Luke Belcarski

Senior Product Designer

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Poznań, Poland

Experience

Jun 2023 - Dec 2023
7 months

Senior Product Designer

CDEX

  • Led initiatives aimed at optimizing and aligning the operations of the business, product, and marketing teams, including defining core values, establishing brand direction, setting key business objectives, and understanding customer profiles
  • Introduced an efficient design process by creating standardized design protocols, providing essential design tools, and fostering a collaborative relationship with the product development team
  • Created a user-friendly Design System tailored for early product development stages, improving communication, speeding up UI design, and providing a strong foundation for scalability
  • Created a cohesive visual identity for marketing materials to maintain uniform product presentation
  • Visually integrated two different product versions (classic and new) to simplify sales communication and present the product as a unified entity
  • Designed user interfaces for new features
Sep 2019 - Feb 2023
3 years 6 months

Design Team Lead

Cogision

  • Implemented dailies, sprint system framework, time management practices, weekly company updates, and more
  • Created an internal common stack of tools and methods for daily work, leading to more collaborative work and higher performance, helping scale the team and business
  • Created standards for project execution, including tools and presentation templates
  • Introduced a design process that helped designers feel safe in their work and enabled business owners to prepare more realistic and quality client offers
  • Introduced knowledge sharing to exchange information, tips, and wisdom between different teams
  • Mentored and led teams of 4 to 9 people
  • Helped the design team create tools, methods, and standards for more effective and efficient UX/UI design work, such as design prep work and design feedback
  • Defined basic roles and responsibilities along with career paths
  • Introduced 1:1 sessions, design team meetings, and design challenges
  • Led the design of a new mobile app for Polityka.pl, both functionally and visually, resulting in doubling paying subscribers in 12 months since launch
  • Led the design of a unique reading experience for Newsweek’s digital version, which was rated exceptionally well by industry experts and everyday users
Jan 2019 - Aug 2019
8 months

Senior Product Designer

Bethink.pl

  • Arranged and improved the design process between designers and developers, leading to better communication and streamlined production (style guide, education on design process steps, collaborative problem approach, design feedback for everyone)
  • Envisioned, launched, and improved numerous platform-wide features, such as a new product purchase user flow and onboarding process
  • Cooperated with company CEOs in creating product strategy
  • Introduced new methods and tools that improved collaboration and quality across the company, such as design feedback and design thinking and using an online whiteboard tool
  • Supported junior designers through 1:1 sessions and design feedback
Mar 2017 - Dec 2018
1 year 10 months

Senior UX/UI Designer

Cogision

  • Led the digital transformation strategy for Polityka.pl (centre-left weekly news magazine), tripling digital subscribers by end of 2020 and remaining effective
  • Designed an interface for a new model of an induction hob, incorporating accessibility principles in the solution
  • Successfully led various projects from concept to development handoff or development supervision for clients in banking, news, home appliances, insurance, and more
  • Collaborated with strategists, researchers, and other designers to deliver high-quality projects
  • Supported other designers in their growth
Aug 2013 - Dec 2016
3 years 5 months

Product Designer

Fandom

  • Led the development and implementation of user research practices
  • Collaborated on product strategy vision
  • Established information architecture for community-driven initiatives
  • Produced interaction design diagrams of user flows for features such as login/registration flow
Dec 2011 - Dec 2013
2 years 1 month

Senior Graphic Designer

Ostecx Creative

  • Refined and implemented a structured feedback system critical for design reviews
  • Led development of key marketing collateral for clients for various marketing and social media initiatives
  • Introduced UX best practices and fostered their establishment within the agency’s design process
Jan 2010 - Nov 2011
1 year 11 months

Graphic Designer

Data Solutions

  • Provided designs for various collateral such as presentations, brochures, magazines, and web layouts for the agency’s clientele
  • Oversaw each project from design to production including vendor management

Summary

I’m Luke Belcarski, designer and leader. I create a supportive and efficient work environment that allows everyone to thrive, from team members to clients.

Skills

  • Figma
  • Miro
  • Asana
  • Productive
  • Trello
  • Slack
  • Photoshop
  • Illustration (Website)
  • Electric Scooters
  • Astrophysics
  • Table Tennis

Languages

Polish
Native
English
Advanced

Education

Oct 2003 - Jun 2007

Art University in Poznan

Bachelor's degree, Graphic Design · Graphic Design · Poznań, Poland

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