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).

education

Middle East Technical University

Bachelor’s Degree / Architecture

2016-2021

Memorisely

Design System Bootcamp

2024

Tools

Framer

Framer

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe After Effects

Adobe After Effects

Jira

Jira

Notion

Notion

html

html

css

css

Figma

Figma

skılls

Prototyping

Prototyping

User Research

User Research

Usability Testing

Usability Testing

UI Design

UI Design

Photography

Photography

Digital Strategy

Digital Strategy

Sprint/Roadmap Planning

Sprint/Roadmap Planning

Presenting

Presenting

Accessibility

Accessibility

Documenting

Documenting

Design Systems

Design Systems

Wire-framing

Wire-framing

Design QA

Design QA

languages

Turkish I Native

German I Beginner

English I Professional

EXPERIENCE

aprıl 2025 – stıll

Ankara, turkey

Creating UX/UI flows for mobile while preparing design mockups and prototypes, and crafting interactive animated presentations to better explain the app to users.

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.