About

I started with objects, not screens.

I studied industrial and product design before I ever opened Figma — and that instinct for how something gets used in the real world followed me into fintech, where I've spent over six years turning fragmented banking systems into products people actually trust.

Özlem Ekinci
Experience

Product designer — Commencis

Currently designing for fintech and insurance clients — Deniz Bank, İş Bankası (İşCep), and MetLife — uncovering the needs underneath a feature request and turning them into digital experiences that scale across millions of users.

Product designer — Optiser Gözlük

Led an entrepreneurial shift in wholesale eyewear e-commerce, blending physical retail habits with a digital ordering experience built around how the trade actually buys.

Product designer — Uncharted

Spearheaded research for Soccket and its follow-on products — energy-generating play equipment for communities without reliable power — boosting user engagement by 20%. Managed design and validation across 100 prototypes to rigorous durability standards.

Education

BS in Industrial Design, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia. Advanced Certificate in Ergonomics, New York University. UX Design Immersive, General Assembly.

Toolkit

Figma · Sketch · Adobe XD · Maze · Jira

English (fluent) · Turkish (native) · Italian (intermediate)