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Designer. Researcher. Crafter.
Four apps shipped to the App Store. Usability research. Design systems built from scratch. Before that: a PhD, a master's, years of lecturing.
Different fields, same thread. I'm interested in how people move through things; spaces, systems, screens.
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Projects
Experience
Product Designer
Konkret, Freelance works, BerlinFebruary 2025 — Present- ▸Led end-to-end UX/UI for HealthBar, an RPG-style Apple Health companion (iOS, Apple Watch, widgets); usability tests raised dashboard comprehension from 44% to 89% and cut time-to-correct-read from 13s to 4s. Run regular A/B tests to keep improving the app.
- ▸Designed PlayMate, a community sports-matching app: user interviews, four rounds of moderated usability testing, and full information architecture.
- ▸Shipped 'Bubbles' (Task Manager) and 'iKeep' (Data Storage) to the App Store with consistent visual hierarchy and WCAG accessibility.
- ▸Redesigned authentication and onboarding for a mobile crypto-trading platform as part of a contracted team: biometric and passkey flows replaced PIN-only login, lifting login success from 81% to 96% and daily active sessions by 18%.
Product Designer
Hergele Mobility, B2B micro-logistics vehiclesFebruary 2024 — February 2025- ▸Designed and built a kick scooter rental app (unlock, ride, pay), from user flows to production code.
- ▸Shipped it to the App Store; 500+ downloads and a year of live use before the company pivoted to B2B micro-logistics.
- ▸Worked directly with the CEO, developers and designers in a fast-paced startup team.
- ▸Sourced and designed prototype parts for vehicle development alongside design and engineering work.
Product Designer
Kitbox, high-end home and office furnituresSeptember 2023 — January 2024- ▸Designed Kitbox, a home shopping app released on the App Store, end-to-end: scalable UI system and 3-step checkout flow.
- ▸Partnered directly with an iOS developer to deliver production-ready Figma specs.
Design Lecturer
Bahçeşehir University · Beykent University, IstanbulAugust 2021 — August 2025- ▸Instructed advanced design studios centered on Human-Centered Design (HCD), universal design principles, layout hierarchy, and digital visual principles.
- ▸Mentored and guided 100+ design students through iterative product life cycles, spanning exploratory user research to high-fidelity final prototypes.
- ▸Developed scalable visual systems, interactive presentation frameworks, and digital design assets to streamline critiques and complex design breakdowns.
- ▸Curated, managed, and executed an international design workshop on modeling historic façades for 20+ global participants from content generation through studio implementation.
Lead Visual Designer
Beykent University, IstanbulMay 2019 — June 2021- ▸Designed end-to-end visual systems, brand identities, and asset pipelines for international academic symposiums.
- ▸Created high-fidelity interactive prototypes to modernize institutional web applications, improving navigation systems and content comprehension.
- ▸Coordinated design production timelines for major events with 150+ participants under tight deadlines.
UX Researcher
Valencia Technical University, Valencia · Beykent University, IstanbulApril 2016 — May 2019- ▸Conducted qualitative visual research on architectural facades, translating photographic and archival material into structural pattern analysis.
- ▸Synthesized historical and structural data into an interactive visual catalog covering 30+ architectural sites, using Adobe Creative Suite for graphic production.
- ▸Documented design and material trends to support long-form academic research and thesis work.
- ▸Designed instructional content and learning flows using foundational information architecture principles.
- ▸Facilitated design workshops, supporting students through structured design review cycles.
Education
UI/UX Design Bootcamp
2026ReDI School, Berlin — GermanyPhD · History and Theory of Architecture (3.86/4)
2019 — 2025Yıldız Technical University, Istanbul — TurkeyMA · Visual Communication Design (3.6/4)
2023 — 2025Anadolu University, Eskişehir — TurkeyMSc · History and Theory of Architecture (3.64/4)
2016 — 2019Yıldız Technical University, Istanbul — Turkey— Erasmus Exchange · Valencia Polytechnic University, Valencia — Spain (2018 — 2019)BSc · Interior Architecture (3.03/4)
2011 — 2016Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul — Turkey— Erasmus Exchange · KU Leuven, Ghent — Belgium (2013 — 2014)
Languages
- EnglishFULL PROFESSIONAL PROFICIENCY
- GermanLIMITED WORKING PROFICIENCY
- TurkishNATIVE
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