Life in a nutshell

Nice to meet ya! I’m Özlem—travel addict, ceramics lover, proud cat mom to Karpuz and Mia, and a frequent sparring partner to my product designer husband (all in good fun, of course).

Tools

Figma

Figma

Framer

Framer

Jira

Jira

LottieLab

LottieLab

Jitter

Jitter

Cursor

Cursor

Spline

Spline

Adobe After Effects

Adobe After Effects

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Illustrator

Notion

Notion

html

html

css

css

skılls

Prototyping

Interaction Design

User Research

Usability Testing

UI Design

Photography

Product Analytics

Roadmapping & Prioritization

Accessibility

Documenting

Stakeholder Facilitation & Executive Storytelling

Design Systems & Tokens

Wire-framing

Design QA & Handoff

Journey Mapping

education

Middle East Technical University

Bachelor’s Degree / Architecture

2016-2021

Memorisely

Design System Bootcamp

2024

languages

Turkish I Native

English I Professional

Spanish I Beginner

German I Beginner

EXPERIENCE

aprıl 2025 – stıll

Ankara, turkey

Conducting UI/UX processes for a new retailing project, focusing on future possibilities and opportunities. Exploring PoCs and designing new flows that merge retailing with today’s legacy travel systems to shape the future user experience.

Contributing to the project’s visual representation by creating pitch decks, reports, and animations to improve clarity, engagement, and accessibility.

October 2022 – aprıl 2025

gothenburg, sweden

Leading user research and creating UX/UI flows for Digital Showroom and Media Library apps while preparing design mockups, prototypes, and animations.
Taking a role in sprint planning, task creation, and refinement meetings with development and QA teams.

February 2022 - october 2022

Brisbane, Australia

Creating new UI for Plant, MWM, and Utility web apps, while leading the UX/UI processes for the Prosumer App and Plant Dashboard to enhance user experience in energy management.
Designing and implementing a new design system and preparing both low and high-fidelity design mockups and prototypes.

February 2022 - october 2022

Ankara, turkey

Leading UX and UI processes for the Beefull mobile app, preparing mockups and creating a new design system.
Contributing to the brand's identity and marketing by designing animations and storyboards, and manage the UI process for the administrative dashboard of power bank hubs and EV stations.

Freelance UX/UI Designer at Hyyge Design Agency

january 2021 - february 2022

Co-founding a freelance design agency on Dribbble to conduct customer meetings and user interviews and manage UI processes.

Life in a nutshell

Nice to meet ya! I'm Özlem, a human being currently located in Ankara. I'm addicted to traveling, mildly obsessed with ceramics, occasionally serenade my cats Karpuz and Mia on the guitar, and regularly engage in spirited (and totally productive) debates with my product designer husband—because someone has to be right, and it's usually me.