piotrb

piotrb

Product Designer in San Francisco

About

Product designer, occasional writer, prev maker of greet.bot.

Work Experience

2018 — 2022
San Francisco, CA

The company developed GreetBot, a B2B SaaS application for onboarding new employees on Slack. GreetBot onboarded over 4 million people across 14,000+ organizations and was ranked #4 fastest-growing app on Slack in 2018.

  • Led a team of 3 full-stack software engineers.
  • Developed the initial product concept into a fully-featured B2B solution.
  • Conducted interviews with users and documented feedback.
  • Planned the product roadmap and developed the pricing strategy.
  • Designed conversational and web UI deployed in production.
  • Was the main contributor to the HTML and Sass code base.
  • Managed enterprise compliance, sales, and customer support.
  • Oversaw the acquisition of the company in 2022.
2020 — 2022
San Francisco, CA
  • Established a formal design system at a time of rapid growth for the company.
  • Formalized the use of typography, color, layout grid, and component library.
  • Collaborated with the PM and Eng partners on the designs of new features.
  • Designed the initial version of the company’s first iOS app.
2017 — 2020
Redwood City, CA
  • Fully redesigned the company’s core product, the web-based photo book editor.
  • Helped establish a new design system and visual identity.
  • Updated the company’s e-commerce pages, including storefront and checkout.
2016 — 2017
San Francisco, CA
  • Worked with the PM to translate public sector user requirements into wireframe and visual designs for implementation by the engineering team.
  • Designed the initial version of the company’s consumer-facing iOS app.

Side Projects

2023

Framework for naming calendar events.

2020

Framework for naming static files in product design.

2020

Wireframe component library for Slack apps.

2018

Brutalist, grid-based wireframe design system starter file.

Writing

2023

Designing user interfaces is more like solving a Rubik’s Cube than a jigsaw puzzle.

2022

The one thing that matters more than your new design is how you came up with it.

2021

How startup life and the pandemic rekindled my passion for chess.

2020

Hard work is what you will be remembered for.

2019

Color, typography and layout pointers for indie makers, solo founders and bootstrapping startups.

2018

How to design chatbots that people enjoy talking to.

2017

Comparing the distinct launch strategies behind the two design apps.

Education

2009 — 2011
MSc, Business Administration at RSM Erasmus University
Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Graduated Cum Laude, specializing in Consumer Behavior and Research. Master thesis titled “Power to the People! Does Market Concentration Play a Role in the Effectiveness of Co-creation?”, June 2011.

2006 — 2009
BA, Business Management at Univeristy of Westminster
London, UK

Electives in Social Psychology and Consumer Behavior for Marketing.

Contact

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