Hi I’m vangel, a full-stack* Product Designer living in Athens.
Hi I’m vangel, a full-stack* Product Designer living in Athens.
*A designer that gets involved in every stage of a product design: research, design & coding (ui). A person who can understand a problem, propose a solution and help taking it to reality.tldr
I work at Skroutz for the past 9+ years (as Designer in industry 10+). Skroutz is the leading marketplace of Greece with 11M sessions & 4M users in a daily basis. Currently I'm working at Skroutz Design Team as the Product Design Manager. I describe myself as Full-stack Product Designer since I occasionally create my very own product/ideas from scratch (Design & code).
I've seen Skroutz design team grow from 3 members to 20 and the company in general from 50 members to 800+. I've always been a member of core product, setting - succeeding and failing at goals that gave me the opportunity to learn, unlearn and relearn. I believe that good design is humble, collaborative and iterative.
Occasionally I participate in freelance projects to explore new products beyond the boundaries of ecommerce. I also enjoy create meaningless things with CSS, bringing new ideas to life using RoR, and creating nft collections for fun.
Feel free to drop me a line at vangeltzoo@gmail.com, or check my online profile at dribbble, codepen & twitter.
Thank you for your time
Experience
Product Design Manager Skroutz
I have been actively involved in several projects & teams through the past 9+ years. Currently I'm working as the Product Design Manager of Skourz Design Team.
Among my responsibilities is to maintain a consistent experience across product, to foster empathy & embrace ownership, modernise our workflow & procedures, organise hiring needs & participate on product roadmap.
In the past I have worked as a Product Designer & UX Developer in core product team, responsible for crafting user flows, designing interfaces, conducting research & usability studies and developing (UI) complex features in core users journeys.
Sep 2013 - Present (9+ years), Athens - GreeceProduct Designer & Developer Freelance
Participated in several projects through these years, To name a
few:
Tinycv
Fleedom
Greeks Who Design,
That Studio,
Okhma,
Ananti City resort,
Seras,
Rpk,
Nutree,
kaleidoscopeofmemories
Education
Automation Engineer Atei
Bachelor degree in Automation, Control Systems and Systems Engineering in Alexander Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki, Greece.
Jan 2006 - Sep 2012, Thessaloniki - GreeceHonors
Design & Code Jury Awwwards
A member of awwwards main jury panel in both Design and Code for 2019 and 2020.
SOTD & Special kudos Ananti City Resort
Site of the day award at csswinner.com and Special Kudos awards at cssdesignawards.com for Ananti City Resort (anantiresort.gr).
Picked Pens Codepen
A member of Codepen since 2012 with more than 100 pens, 2000+ favs, several recognised picked pens & a most hearted pen of the year. Find more in Creations page.
Misc
Design Quotes ✨
- “For every complex problem, there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.” - H. L. Mencken
- “Simplicity is about subtracting the obvious and adding the meaningful.” - John Maeda
- “Less is more work.” - Patric McCue
- “I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.” - Douglas Adams