About
Designer by trade, user at heart.
I'm Sezai Göçmen, a UX/UI and product designer based in Türkiye. I'm a designer, but I'm also a user. While I work, I keep switching between two personas: the designer who builds the screen and the user who has to live with it. Swiping between them is the part of design I enjoy most, and it keeps my work honest.
Experience
Professional experience.
2024 – now
Freelance UX/UI Designer
Remote · İstanbul
Designed and shipped two AI photo apps for the US market. Built a 60-component Figma design system. Reworked onboarding and cut a sign-up flow from seven steps to five.
2022 – 2026
Senior Product Designer
MW Tableware
Led the full product lifecycle for retail and HoReCa lines. Took 25+ products from concept to launch.
2024 – 2025
Digital Marketing & CX
QuaSmile
Designed landing pages and product pages, and ran 30+ A/B tests. Lifted product page conversion by about 10%.
2023 – now
Digital Product Designer & E-commerce Strategist
NesteditTiny Studio (own studio) · İstanbul
Built and run my own online store of 40+ products for the US market. Tests on visuals, structure and copy lifted conversion by about 15%.
Internship experience.
Sep – Oct 2022
UX Designer & Design Assistant
Kale Tasarım ve Sanat Merkezi · İstanbul
Took part in the exhibition space design for Özlem Tuna's exhibition “When I Look Back”.
May – Aug 2022
UI/UX Designer, Project Intern
Özlem Tuna Design · İstanbul
Developed products while gaining hands-on experience in ceramic production techniques and design.
Jun – Aug 2021
UX Researcher & Industrial Design Intern
OTTAN · İstanbul
Helped move the design and innovation process forward for products made with sustainable materials.
University education.
2024 – now
E-commerce and Marketing
Istanbul University
Studying e-commerce, digital marketing and consumer behaviour alongside my design work.
2019 – 2023
B.Sc. Industrial Design
Haliç University
Studied form, materials and human-centred design with a 100% merit scholarship. Shortlisted for the iF Design Student Award 2023.
How I work
A four-step design workflow.
01
Understand
Talk to users, read the data, find where people get stuck.
02
Explore
Use AI and sketches to put several directions on the table.
03
Refine
Build the chosen direction into a clear, consistent system.
04
Ship & learn
Work with engineers, check the build, improve after release.
Recognition & languages
iF Design Student Award 2023
Shortlisted · SafeswiFT
Registered Patent Holder
BOXLINE · 2022
Languages
Turkish (native)
English (professional working)
Toolkit
FigmaFigma MakeFigJamFramerClaudePhotoshopIllustratorInDesignLottieFilesNotionMiroGA4
Certifications
AI for Designers, IxDF
Design Thinking, IxDF
Google Analytics 4, Google
UX Researcher Program, KUAR DesignLab, Koç University / Arçelik