For the past few years I have worked mostly remote, with occasional trips to the office. It’s nice to have a coffee and hang out with people in real life every now and then. Also open to hybrid positions.

I am a team player, but don’t mind the autonomy. Definitely a self-starter, so you can expect initiatives and improvements to existing systems and processes.

At work, I am focused on the goals of the company. What is the business objective? How can it impact the user? Does it work for both the team, user, and the company? These are the questions I keep in mind when thinking of solutions. In my experience, it’s the most sustainable way to produce.

I am a strong believer in communicating early, and communicating often. Teams that celebrate open channels and speak to each other are the teams that succeed long-term.

Building relationships outside of my team is something I pride myself in, and I like to think I treat everyone with the same amount of respect and trust.

I am a huge fan and adopter of Design Thinking philosophy. Inspired by the book “The Design of Everyday Things” by Dan Norman, I like to adapt an agile approach that’s iterative and adaptable to various scenarios.

In today’s world, with the variety of user characteristics and personas, I believe it’s important to stay open and empathetic at every step.

Another one of my favourite books is “Good Services” by Lou Downe. From it I have learned that Design is a not a one-size-fits-all solution, and it is important to never to stop learning, and to always remain curious.

In my time outside of work, I get in touch with my artistic side. I like to paint when I’m down, and make music when inspired. I have also dabbled in miniature sculpture, and at times I drift between different tactile disciplines. It’s cool to create stuff outside of the screen. That being said, art that I produce is something that I keep to myself, and am not interested in making it my career.

I am also an avid runner. In March of 2024 I have completed my first 50k ultra-marathon, and I believe it’s just the beginning. Caring for my mental health is something that I take really seriously, and so far exercise has been an important pillar in that journey.

Since 2018 I have been a fan of Figma, especially with it’s pioneering Design System capabilities.

I am also experienced in InVision, Xd, Sketch, and Adobe suite. As a child, I designed my first websites using Photoshop, so it’ll always have a special place in my heart.

Outside of UI tools, I am also experienced in video editing and animation, with a tiny bit of 3d every now and then.

I am a fast and avid learner, and take time to learn technology outside of my job jurisdiction to not only empathise with other people, but to broaden my own perspectives.

Since childhood I have had experience with HTML and CSS, not because of wanting to be a developer, but because I wanted to build things no one could build for me at the time.

Following that, for needs of various projects, I have learned vanilla JavaScript, React.js, Next.js, tiny bit of Python, and recently I finished a small course on Swift.

While I don’t mind writing animations in CSS, I am not really interested in making coding a part of my job. I do however believe it’s important to be aware of technical constraints of every system I work with.