Product Design Lead and Art-Director with 13 years of experience in design.
Education: ****Bachelor of Arts (Graphic design), University of Hertfordshire '14
Works: https://sebiakin.work
Experience
Product Designer / Design Lead at Anytype
2022 – Present
Anytype, an encrypted, offline-first, and open-source knowledge management app. My role included research, fast prototyping, copywriting, design, and testing across platforms.
- Collaborated with a design team of 3 to oversee all design aspects across desktop and native mobile platforms. Developed and implemented design solutions to enhance user experience, clarity, and efficiency.
- Established basic design processes to ensure consistency and efficiency within the team.
- Facilitated internal workshops with the core team to define design principles and establish fundamental app primitives for future development.
Impact
- In 2023 Anytype transitioned to open beta, surpassing the 160,000 user mark and earning #1 product of the week on ProductHunt in July.
- Reached stable organic growth 15% MoM
- Reached 48 000 MaU
Product Design Lead at Uchi – one of the largest kid’s EdTech in Europe (8 million active users)
2020 – 2022
Uchi is an interactive school education platform. I lead product design and art-direct educational content in middle and high school departments. We strive to make school education engaging, interactive and contextualize it within the real world.
- Launched nine new educational products for the company's new audience (middle to high school students) that were used by 100,000+ students in the first month.
- Developed these products from research and prototypes to methodical and editorial strategies, UI&UX design, and content production processes.
- Established and art-directed design processes in a cross-disciplinary team of 30+ people: methodologists, designers, illustrators, editors, and photo editors.