Hi, I'm Maciej Wolniak, a passionate Product, UX, and UI designer with over 17 years of experience in creating user-friendly and effective designs. I love solving problems through design thinking, wireframing, and prototyping, and I'm well-versed in modern design tools like Figma and Adobe Creative Suite. Throughout my career, I've worked remotely and on-site in various countries, adapting to different cultures and environments. My experience spans working for global companies like Google and VF International as well as startups and agencies, where I've helped build design systems, increase sales conversions, and improve user experience. I enjoy collaborating with teams and am always eager to leverage my skills in front-end development and project management to deliver products that users love.

Maciej Wolniak

Hi, I'm Maciej Wolniak, a passionate Product, UX, and UI designer with over 17 years of experience in creating user-friendly and effective designs. I love solving problems through design thinking, wireframing, and prototyping, and I'm well-versed in modern design tools like Figma and Adobe Creative Suite. Throughout my career, I've worked remotely and on-site in various countries, adapting to different cultures and environments. My experience spans working for global companies like Google and VF International as well as startups and agencies, where I've helped build design systems, increase sales conversions, and improve user experience. I enjoy collaborating with teams and am always eager to leverage my skills in front-end development and project management to deliver products that users love.

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Hi, I’m Maciej Wolniak, a passionate Product, UX, and UI designer with over 17 years of experience in creating user-friendly and effective designs. I love solving problems through design thinking, wireframing, and prototyping, and I’m well-versed in modern design tools like Figma and Adobe Creative Suite. Throughout my career, I’ve worked remotely and on-site in various countries, adapting to different cultures and environments.

My experience spans working for global companies like Google and VF International as well as startups and agencies, where I’ve helped build design systems, increase sales conversions, and improve user experience. I enjoy collaborating with teams and am always eager to leverage my skills in front-end development and project management to deliver products that users love.

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English
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Polish
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German
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Work Experience

Senior UX/UI Designer at Placewise
February 1, 2025 - Present
Contributing to the development of the client's Design System.
Global Digital UX Designer at VF International, Stabio, Switzerland
February 1, 2023 - December 31, 2024
Increased conversion rate through a product comparison feature, enhancing the customer journey. Led regional content teams across EMEA, NORA, and NZA to ensure a unified brand voice on the website. Delivered a user-friendly experience with high satisfaction scores (SUPR-Q: 4.4, SUS: 89), receiving positive feedback for being useful, fun, and creative. Contributed to the company's design system and managed work delegated to external design agencies.
Senior Product Designer at Archipelo, Inc, Bay Area, US
April 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022
Led product design for a platform enabling developers to discover code intelligently. Established brand identity including voice, tone, and visual elements. Designed a user-friendly ecosystem comprising a browser extension, code editor extension, and web platform. Conducted design thinking workshops and user interviews during a closed-group onboarding process. Analyzed developer data to provide targeted insights.
UX Designer at Google Poland, Hays vendor, Wroclaw, Poland
September 1, 2015 - April 30, 2022
Created low and high-fidelity mockups adhering to Material Design System. Built frontend prototypes using Angular Material Framework. Designed an agile view for a waterfall project management platform, which evolved into a standalone Scrum + Kanban management tool. Prepared technical documentation for engineers.
UX/UI instructor at SDA Academy, Estonia
January 1, 2021 - March 31, 2021
Taught a UX/UI design course to professionals from diverse industries aiming for IT transitions. Covered the full UX/UI design process from gathering product requirements and identifying user needs to developing solutions. Delivered the course in English using academy materials and shared personal industry experiences. Received positive feedback from participants.
Front-end developer at Roche Pharmaceuticals, Poznan, Poland
May 1, 2013 - August 31, 2015
Contracted for front-end web development using Adobe Experience Manager (AEM). Designed and built responsive websites optimized for desktop and mobile. Developed and maintained diagnostic product pages supporting over 60 languages and integrated with the corporate site roche.com, including non-Latin script support.
Web-designer / Front-end developer at NCM.at GmbH, Salzburg, Austria
October 1, 2011 - May 31, 2013
Worked at an advertising agency specialized in Tourism & Hospitality. Created visually appealing and functional websites, developed online booking, review, and front-desk assistant tools, and integrated tourism tools into hotel websites. Managed over 80 client website projects and represented the agency at a local Technical University conference.
Research Associate at University of Newcastle, Newcastle, United Kingdom
November 1, 2010 - August 31, 2011
Contributed to the User-Managed Access Authorization Project focusing on developing a user-managed access control protocol for academic records. Designed interactions and developed front-end interfaces for web and mobile applications. Published technical reports and presented findings at relevant international conferences.
Webmaster / Junior Project Manager at Unity S.A, Wroclaw, Poland
November 1, 2007 - September 30, 2010
Contributed to the development and deployment of multiple web applications using an in-house CMS. Managed a team of four developers and client relationships. Recognized with a Web Star Award for a website in the Home & Garden category in 2009 and promoted to Junior Project Manager.
Print and web design intern at Instigator Media s.r.o, Prague, Czech Republic
July 1, 2007 - September 30, 2007
Completed internship focusing on print and web design for a Prague-based magazine targeting expats.
Assistant to the programme acquisition office at ATM Grupa S.A., Wroclaw, Poland
December 1, 2005 - March 31, 2006
Prepared promotional materials and multimedia presentations on DVD discs, specialized in motion graphics.

Education

Post-graduate diploma at Higher School of Banking, Wroclaw, Poland
January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2018
Post-graduate diploma at University of Social Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland
January 1, 2014 - December 31, 2014
MA degree at University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland
January 1, 2007 - December 31, 2007
BA degree at University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland
January 1, 2005 - December 31, 2005

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Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Media & Entertainment, Travel & Hospitality, Healthcare, Education