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Panos Karageorgakis
Verified Expert in Design
Designer
Skärhamn, Sweden
Toptal member since November 4, 2021
Bio
Panos is a design leader with 15+ years of experience in senior and lead roles at top tech companies, including Volvo Cars, Booking.com, Spotify, and H&M. He's skilled in end-to-end design, from product discovery to UI and design systems, across B2C/B2B products for mobile and web. Experienced in product ownership and leading design teams in large organizations, he combines qualitative research and quantitative insights (analytics, A/B testing) to craft world-class experiences used by millions.
Portfolio
Product Design for Selling Event Tickets at Booking.Com
eCommerceDesign Systems
SaaS Project Management System at Superside
Design SystemsProject ManagementB2BSaaS Design
Mobile App for Mindful Living
Mobile App DesigniOS UI Design
Experience
- UX Design - 15 years
- UI Design - 15 years
- UX Prototyping - 10 years
- App Design - 10 years
- Web Design - 10 years
- Figma - 7 years
- Sketch - 5 years
- A/B Testing - 5 years
Tools
- Sketch
Work Experience
UX Design Manager
2023 - PRESENT
Volvo Car
- Led a cross-functional design team specializing in visual direction, motion, and scalable design systems for next-gen platforms. Took on product ownership responsibilities, shaping vision and execution.
- Led continuous improvement in ways of working and design operations to increase scalability and efficiency.
- Collaborated with the wider design system leadership on aligning across multiple departments.
Technologies: Figma, UX Design, Product Design, B2C, Product Strategy, Product Owner, Direct to Consumer (D2C)
Senior UX Designer
2022 - 2023
Volvo Car
- Led the UX design for the area of electrification for upcoming car models.
- Contributed to the wider design system and ways of working to improve collaboration between teams.
- Participated in user research evaluating designs on a car rig.
Technologies: Figma, UX Design, Product Design, B2C, User Research, UX Wireframes, User Flows, Layout Design, Product Strategy, Rapid Prototyping, User Interface (UI), User Experience (UX), Prototyping, UX Research, UX Prototyping, UI Design, Direct to Consumer (D2C)
Lead UI/UX Designer
2019 - 2021
Superside
- Led the UX for the evolution of an MVP-grade product by a small engineering team to a world-class service used by large tech and other Fortune 500 organizations.
- Built a design system used for both customer-facing and internal products.
- Increased the platform's usage for client project submissions from practically zero to 80%.
- Evolved the dashboard's product offering by performing research and working with clients to identify and design new features based on their customers' needs.
- Redesigned the internal platform, improved the UX and UI, researched the needs of the internal users, and proposed IA solutions to increase efficiency.
- Contributed to the company's rebranding, redesigned the marketing pages, and ensured the use of the newly built design system across all touchpoints.
Technologies: Figma, Miro, UX Design, Product Design, B2C, User Research, UX Wireframes, User Flows, Layout Design, Product Strategy, Rapid Prototyping, Lean Startups, User Interface (UI), User Experience (UX), User Onboarding, Prototyping, UX Research, UX Prototyping, Dashboard Design, UI Design, Web App Design, MVP Design, Direct to Consumer (D2C)
Senior UX Designer
2018 - 2019
Booking.com
- Designed a new product for a new business vertical from idea to launch.
- Led the design across all stages of ideation, research, interaction design, prototyping, usability testing, user interface design, and creation of a design system.
- Traveled to New York City together with the team to perform guerrilla interviews, meet with supplier partners, and use and test the product.
Technologies: Sketch 2, InVision, UX Design, Product Design, B2C, User Research, UX Wireframes, User Flows, Layout Design, Product Strategy, Rapid Prototyping, Mobile App Design, User Interface (UI), User Experience (UX), User Onboarding, Prototyping, UX Research, UX Prototyping, UI Design, Web App Design, MVP Design, Direct to Consumer (D2C)
UX Designer
2017 - 2018
H&M
- Acted as the concept lead for the "Bag" team, responsible for H&M's checkout process for web and apps.
