What I am looking for

I am looking for a new job. Not urgently, and not for any company: I would rather wait for the right shape of problem than take the first offer.

What matters

A challenging industry Something with a hard problem underneath it. I am not looking to put a thinner layer on a question somebody already answered.
People who are not afraid to be augmented with AI A team already working this way, rather than one still deciding whether to allow it. I run Labo Jaune on that basis and I would rather not argue the case again from zero.
Remote first Not remote tolerated. I am in Cotonou, and I work best somewhere that was built for people who are not in the room.
AI tooling in the work itself I like building with these tools and I like building them. Either side of that is interesting to me.

Ecommerce Six years at Beans. This is where my instincts are sharpest.
Education Six years teaching at Africa Design School, and the part of the work I miss.
AI safety The consequences are worth the care, and the design problems are unusual.
Art Tools for people making things.

That list is not a fence. Anything with a real problem in it is worth a conversation.

Write it before you draw it A problem you can state plainly is usually half-solved. Most of my design work now starts as prose, not as a canvas.
Build the team, not just the product At Koin Koin Vélo the software was never the bottleneck. Training the people who run it every day was.
AI-native by default At Labo Jaune this is how we work, not a feature we bolt on at the end.
Rough and real beats polished and hypothetical A finished-looking mockup hides its assumptions. I would rather build the crude version and find out.

Based in Cotonou, Bénin (GMT+1)
Works in French & English
Setup Remote first, from Cotonou, happy to travel for the parts that need a room

If that sounds like your company, tell me about the role or book a call.