Marek Nowakowski

Product Designer | UX/UI Designer | Graphic Designer

Making SaaS products easy to use and ready to scale

Delivered solutions to SaaS startups and Big players like Intel, McDonald's, Capgemini

Improve the volume of voucher purchases in the marketplace by solving UX problems

Doubling Profit y/y, 78% improvement in user satisfaction score, reduced task completion times

UX/UI design

UX research

Build a product to save food service managers' jobs endangered by outsourcing

Excellent User Satisfaction Ratings, Break-even in the first year, Top Recommended product by the users.

UX/UI design

UX research

Product Design

Project archive

My experience

Designed and maintained several mid-large SaaS platforms consisting of webapps and mobile apps
5+ years of project/product experience in HR, Data & Network Engineering, Planning products
Can build and lead products / modules creation form idea to "go live" stage
Experience in spreading UX/UI/Product design knowledge as a mentor and as a UX trainer
Worked with small startups as well as with the top global players
Worked closely with Clients, Stakeholders, Product Teams

Senior Product Designer

09.2022 - current

Develocraft

Multiple projects including Web & Mobile apps for SaaS startups in EU region. Projects included:

Team Mood Measurement Webapp
Job Board ATS Platorm
Customer Loyalty Program Application
Develocraft.com No-code Webpage

Product Designer

12.2021 - 08.2022

Codilime

I had the opportunity to expand my expertise in deep tech domains and work with top global tech companies.

Network Management Platform
Data Engineering Webapp
Event Planning Webapp

Product Designer

01.2021 - 12.2021

Intendent Pro

Meal Planner for Educational Institutions Webapp

Project for 0 to 1 product creation, break-even in the first year
UX/UI design, UX Research, Design System development
Product & Marketing strategy consultancy
Excellent user satisfaction ratings, churn rate below 1%
Top 1 Recommended Product in it's niche (2023)

UX/UI Designer - Product Leader

03.2019 - 11.2021

Nais

Employee Appreciacion Platform

UX/UI design, UX Research, Product Strategy & Management, Design System development & maintenance
As a single designer I was able to help the product grow from a small, unknown startup to a fierce market competitor. My work contributed into: doubling marketplace profits y/y, almost 0% churn rate (1 client in 3 years), improving GMV and 30% increase in user experience ratings.
Designed and maintained over 10 cross-platform modules with complex user flows for over 100.000 users
Worked with large corporate clients like McDonald's, Capgemini, Dentsu

UX/UI Designer

06.2018 - 02.2019

HRsys

Very large HRM Platform (CEE makret)

UX/UI design, Project Management
Developed new solutions for large corporate clients
As a single designer I led redesign & user experience improvement project of an extremely robust platform used by over 100.000 users.

Additional experience

6 years as Graphic Designer
Conducted 3 month long UX/UI Design course for Boeing Company Group (20 employees) at Infoshare Academy
Mentor experience
Marketing experience

My skillset

Applicable User Experience knowledge with outcome focus
Deep UI and interaction design knowledge empowered by HTML, CSS and JS skills
Robust design skillset allowing to adapt to ever changing design challenges
Ability to explain UX/UI design decisions based on data or domain knowledge
High prototyping skills with ability to also test data exchange user flows via no-code tools

UX Design

Workshop facilitation (e.g. Design Sprint 2.0, Discovery Workshops - on-site or with Miro / FigJam
Qualitative Research (Focus groups, User interviews, Expert Interviews)
Quantitative Research (Google Analytics, Hotjar, UXcam)
Prototype creation & testing (Figma, Webflow, FlutterFlow)
Information architecture development & optimization
User Flow, User Stories - creation & optimization
UX Audit / Heuristic Evaluation
Competition / Market analysis (Desk research, Similarweb)
Copywriting and copy management (Weblate)

UI Design

Wireframe creation (Figma, Sketch, AdobeXD)
Mobile application design
Grid Systems (4 point / 8 point) and compliant typography & components creation
WCAG compliant design, APCA enhanced
Interactive component creation (Figma), full coverage of component states
Design system creation, maintenance
Icon library creation - although I prefer already available libraries with ready to use code (e.g. Tabler icons)

Tech Skills

HTML, CSS, basic JavaScript
Applicable knowledge of Bootstrap & Tailwind
Ability to discuss & propose code solutions (e.g. NPM packages)
Familiarity with front-end frameworks (React, React Native, Vue)
Familiarity with back-end solutions (databases, PHP, SQL)
Familiarity with DevOps solutions (Kubernetes, Docker, Snyk)
Familiarity with version control tools (Git)

Management
& Organization

Task & Project management (Jira, Asana, ClickUp)
Documentation (Confluence, Notion)
Communication with different interest groups ( Stakeholders, Developers, Customer Service and the clients)
Roadmap creation and maintenance
Product Strategy creation and adaptation
Can work in Scrun or Kanban workflows, Agile approach

Graphic Design,
Presentation
& Animation

2D graphics creation - printed & digital - ( Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator / Affinity Photo & Designe
Animation & Motion Design - Da Vinci Resolve, Blender
3D design - Blender
Presentations - Google Slides, PowerPoint

Soft skills
and attitude

Critical thinker
Problem solver
Negotiation skills
Dependable
Positive attitude and sense of humor