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I am a product designer with 14 years of experience working in UX, branding and design systems for enterprise and startups.
I am a passionate product designer with a focus on creating user-centered designs. I enjoy solving complex problems and delivering intuitive and visually appealing experiences.
Job Title & Dates | Summary | Impact | Skills | Team |
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Lead Product Designer | 2021-2023 Scaling an AI-driven double-sided marketplace startup for finance experts and businesses from series A to C and thousands of transactions |
I led end-to-end product design (research to implementation) for multiple responsive web applications, collaborated with leadership in cross-departmental initiatives, designed the first design system in Figma and co-developed an NPM UI package with engineering. |
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UX Research, UX-UI Design, Front-end Development, Prototyping, Design Systems, Product Management, Business Strategy |
Lead Designer (Myself) 2 Directors of Product 2 Directors of Engineering 4 Product Managers 10+ AI and Full-stack Onshore and Offshore Engineers 1 Senior UX Designer |
Senior Product Designer | 2015-2021 Modernizing and innovating a 20-year-old educational SaaS product with a loyal customer base and a history of great performance |
I led end-to-end product design (research to implementation) for multiple responsive web applications as well as a mobile and desktop native application in collaboration with leadership, product, engineering, customer support and brand champions. I created an extensive and flexible sass-css UI library that was used across different tech stacks. |
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UX Research, UX-UI Design, Front-end Development, Prototyping, Design Systems, Branding |
Senior Designer (Myself) President 1 Product Manager 6 Senior Engineers |
Product Designer | 2023-2024 Advising a pre-seed health tech startup so they can provide patients and care givers a path towards faster recovery |
I designed a brand and a responsive web app for care givers to manage their vendor supply cycle so that patients with severe injuries can have their equipment faster and without issues. I played a key role in advising the founder and the board on UX and technical matters. |
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UX-UI Design, Prototyping, Design Systems, Branding |
Product Designer (Myself) Founder |
Lead Web Designer | 2015 Designing a new e-commerce experience for a renowned brand with more than 100 US locations and a solid customer base |
I led the redesign of the company’s ecommerce website, project managed the account, helped create static html and css versions of all pages, worked with senior developers in the implementation of the site, collaborated with the agency and client in populating product data through a proprietary CMS. |
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Web Design, Art Direction, UI Design, Prototyping, Project Management, HTML, CSS, CMS |
Lead Web Designer (Myself) 1 Account Manager 1 Senior Web Designer 2 Web Developers 1 Photographer |
More examples of my work or detailed case studies can be provided upon request.
Please email me at: germanproductdesign@gmail.com