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.

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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 - Greece

Product 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

Sep 2010 - Present (10+ years), Athens - Greece

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 - Greece

Honors

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