Gabriela Stępień

Senior Product Designer

Salary / Daily rate

Barcelona, Spain

Freelance, open to permanent contract

Can come onsite

Skills

UX Product DesignMobile DesignerUX/UI DesignerProduct DesignerUI Product DesignFigmaScrumUser ResearchDesign ThinkingProduct StrategyAdobe IllustratorCanvaJiraA/B TestingProduct OwnershipHead of ProductAdobe Creative SuiteUI DesignerUX DesignerVisual DesignerKanbanAdobe InDesign

Languages

Polish (Native)English (Fluent)Spanish

About me

Intro

5 years of expertise in end-to-end feature leadership and AI-enhanced design backed by data. Specializes in building scalable design systems and translating user insights into measurable impact. Experienced in mentoring design teams, facilitating design sprints, and delivering accessible experiences that align user needs with business objectives.

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Work experience

XO Life

Sep 2021 - Oct 2025

4 years 2 months

Barcelona, Spain

Senior Product Designer

Aug 2024 - Oct 2025

1 year 3 months

Barcelona, Spain

– Migrated a mobile-first, responsive web-app to native Android and iOS – Designed UX/UI features for the brite platform, including the user journey from discovery to daily use – Worked on improving usability and accessibility based on data – Evolved the brite design system to boost scalability, consistency, and team efficiency – Branded brite deployments for 8 pharma clients, translating brand guidelines into cohesive visual systems – Maintained a high-fidelity Figma prototype of the full user journey to support testing and stakeholder buy-in – Ran design sprints with cross-functional teams to define MVPs using design thinking and user research – Reviewed portfolios and interviewed Product Designers and UX Writers to grow a strong design team – Mentored Junior Designers to raise design quality and support team culture

Product Designer

Sep 2022 - Aug 2024

2 years

Barcelona, Spain

Junior Product Designer

Sep 2021 - Oct 2022

1 year 2 months

Barcelona, Spain

Graphic Designer

Lyngual GmbH

Mar 2021 - Oct 2021

8 months

Munich, Germany

– Created digital and print marketing assets to support brand and campaign needs – Applied visual storytelling techniques to strengthen brand identity – Researched design trends to guide creative direction

Product Design Intern

Grover

Jul 2020 - Dec 2020

6 months

Berlin, Germany

– Assisted in creating user flows, wireframes, and mockups to support product feature development – Supported the design team with competitive analysis and UX audits to inform design decisions – Contributed to usability testing sessions by helping prepare test plans, prototypes, and note-taking – Explored edge cases and user scenarios to help improve the accessibility and inclusivity of designs – Participated in cross-functional design reviews with the larger team

Graphic Designer

Ada Health

Dec 2019 - Mar 2020

4 months

Berlin Area, Germany

– Maintained and improved websites and product dashboards for better usability – Evolved and maintained brand guidelines to ensure consistency across platforms and teams – Created and organized design files, templates, typography guidelines and asset libraries

Freelance Designer

Sensi Music Systems

Oct 2016 - Dec 2019

3 years 3 months

Lisbon Area, Portugal

– Product Design – Sketching & ideation – UI/UX design – Logo design – Branding & visual identity – 3D modelling – Rapid prototyping & prototype testing

UX/UI Design Working Student

YAS.life

Feb 2019 - Aug 2019

7 months

Berlin Area, Germany

- Design for YAS app and B2B white label apps - Icons design - Marketing materials design (social media assets and print: leaflets/rollups) - Illustration - Photo editing - Website elements design - B2B presentations creation

Graphic Design Intern

SARTOR SEVEN Group

Jun 2018 - Dec 2018

7 months

Lisbon Area, Portugal

- Designing marketing materials for print and online - Editorial design - Creating branding, vector-based illustration and PowerPoint presentations - Research on design and digital trends - Supporting Marketing Managers and Senior Graphic Designers with ongoing projects

Entrepreneur In Residence

Mellow Inc.

Jun 2017 - Dec 2017

7 months

Lisbon Area, Portugal

Mellow is a smart sous-vide machine for your home. As an Entrepreneur in Residence I got a privilege to accelerate myself alongside talented team of Mellow. I was exposed to all the aspects of building a successful hardware startup. I got insights of daily operations of the company, what helped me to understand how to take an early stage project through product development to commercial sales. - Product ideation - Opportunity recognition - Market validation - Competitive advantage and market analysis - Planning of a long term strategy - Evaluation of risks

Digital Marketing Intern

We Translate On Time

Jul 2016 - Dec 2016

6 months

Lisbon Area, Portugal

- Assisting in planning and implementation of digital marketing strategies - Analysis and reporting on campaign metrics - Marketing content creation (images & text) - Managing social media - Translator and customer support - Support with various administrative tasks, data entry, creative tasks and research


Education

Faculdade de Belas-Artes da Universidade de Lisboa

Master of Fine Arts - MFA, Product Design

2017 - 2019

2 years 1 month

University of Wroclaw

Bachelor of Arts - BA, English Linguistics

2013 - 2016

3 years 1 month

UiT- The Arctic University of Norway

Bachelor of Arts - BA, English Linguistics

2015 - 2015

1 month

University of Wroclaw

Chinese Studies, Confucius Institute Wroclaw

2014 - 2015

1 year 1 month


Licenses & certifications

Course Certificate: Emotional Design — How to Make Products People Will Love

Issued: –

Certified by IxDF - Interaction Design Foundation

Course Certificate: Designing Intuitive User Interfaces

Issued: –

Certified by IxDF - Interaction Design Foundation

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