- Researched and designed post-purchase experiences to strengthen closing the customer's loop.
- Facilitated user testing sessions with local customers of different demographics.
Technologies: Sketch, InVision, UX Design, Product Design, B2C, User Research, UX Wireframes, User Flows, Layout Design, Rapid Prototyping, Mobile App Design, User Interface (UI), User Experience (UX), User Onboarding, Prototyping, UX Research, UX Prototyping, UI Design, Web App Design, MVP Design, Direct to Consumer (D2C)
Co-creator
2017 - 2017
Self-employed
- Cocreated a new mobile app and led the design phase from idea to launch for iOS and Android.
- Developed the iOS version of the application using Swift and published it on the Apple App Store.
- Achieved a 4.9 star rating on Apple App Store with more than 2.6 million registered prayer events and users in more than 160 countries.
Technologies: Sketch, Figma, Swift, UX Design, Product Design, B2C, UX Wireframes, User Flows, Layout Design, Rapid Prototyping, Lean Startups, Mobile App Design, User Interface (UI), User Experience (UX), User Onboarding, Prototyping, UX Research, UX Prototyping, Data Analytics, UI Design, App Development, MVP Design, Direct to Consumer (D2C)
Senior Product Designer
2016 - 2016
Spotify
- Supported design improvements for existing features of the Spotify mobile app.
- Performed research and ideation on improving the shared listening experience.
- Researched and ideated to improve the catalog experience.
Technologies: Sketch, UX Design, Product Design, B2C, User Research, UX Wireframes, User Flows, Layout Design, Rapid Prototyping, Mobile App Design, User Interface (UI), User Experience (UX), User Onboarding, Prototyping, UX Research, UX Prototyping, UI Design, Direct to Consumer (D2C)
Senior UX Designer
2011 - 2016
Booking.com
- Led the design from concept to launch for Booking Now, a new product for iPhone and Apple Watch.
- Led the design of the Booking.com mobile app for iOS and Android devices, designed new features, A/B testing, conversion optimization, user research, and user testing.
- Acted as team lead for the app design team, managing four designers for two quarters.
- Played a key role as the interim product owner for the mobile apps team. I filled the gap stepping up from my design lead role to accept the PO responsibilities for the mobile app product for a quarter.
- Served as the designer for a B2B mobile app that helps property owners to manage key aspects of their properties on the go.
Technologies: Sketch, InVision, Framer, UX Design, Product Design, B2C, User Research, UX Wireframes, User Flows, Layout Design, Rapid Prototyping, Mobile App Design, User Interface (UI), User Experience (UX), User Onboarding, Prototyping, UX Research, UX Prototyping, Dashboard Design, A/B Testing, Data Analytics, UI Design, Product Owner, App Development, Web App Design, MVP Design, Direct to Consumer (D2C)
Education
2008 - 2009
Progress Towards a Master's Degree in Graphics Arts and Multimedia
Hellenic Open University - Greece
2002 - 2005
Master's Degree in Computer Engineering
Technical University of Crete - Chania, Greece
1997 - 2002
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki - Thessaloniki, Greece
Skills
Tools
Sketch, Miro, Sketch 2, InVision, Slack
Platforms
Figma
Languages
Swift
Other
UX Design, Design Systems, UX Research, App Design, Web Design, UX Prototyping, A/B Testing, UI Design, Product Design, Mobile App Design, Web App Design, B2C, UX Wireframes, User Flows, Layout Design, Rapid Prototyping, Lean Startups, User Interface (UI), User Experience (UX), User Onboarding, Prototyping, MVP Design, Direct to Consumer (D2C), Dashboard Design, Data Analytics, User Research, Product Strategy, Product Owner, Framer, Programming, Databases, IT Networking, Computer Science, Bayesian Statistics, Multimedia Design, Machine Translation, Research, Print Design, eCommerce, Project Management, B2B, SaaS Design, iOS UI Design, UI Components, Style Guides, Mobile UI Design, Web UI Design, Travel Design, Apple Watch Design, Wearables, Mobile UI, App Development, Notion
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