow of Oxford AI Safety Initiative (OAISI). ## Work Experience ### Design Lead, AI Incubation @ IBM Jan 2025 – Present | London Area, United Kingdom Design Lead in AI Incubation, responsible for new AI product development and prototyping. Leading end-to-end design for emerging generative AI products, guiding projects from initial concept to launch, while defining new interaction paradigms and technical prototypes. ### Senior Product Designer @ IBM Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | London Area, United Kingdom Senior Product Designer at IBM Client Engineering, responsible for leading complex, user-centered design projects for generative AI and AI Governance. Collaborated with AI engineers, data scientists, solution architects, platform engineers and product management to deliver intuitive, high-impact solutions powered by foundation models and AI agents. Led UX design, prototyping, interaction design, IA, visual design and UI, shaping reusable design patterns and foundational templates for AI-focused projects. Mentored and coached new designers on best practices for AI-driven design and Figma. Played a key role in shaping and scaling design initiatives across EMEA and North America, including foundation model workshop templates and UX patterns for generative AI. ### Designer (Product Designer) @ IBM Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | London, England, United Kingdom Designer in IBM Client Engineering, responsible for leading complex, user-centered design initiatives for generative AI products. Collaborated with multi-disciplinary teams of AI engineers, data scientists, solution architects and software developers to deliver intuitive, high-impact solutions powered by foundation models and LLMs. Led the end-to-end design process across UX, interaction design, rapid prototyping, user research, usability sessions, facilitating workshops, visual design and UI, applying IBM Design Thinking to solve high-impact technology and engineering challenges. ### Product Designer @ Foolproof Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | London, England, United Kingdom Product Designer at Foolproof, collaborating with global clients to solve complex design and engineering challenges. Responsible for delivering user-centered solutions across the full design lifecycle, from early UI concepts and strategic thinking to prototyping and scalable design systems for web and iOS. Regularly presented internally on emerging technologies, with a focus on AI safety, ethics and alignment. ### Founding Product Designer @ Grandeo Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 Founding Product Designer at Grandeo Labs, a blockchain and ML startup (acquired by Binarii Labs, 2021). Built the design function from scratch: led product design, managed our React development team, and shipped Gvanta, a blockchain cryptography PWA. Wrote a Horizon 2020 grant, two UK Government R&D grants, and filed patents on blockchain cryptography and ML systems. ### Strategist @ Grandeo Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | London, United Kingdom Working with IBM and UCL, Grandeo initially build their first blockchain in 2017, exploring ways to productise blockchain systems. Responsible for building prototypes of new products, executing company strategy, designing new applications of blockchain and machine learning for iOS/ Android and delivering client pitches. Also responsible for running crowdfunding campaigns, developing pitch decks, running front-end development teams and speaking at events. ### Editor @ Topsafe London Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | London, United Kingdom Working with London-based publisher Topsafe and topsafe.tv, a platform to showcase films, I edited ‘Next 2 Nothing’, a manual for aspiring filmmakers. At over 236 pages, the publication details the fundamentals of filmmaking through a series of articles and insightful interviews with directors and filmmakers. Featured in i-D & It's Nice That. ### Creative Strategist @ Anthem Worldwide (Design Agency) Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | London, United Kingdom Responsible for presenting creative, innovative and strategic brand solutions to global clients. I worked on a number of large accounts and projects, most notably, a European AR and social campaign with Fanta, which was nominated for 4 Drum Awards. Worked closely with the design studio and creative teams for TVCs, AR video and product design. Additionally, I was responsible for developing research and reports on Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Augmented Reality, IoT and Mixed reality. ### Creative Strategist @ Anthem Worldwide Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | London, United Kingdom Worked closely with the European Strategy director with research, problem-solving and campaign planning. Generated campaign concepts, digital planning and strategic brand repositioning for global brands. ## Education ### Master of Fine Arts - MFA in Fine Art and Critical Theory University of Oxford ### Bachelor of Fine Arts - BFA University of Southampton ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/benjamin-woodmansee - Portfolio: https://benjaminwoodmansee.com --- Source: https://flows.cv/benjaminwoodmansee JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/benjaminwoodmansee/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-31