Shaun Scholtz / Product Design Leader

Hi, I'm Shaun Scholtz, and this is where you’ll find my work, and musings on product design, leadership, and how AI is reshaping our craft. Happy exploring!

Case Study 01

One Model for Enterprise Imports

Five importers, one standard, and a prototype Engineering builds from.

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Case studies

One Model for Enterprise Imports. Five importers, one standard, and a prototype Engineering builds from.

Case Study 02

Turned a 10-Week Onboarding Bottleneck Into a Working Proof of Concept in 2.5 Days

Led the design stream for a cross-functional sprint that proved agent-assisted BOM intake could work end to end, unblocked the platform roadmap, and established the human-review model for future AI initiatives.

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Led the design stream in a 2.5-day innovation sprint for agent-assisted BOM intake.

Agent-Assisted BOM Intake in 2.5 Days. Led the design stream for a cross-functional sprint that proved agent-assisted BOM intake could work end to end, unblocked the platform roadmap, and established the human-review model for future AI initiatives.

Case Study 03

Built an Enterprise Research Practice From Zero to 1,000+ Participants

Established the methodology, recruitment engine, and tooling that shifted product decisions from anecdote to evidence, reduced research synthesis from days to minutes, and earned best-in-class recognition from Verdantix.

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Built Assent's UX research practice from zero: recruitment, process, tooling and team capability.

Building a Research Practice from Zero. Established the methodology, recruitment engine, and tooling that shifted product decisions from anecdote to evidence, reduced research synthesis from days to minutes, and earned best-in-class recognition from Verdantix.

Case Study 04

Turned a Product Vision Into a $7M Enterprise Deal

Conceived and led an unprompted future-state design initiative that aligned the C-suite around a multi-year platform strategy, strengthened executive sales conversations, and became an annual strategic practice.

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Led the Assent 2.0 Concept Car, an unprompted design vision that contributed to a $7M new-logo deal.

The Concept Car: Designing Assent 2.0. Conceived and led an unprompted future-state design initiative that aligned the C-suite around a multi-year platform strategy, strengthened executive sales conversations, and became an annual strategic practice.

Case Study 05

Meridian: Building Assent's Design System

I used Assent's Series C rebrand to launch Meridian, the company's first design system, then set up the governance and rituals to keep design and code in sync.

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Led Meridian from an outdated PDF guide to a Figma library, coded components, documentation and a governance process.

Meridian: Building Assent's Design System. I used Assent's Series C rebrand to launch Meridian, the company's first design system, then set up the governance and rituals to keep design and code in sync.