Gökcen Keskin
Verified Expert in Design
Designer
Gökçen is a product designer with ten years of experience. She had the chance to work on a wide range of products and experiences for VR, mobile, and web. She has worked with great teams like Gravity Sketch, Varjo, Ink & Switch, and Futurice. She also led projects, a design team and mentored her peers. Gökçen formulates and adapts her process based on the needs of the mission, but usually it is a holistic approach that involves product discovery, designing the artifacts, and conducting research.
Portfolio
Work Experience
Lead Designer
Gravity Sketch
- Created the iPad tool together with two developers and our CEO. Delivered an intuitive interaction and UI system for spatial creation on tablet form factor in six months.
- Designed the surface offset/thicken feature for VR in collaboration with two software developers and another designer. Followed an iterative process around quantitative user research.
- Worked alongside the other members of the leadership team on developing our product strategy and organizational structure. Led and grew the design team.
Senior Designer
Varjo
- Designed the interface and interactions for the Varjo mixed reality controller concept alongside the industrial design.
- Designed an interaction system for the Varjo operating system concept.
- Worked with the design research team to generate user insights.
Freelance Product Designer
Ink & Switch
- Designed a speed-of-thought text note capture tool for iPhone.
- Designed a tablet-based power tool for reading, thinking, and developing your ideas. Started a spin-off company based on this product.
- Conducted user research and synthesized findings. Relied heavily on close collaboration between developers, designers, and users. Played the role of connecting tissue here.
Senior Designer
Futurice
- Designed a web-based AI-powered patent similarity search and technology mapping tool for our client.
- Designed a SaaS solution for local solar companies that offered solar energy systems to households in rural India and a companion mobile app for consumers.
- Made design of the website and developer's dashboard for a cloud service provider.
- Mentored my peers and organized internal workshops. Shared my knowledge of UI animation and design for emerging technologies.
Product Designer
Self-employed
- Co-designed the iPad and web apps for an enterprise location intelligence company from Turkey. Created the information architecture, layouts, interface, and visual elements from scratch.
- Designed a white label news reading iOS app. Sold by my client, a software developement house to newspapers.
- Worked on a mobile application for a social platform for building communities around shared interests.
- Worked as a UX design mentor for an online career bootcamp platform.
User Interface Designer
Commencis
- Designed the mobile channels for one of the leading banks in Turkey.
- Created the iPad app for the leading low cost airline company in Turkey.
- Designed a doctor-patient communication app for a startup.
- Created the mobile app for a financial services start-up that provides earned wage access services.
Education
Master's Degree in Art & Design/New Media Design & Production
Aalto University - Finland
Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Design
Middle East Technical University - Turkey
Skills
Tools
Figma, Adobe CC, Sketch, Principle, Rhinoceros 3D, Adobe Fireworks, After Effects CC, DAZ Studio Pro, Blender
Platforms
iOS, Android, Chrome OS, Web
Other
User Research, Product Design, User Experience (UX), User Interface (UI), Quantitative User Research, Product Discovery, Interaction Design (IxD), B2B, UX Design, UI Design, White Labeling, Visual Design, 2D Graphics, Landing Page Design, Web App Design, Web App UX, Web App UI, Mockups, Mobile App Design, Wireframing, Mobile Design, User Experience Design, User Flows, Journey Mapping, User Personas, User Stories, Prototyping, Product Benchmarking, Workshop Facilitation, Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), Design Research, Product Strategy, B2C, B2B2C, Information Architecture (IA), Design Systems, Web Design, Website Redesign, Websites, AR Interfaces, Metaverse, Landing Pages, Web UI Design, Responsive Web Design (RWD), Web UX Design, Dashboard Design, Digital Banking, Online Banking, Fintech, Dashboards, 3D, Design Leadership, SaaS, Business to Business to Consumer (B2B2C), Unity, iPad, Principal, Extended Reality (XR), Business to Business (B2B), Business Strategy, Service Design, UX Strategy, Apple Pencil, iPhone, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Motion Design, Gravity Sketch, Device Interaction, Validated User Research, Remote Usability Testing, UX Research, UI Research, Service Blueprints, User Interviews, Design Workshops, UX Workshops, ARToolKit
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