About
I'm a full-stack product designer with 4 years experience in software.
Currently, I design for McKinsey's own gen AI chat.
Previously, I helped launch first-to-market products at Google X.
What value I add:
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Building software products from zero to one - Leading incremental value development with rapid design iteration and assumption testing.
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Interface and experience design - Delivering clean interfaces and clear experiences on top of existing or custom design systems.
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Strategy for tech innovation - Defining product vision, mission, value proposition driven by customer problem.
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X-functional collaboration - Partnering with founders, researchers, engineers, executives.
Work Experience
I lead user research and design for McKinsey’s generative AI chat.
I was a founding designer for multiple early-stage climate-tech startups, helping teams launch their first products.
Working as the sole designer, I gained unique experience in building technological innovation by putting the user at the center of every decision.
In my “past life”, I was an architect, designing interactive solutions for urban planning and spatial experiences across various building types, scales, and team sizes.
Side Projects
Cofounder.AI is a book about AI-assisted Startup Building: a Practical Guide to Building More with Less Using Generative AI, written by Clarence Wooten.
Monika designed the landing page and cover for the book, which is planned to be released in 2024/25.
Prototype of a cohabitation hive for urban wildlife, aimed at starting a social movement to protect the ecosystem in Berlin.
In summer 2017, a prototype was installed in the Aedes garden, showing signs of use by birds and insects after four weeks. The Cyclops building system, designed to produce various shapes of structures, is intended to scale across the city as an art installation, raising awareness about urban wildlife.
Design and prototype of a real-time responsive, sound-shielding facade module for urban housing
Vosk is equipped with sound sensors that adjust the size of its opening in real-time when noise exceeds 80dB (harmful level). The prototype was built using laser-cut panels, an umbrella skeleton, and an Arduino with sound sensors, programmed to regulate the opening based on sound levels.