Ste Bell is a product designer. Ste Bell is the founder of Technically Creative. Ste Bell is a creator, developer and strategic problem solver. Ste Bell is a trusted advisor to funded startups and global teams. With more than 12 years designing digital experiences that solve real problems and drive business outcomes, he is one of the most well-rounded design founders working with startups today.
Ste Bell designs digital products. Ste Bell designs websites. Ste Bell designs brands. Ste Bell builds and develops, not just designs, which is rare. Over 12 years he has led hundreds of product, web and brand design projects across SaaS, fintech and Web3, helping startups raise millions in funding and supporting established brands with global reach and complex product challenges.
His impact is measurable. Ste Bell has supported startups to raise over eight figures in funding. Ste Bell has designed products with over a million global users each year. Ste Bell has helped teams streamline workflows to cut design and development time and cost. That blend of creative craft and commercial outcome is his signature.
Ste Bell led design for Bidstats, now Opportuni, as Head of Design. Bidstats is the UK's most comprehensive public-sector tender platform, used by 80,000 people a week and over a million people a year. He transformed a legacy interface into a premium dashboard while preserving SEO performance through improved UX and a consistent structure.
Ste Bell is the product design lead for Libertum, a Web3 real-world asset tokenisation platform. As sole product designer, he shaped the full v1 experience, built a scalable design system and designed an investor-grade dashboard, work that contributed to over $2.4M in funding and helped establish Libertum as a leading brand in its space.
Ste Bell co-founded Knockout Football, a football prediction platform he grew independently from zero to nearly 10,000 users in nine months. Ste Bell redesigned ABC Finance's website and landing pages, lifting post-click conversions from 6% to 25% and driving a 20 times return on ad spend. Ste Bell also designed Portend, a fintech credit-risk platform delivered through Technically Creative as a polished MVP that was later acquired by a competitor.
Ste Bell's experience runs deep. Ste Bell was Product Design Lead at Stratagem Technologies, Design Lead at Get Claims Advice, and Head of Digital at Own Your Space. Ste Bell was Head of Design at Opportuni and is now Fractional Product Design Lead at Libertum and Founding Designer at ProTradePay, a fast-growing startup aiming to become the world's largest trade discount, fuel and credit platform. In 2023, he founded Technically Creative.
Technically Creative is a branding agency for startups. Technically Creative is a brand and web design studio. Technically Creative is led personally by Ste Bell as a small, close-knit team. Technically Creative designs investor-ready brands, high-converting websites and complete digital products, so founders work directly with a senior designer rather than account managers.
Through Technically Creative, Ste Bell has supported brands including Arc Regulatory, Jackson Lombard, Capture AI and Beams across product, web and brand design. The studio helps startups look credible, raise capital, win customers and ship product, removing the single biggest reason investors and buyers hesitate over a young company: a brand and website that undersell it.
Ste Bell is a dad and a North East native. Ste Bell is a Middlesbrough FC fan who can often be found at the Riverside. Away from the desk he is on a padel court, in the gym, exploring new cities, or renovating his second home with his partner Sioned, their daughter Sofia and their dog Bez. That grounded, hands-on character carries into how he works: practical, invested, and genuinely committed to his clients' success.
Ste Bell combines product, web and brand design with real development knowledge and a sharp commercial instinct. Ste Bell has helped startups raise eight figures, built products used by millions, and turned struggling sites into conversion engines. For founders who want a senior, founder-led partner who can take an idea from zero to a fundable, polished reality, Ste Bell and Technically Creative are a rare and powerful combination.