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Senior Product Designer, currently rebuilding how I work, in public. Welcome to the playground of my latest projects.


Milan • Munich • Remote

Intentional product
design, with AI
in the room.

The AI playgroundNew experiments land here as they ship
Working on a new project now…

New tool

Something new is cooking.

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01

Close to the problem

I get close to users, stakeholders and the team first. The real problem rarely matches the brief. That gap is where the work starts.

02

Design that ships

Polish only counts in production. I work close to the implementation, so the shipped product is the design.

03

Judgment over output

Speed is accessible. Knowing what to build, what to cut and when to stop isn't. That part didn't get automated.

04

Boring is a bug

Simple and functional gets you to average. Boring ships too. The detail nobody asked for is what makes it good.

8+ years

Senior Product Designer

MediaMinerCybersecurity startup

Sole designer, zero to MVP. Shipped five core features in six months, including one that closed the first paying client. Brand, design system, and product, built end to end.

2024

UI/UX Designer

FreelanceIndependent work

Designed e-commerce and corporate sites for agency clients. Owned timelines, feedback cycles, and the client relationship itself.

2023

UI/UX & Brand Designer

Tecma SolutionsReal estate tech scale-up

Led the redesign of 18 B2B and B2C platforms through a shift to subscription. Registered users grew 59%. Active units doubled. Set the product vision and built the design system alongside executive leadership.

2021

UI/UX Designer

Banca WidibaDigital bank

Designed for the financial advisory platform and public site. A/B tests that moved conversion. Contributed to the rebrand and its component library.

2018

Art Director Intern

frog, CapgeminiDesign consultancy

Designed digital campaigns for global clients. Contributed to growing one client's following by 3.4M, in four months. Pitches that won two new clients, and an internal contest that turned into a job offer. 

2018

Two-City Native

Milan, MunichMaking the move

Traded constant moving for a routine, split between Milan and Munich. Learning German, going deep on AI tools, getting into kitesurfing. Tried Amsterdam, moving to Munich.

2024

Digital Nomad

EuropeWent fully remote
I wanted to try this, and I did. Went remote, kept moving. Years spent between Canaries, Portugal, South East Asia, and beyond, meeting people, learning to surf, running a lot, all in search of where I'd want to settle down.
2020

Career Switcher

MilanChanged lanes
I chose tech over interiors. Started as an Art Director, but a glimpse of UX/UI on work projects sold me. Learned Italian, got thoroughly Italianised. Explored minimalism as a lifestyle. Plenty of design weeks and events along the way.
2018

Courageous Newcomer

MilanStudied Interior Design

Moved alone, young, and without the language. Polished my English along the way, and fell hard for design and Italian culture. Graduated with honors, top of the class, still a nerd about it.

2013

Creative Nerd

Eastern EuropeWhere it started

Grew up between design, entrepreneurship, and code, a furniture manufacturer and one of the first female developers for parents. Obsessed with school, math and languages. Won the art olympiad. Played lots of tennis. 

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Natallia Yavid
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