About.

Equal parts analytical and creative. I bring logic and structure to complex design problems, hold high quality standards by instinct, and lead through empathy rather than authority.

When a framework does not exist, I build one. When a team needs alignment, I create it. Calm under pressure, deeply collaborative, and genuinely curious about technology, I make cross-functional work actually work.

Background

Fifteen years of design work taught me one thing above everything else: the best outcomes happen when designers treat engineers, product managers, and data scientists as equals, not as obstacles to the vision.

I've spent the last 7+ years owning end-to-end design for B2B SaaS analytics products, which is where I found the kind of work I love most: complex, ambiguous, cross-functional, and full of moments where the right answer only becomes visible once someone builds the structure to see it.

When a framework doesn't exist, I build one. When a team needs alignment, I create it. My approach is collaboration-first and evidence-led: I treat research as non-negotiable, hold quality standards by instinct, and lead through empathy rather than authority.

Beyond individual features, I care about the systems that make good design scalable: design systems built in genuine partnership with engineering, discovery workshops that produce shared direction rather than design hand-offs, and organisations where design is a strategic contributor, not a service function.

I speak both languages, design and code. I'm genuinely curious about technology, enjoy getting hands-on with code, and read engineering conversations with real interest rather than polite patience. That lets me collaborate with engineers as a peer, understand their constraints from the inside, and build the kind of trust that makes cross-functional teams actually work. Design thinking and engineering logic aren't two different worlds to me. They're the same problem viewed from two angles.

That makes me the bridge most product teams are missing: someone who facilitates an alignment workshop with 15 stakeholders and pushes pixels in Figma at midnight, driven by the same commitment throughout: building the right thing, not just building things right.

At a glance

Based in Germany
German native, fluent in English
15 years of design practice
Open to Staff & Lead roles

Skills

Design Craft
  • Product Design
  • UX Design
  • Prototyping
  • Design Systems
  • Data visualisation
Process & Strategy
  • UX Research
  • Product Thinking
  • Holistic Perspective
  • Jobs-to-be-done
  • Stakeholder Management
Collaboration
  • Cross-functional alignment
  • Discovery Workshops
  • Design Reviews
  • Dev Handoff
  • Design Leadership
Tools
  • Figma
  • Amplitude
  • Miro
  • Storybook
  • Claude Code
Humaneness
  • Influence without authority
  • Empathy
  • Adaptability
  • Reliability
  • Curiosity
Interests
  • Illustration
  • Calligraphy & Hand Lettering
  • Behavioral Psychology
  • Video Games

Experience

  1. 2018 — Present

    Senior Product UX Designer

    GfK (now NIQ) · Nuremberg

    End-to-end product design for a B2B SaaS analytics platform. Leading cross-functional initiatives with engineering, product, and data science to turn complex analytics challenges into measurable user outcomes.

  2. 2015 — 2018

    UI/UX Designer

    .diff communications GmbH · Nuremberg

    End-to-end ownership of client projects across web, eCommerce, and digital product design. Independent project management and client consulting alongside cross-functional delivery.

  3. 2011 — 2015

    Art Director

    psbrands GmbH · Fürth

    Led client work across web, branding, graphic design, packaging, and print. Managed client relationships, led design pitches, and coordinated cross-functional delivery.

Let's connect

Feel free to say hi.

Whether you want to talk design, explore a collaboration, or just connect, I'd love to hear from you.