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I'm a hands-on Product & UX Design Leader passionate about UX strategy and Design Operations at AERQ, Hamburg

Responsible for leading and managing UX design team while overseeing 15+ products and tools weekly, both locally and remotely.

Experience

20 years in design industry, working from industrial design through marketing and digital product design.

Capabilities

Design Leadership
Team Management
UX Vision & Strategy
Design Thinking
DesignOps
Design Systems
Web & Mobile Applications

Sectors

Aviation Tech
Enterprise Solutions
Music & Entertainment
Travel & Destination
Renewable Energy
Intergovernmental Org. IGO
E-commerce

Company Types

Startups
Scale-ups
Digital Agencies
Marketing & Advertising
E-commerce Platforms
Product Companies
Industrial Companies

Vision

My vision is to empower designers to unlock their full potential, fostering a culture that encourages questions, nurtures curiosity, and challenges assumptions with diverse perspectives.

I believe that exceptional results are born within a safe and collaborative environment. That's why I am committed to establishing and fostering a design team guided by these principles, with the aim of creating impactful user experiences.

Mission

3P's

People

Nurturing and guiding personal and professional growth.

Process

Upholding to processes, standards and industry best practices.

Product

Establishing quality standards and metrics for design success.

Leading and managing
centralized design team in HTEC Group.

About Team

The Centralized Design Team is an empathetic, inquisitive, and accountable group of designers.

We create innovative, easy-to-use products that empower users and exceed expectations in design quality in a highly efficient, reusable, and scalable manner.

At a Glance.

Design methodology.

3 Core Design Thinking Principles

Design process.

3 Core Design Thinking Principles

Responsibilities.

Onboarding & Supporting

Help new hire get familiar with DesignOps

Mentoring

Helping junior members develop and grow

Design Directing

Providing creative leadership and vision to 
the team

Validating

Designs prior to client’s Weekly Design Syncs

Overseeing & Managing

Currently 6 UX designers and
a researcher

Aligning Team Standards

Ensure UX Patterns are implemented

Training

Conduct training programs for the team

Managing Capacity & Allocation

With design program manager weekly

Managing Tasks

750 design tickets in a single year

Managing Multiple Streams

Reviewing 15+ products weekly

Evaluating

Providing performance feedback, and creating OKR’s plan

Hiring

Seeking, evaluating, and reviewing applications

What designers think of my leadership.

Themes

Communication & Collaboration

Themes

Leadership & Support

Themes

Clear Vision & Knowledge Sharing

Achievements.

Reach out to discuss.

vladan.zlatic@gmail.com

© 2024 Vladan Zlatic

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