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I'm Kate Khonakdar, a Senior Product Designer in Istanbul, Turkey, with 9+ years of experience designing B2B and B2C SaaS products. I focus on simplifying complex systems, making product decisions under constraints, and balancing business and user needs to drive scalable outcomes. I have a track record of shaping product direction through prioritization, cross-functional collaboration, and structured design processes, while building design systems that ensure consistent and efficient product delivery.…I'm Kate Khonakdar, a Senior Product Designer in Istanbul, Turkey, with 9+ years of experience designing B2B and B2C SaaS products. I focus on simplifying complex systems, making product decisions under constraints, and balancing business and user needs to drive scalable outcomes. I have a track record of shaping product direction through prioritization, cross-functional collaboration, and structured design processes, while building design systems that ensure consistent and efficient product delivery.

Kate Khonakdar

Product Designer, Designer, UI Designer, +2

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I'm Kate Khonakdar, a Senior Product Designer in Istanbul, Turkey, with 9+ years of experience designing B2B and B2C SaaS products. I focus on simplifying complex systems, making product decisions under constraints, and balancing business and user needs to drive scalable outcomes. I have a track record of shaping product direction through prioritization, cross-functional collaboration, and structured design processes, while building design systems that ensure consistent and efficient product delivery.…I'm Kate Khonakdar, a Senior Product Designer in Istanbul, Turkey, with 9+ years of experience designing B2B and B2C SaaS products. I focus on simplifying complex systems, making product decisions under constraints, and balancing business and user needs to drive scalable outcomes. I have a track record of shaping product direction through prioritization, cross-functional collaboration, and structured design processes, while building design systems that ensure consistent and efficient product delivery.

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I’m Kate Khonakdar, a Senior Product Designer in Istanbul, Turkey, with 9+ years of experience designing B2B and B2C SaaS products. I focus on simplifying complex systems, making product decisions under constraints, and balancing business and user needs to drive scalable outcomes.

I have a track record of shaping product direction through prioritization, cross-functional collaboration, and structured design processes, while building design systems that ensure consistent and efficient product delivery.

Skills

Experience Level

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Language

English

Fluent

Turkish

Advanced

Work Experience

Senior Product Designer at DrBalcony

July 1, 2024 - October 1, 2025

Delivered MVP and core features across 16 sprints; designed responsive SaaS dashboards and mobile experiences for 5 user roles enabling multi-role workflows within a unified product experience. Built two tokenized design systems (core + brand-specific) for 5 products and 3 brands, improving consistency, scalability, and hand-off speed by 40%. Designed and optimized inspection workflows and validation systems (CAD ↔ CEX), reducing incomplete reports and preventing costly rework, saving $12+ per inspection and significantly reducing wasteful costs at scale.

Product Designer at Etrexio

November 1, 2023 - May 1, 2024

Transformed a development service provider's product workflow; redesigned a structured design-to-development workflow; delivered a scalable design system for dashboards and e-commerce products; improved UX and delivery efficiency.

Product Designer at FlexiTrace

January 1, 2023 - November 1, 2023

AI-driven motion analysis platform delivering biomechanics insights for athletes and coaches.

Product Designer at Graph-inc

June 1, 2021 - May 1, 2022

Cyber security company providing B2B solutions to secure file transfers and protect systems from malware and external threats.

Product Designer at Yekzan

January 1, 2022 - December 1, 2022

Women's health app focused on tracking periods, pregnancy, and breastfeeding.

UI/UX Designer at UnierR

August 1, 2016 - June 1, 2020

Created end-to-end UI/UX design for mobile apps, web apps, websites, and games; delivered end-to-end UI/UX solutions; conducted usability testing and research; collaborated with PMs and engineers to improve product outcomes.