Caglar Araz

Caglar Araz

Product Designer in Copenhagen, Denmark

About

Product Designer with 6+ years of experience creating seamless and intuitive interfaces utilizing skills in sketching, mockups, flowcharts, prototypes, UI design, and user research.

Work Experience

2022 — 2023
Senior UX Designer at Maersk
Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Redesign the Maersk supply chain platform, creating a cohesive design vision and providing clear design materials and guidelines to individual teams for consistent execution.
  • Lead a small design team, providing direction, support, and feedback to ensure high-quality work.
  • Contribute towards an organizational change, transitioning from an individual product team setup to a more collaborative approach that optimizes user experience and resource allocation.
  • Conduct workshops and other creative sessions with the design team, fostering collaboration and alignment on project goals and outcomes.
  • Establish and maintain relationships with key stakeholders across the organization, including product managers, engineers, and executives, to ensure alignment on design vision and execution.
2021 — 2022
Senior Interactive Play Designer at LEGO
Billund, Denmark
  • Owned and maintained the design system for LEGO MINDSTORMS, creating high- quality and flexible design components to meet various needs and bridging design with development.
  • Conceptualized and designed innovative interactive play experiences, including customizable remote controls and machine learning, which were adopted across multiple LEGO products
  • Identified and addressed experience issues with LEGO's lowest-scoring product, improving its Net Promoter Score (NPS) and moving it into the top 5 LEGO products.
  • Created a highly successful series of YouTube tutorials for LEGO MINDSTORMS, which received 430,000+ views and demonstrated expertise in multimedia production.
  • Facilitated weekly play sessions with cross-functional product teams, enhancing focus on play and product experience and fostering collaboration and alignment.
  • Mentored and trained junior designers, providing guidance and support to enhance their skills and capabilities and navigating effectively in a large organization.
2019 — 2021
Interactive Play Designer at LEGO
Billund, Denmark
  • Designed and led the digital experience for a premium toy valued at $360, achieving a 4.7/5 rating on Amazon.com and over 1 million downloads across mobile, tablet, and desktop platforms.
  • Utilized user research to inform design decisions and iterate on designs, resulting in more engaging and immersive play experiences for both digital and physical products.
  • Provided design direction to a team of designers and developers for Technic AR+, achieving a 4.7/5 rating on Amazon.com and receiving positive user feedback for the product.
2018 — 2019
UX/UI Designer at FirstAgenda
Aarhus, Denmark
  • Consolidated multiple apps into a single product, simplifying our product line and increasing total sales by 110%.
  • Led design efforts and provided well-documented design deliverables to a cross- functional team of 10+ developers, ensuring seamless collaboration and successful product launches.
2017 — 2018
UX Design Intern at Designit
Aarhus, Denmark
  • Managed and improved the design system for a large-scale redesign project, supporting the work of two senior designers and ensuring consistency and scalability across the product.
  • Authored an article on design best practices for the company's Medium publication, which became the second most-read article on the platform and was widely shared on social media.

Education

2016 — 2018
Master of Science, Digital Design at Aarhus University
Aarhus
  • Elected Vice-Chairman of the faculty’s Board of Study optimizing 9 educations including Digital Design.
  • Founded our student organization and acted as Chairman.
  • Offered a partnership opportunity based on the academic discoveries in my master’s thesis.
  • Acted as a mentor and coach for new graduates.
2012 — 2016
Bachelor of Arts, English at University of Southern Denmark
Odense

Awards

2018
1st Place from LEGO Education, Case Competition
2017
1st Place from AUHack, Denmark's Largest Hackathon

Contact

Website
LinkedIn