Yavuz Yilmaz - Senior Product Designer / Founder, It’s Cold Out There Ltd.

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Work Background

AbcamSenior UX/UI Designer

Dec. 2020Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

It's Cold Out There LtdUX/UI Designer (Director)

Jun. 2017London

EBRDSenior UX/UI Designer

Jan. 2020 - Nov. 2020London, United Kingdom

DutySheet LtdSenior UX Designer

May. 2019 - Aug. 2019London, United KingdomConducting user tests and interviews to evaluate the current state of the product and validate ideas Conducting external stakeholder interviews Adding new features, improving and redesigning features based on the research results Creating wireframes and interactive prototypes Applying usability and accessibility best practices Working closely with Dev Team to implement user stories

Chambers and PartnersSenior UX/UI Designer

Oct. 2018 - Apr. 2019London, United KingdomConducting user tests and interviews to evaluate the current state of UX and validate ideas Conducting stakeholder interviews Accessibility and usability best practices Creating wireframes and interactive prototypes Working closely with Dev Team to implement user stories Work closely with Marketing & Sales Teams to generate ideas for their requirements KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS: • Conducted the company's first-ever Design Sprint • Researched, planned, designed & delivered several sub-brand projects • Successfully got buy-in from the business for UX project for the test product. • Got buy-in from the business for UI/UX project of the online test platform. • Successfully created a fully interactive MVP prototype using Framer to validate, improve features and the experience.

Cambridge AssessmentSenior UX/UI Designer (Contract)

Mar. 2018 - Oct. 2018Cambridge, United KingdomConducting user tests and interviews to evaluate the current state of UX. Conducting stakeholder interviews to discover new features. Applying accessibility and usability best practices. Creating wireframes and interactive prototypes to get buy-in. Creating a fully interactive (Framer) prototype to validate ideas and iterate it to MVP through usability - A/ B testing KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS: • Successfully got buy-in from the business for UX project for the test product. • Got buy-in from the business for UI/UX project of the online test platform. • Successfully created a fully interactive MVP prototype using Framer to validate, improve features and the experience.

DutySheet LtdSenior UI / UX Designer (Contract)

Jun. 2017 - Mar. 2018London, United KingdomResponsible for redesigning the whole UI of the major SaaS product (Web & Mobile App) from wireframes to fully interactive hi-fi prototypes. Adding (or sometimes removing) features through user interviews, creating and/or updating user flows, applying proved accessibility best practices. KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS: • Developed company website based on the prepared designs. • Successfully established client-side product owner/ stakeholder relations. • The whole SaaS product has been re-designed and updated • Successfully redesigned and updated the mobile companion app on iOS and Android platforms • Designed complete UI pattern library

ATG (Auction Technology Group)UX/ UI Designer

Jun. 2016 - Jun. 2017London, United KingdomEvaluate survey/test results, conduct discovery sessions with key stakeholders while designing wireframes, mock-ups and creating dynamic prototypes according to requirements. Socialise prototypes/mock ups and apply feedbacks. Organise A/B tests. Advocate UX and educate the company about UX while creating long term product vision together with Head of Product. KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Introduced dynamic prototyping together with best UX practices. Updated the UX and redesigned the 3 web portals according to the project scope: - Auction registration and bidding is numbers increased after first section release. - Reduction in user complaints. - Test results prove that the new home page design will improve user engagement, new user acquisition, auction registration and bidding. Improved UX and UI of GAP LIVE live bidding application. - Increase in bidding per user Updated the IA, UX and redesigned Antiques Trade Gazette web magazine (www.antiquestradegazette.com) - Paywall introduced together with new design. - Increase in subscription numbers, even for print magazine. Worked on different brands ID within the company.

IDscan Biometrics LtdUX & Web (FrontEnd) Lead

Aug. 2015 - May. 2016London, United KingdomWorking on the new web interface of IDscan applications. - Gathering requirements from product owner(s) - Creating wireframes, prototypes - UI design - Frontend in HTML + CSS + AngularJS (Basic) - Acting product owner / scrum master of the project

IDscan Biometrics LtdHead of Design

Mar. 2012 - Aug. 2015LondonManaged IDscan mobile app projects and other marketing-related projects. Focused on desktop and mobile application design for corporate clients, including American Express, Barclays UK, Barclays Iberia, Santander, UniCredit-Germany, Absa Bank-South Africa and Optus-Australia, working with a Junior Designer for internal web and marketing works.

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