I am a product-oriented UI/UX designer with 3+ years of experience crafting web and mobile products for startups, B2B SaaS, freelancers, and international teams. I specialize in SaaS dashboards, analytics-heavy interfaces, design systems, and accessibility-aware UI decisions, delivering developer-ready handoffs and scalable interfaces. I’ve led discovery, research, IA, wireframes, high-fidelity UI design, and QA across multiple product lines, translating user needs and business goals into practical, impactful experiences. Collaborating closely with product managers, engineers, and stakeholders, I translate complex data and requirements into clear journeys, reusable components, and polished interfaces. I’m comfortable in Agile/Scrum environments, prioritizing accessibility, consistency, and measurable improvements in user outcomes.

Şeyma Nur Akalin

I am a product-oriented UI/UX designer with 3+ years of experience crafting web and mobile products for startups, B2B SaaS, freelancers, and international teams. I specialize in SaaS dashboards, analytics-heavy interfaces, design systems, and accessibility-aware UI decisions, delivering developer-ready handoffs and scalable interfaces. I’ve led discovery, research, IA, wireframes, high-fidelity UI design, and QA across multiple product lines, translating user needs and business goals into practical, impactful experiences. Collaborating closely with product managers, engineers, and stakeholders, I translate complex data and requirements into clear journeys, reusable components, and polished interfaces. I’m comfortable in Agile/Scrum environments, prioritizing accessibility, consistency, and measurable improvements in user outcomes.

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I am a product-oriented UI/UX designer with 3+ years of experience crafting web and mobile products for startups, B2B SaaS, freelancers, and international teams. I specialize in SaaS dashboards, analytics-heavy interfaces, design systems, and accessibility-aware UI decisions, delivering developer-ready handoffs and scalable interfaces. I’ve led discovery, research, IA, wireframes, high-fidelity UI design, and QA across multiple product lines, translating user needs and business goals into practical, impactful experiences.

Collaborating closely with product managers, engineers, and stakeholders, I translate complex data and requirements into clear journeys, reusable components, and polished interfaces. I’m comfortable in Agile/Scrum environments, prioritizing accessibility, consistency, and measurable improvements in user outcomes.

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Language

Turkish
Fluent
English
Advanced

Work Experience

UI/UX Designer at DAXAP
April 1, 2024 - Present
Lead end-to-end UX/UI design for web platforms and mobile applications within Agile/Scrum teams. Responsible for discovery, requirements analysis, high-fidelity interfaces, interactive prototypes, and developer-ready handoff. Designed 100+ screens across dashboard, admin, customer, and analytics modules, standardizing product experience and facilitating faster implementation. Conducted 30+ user and stakeholder discussions, competitor reviews, heuristic evaluations, and usability assessments to identify pain points and translate findings into actionable improvements. Built reusable Figma components, UI kit elements, and Figma variable structures to improve consistency and scalability. Collaborated with product managers, developers, founders, and international stakeholders to ensure feasibility, accessibility-aware decisions, design QA, and smooth product delivery.
Freelance UI/UX & Product Designer at Self-Employed / Freelance
October 1, 2025 - Present
Provided UX/UI and product design support across 6+ startup and digital product projects, including discovery, MVP flows, wireframes, high-fidelity screens, landing pages, and SaaS-style dashboards. Worked directly with founders and product stakeholders to clarify requirements, identify usability issues, prioritize product flows, and translate business goals into practical interface solutions. Delivered landing pages, mobile flows, customer-facing screens, admin interfaces, and presentation-ready product concepts for early-stage teams. Employed AI-assisted workflows to accelerate research synthesis, UX documentation, and rapid prototyping.
UI/UX Designer at KİDOLOG
January 1, 2023 - February 1, 2024
Owned web and mobile UX/UI design across Kidolog and subsidiary applications Readki and Patiwe, supporting multi-product design needs in a fast-paced startup environment. Designed and improved 60+ web and mobile screens, feature flows, wireframes, high-fidelity interfaces, and prototypes. Contributed to end-to-end design processes from user needs and competitive insights to final interface design, delivery, implementation support, and design QA with product managers and developers.
UI/UX Designer | TheClico (Project-Based) at TheClico
September 1, 2024 - February 28, 2025
Designed B2B SaaS dashboard experiences for an AI-powered customer intelligence and Voice of Customer platform. Created 40+ dashboard and analytics interface screens, translating AI outputs into clear product journeys, data-heavy layouts, and customer-facing SaaS modules ready for demos. Built information architecture, user flows, journey maps, wireframes, high-fidelity screens, and reusable components with Figma-based handoff files for dashboard and customer-facing product areas, while applying accessibility considerations.
UI/UX Designer | JuniusTech (Project-Based) at JuniusTech
February 1, 2024 - September 1, 2024
Supported UX/UI design activities on a project basis, contributing to user research, competitor benchmarking, user interviews, wireframes, user flows, and interface design deliverables. Participated in 10+ research, interview, and benchmarking activities to identify user needs and project opportunities, translating findings into wireframes, visual concepts, journeys, and practical design improvements.

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Social Studies Teaching at Gazi University, Faculty of Education
January 1, 2016 - January 1, 2020
Applied Figma Training, UX Training, Interaction Design Training, UX Tools Training at Userspots Academy
December 1, 2022 - April 1, 2023
Corporate UX Training at KHAS Lifelong Education Academy
September 1, 2023 - September 1, 2023
English B2 Certificate of Achievement at YDS Academy
January 11, 2030 - June 15, 2026

Qualifications

Accessibility & WCAG Coursework
January 11, 2030 - June 15, 2026
Accessibility & WCAG Coursework
January 11, 2030 - June 15, 2026
Applied Figma Training, UX Training, Interaction Design Training, UX Tools Training
January 11, 2030 - June 15, 2026
Corporate UX Training
January 11, 2030 - June 15, 2026
English B2 Certificate of Achievement
January 11, 2030 - June 15, 2026

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Professional Services, Education