Aycan Doganlar

Aycan Doganlar has a diverse work experience in product design and user experience roles. They started their career in 2016 as a UX Designer at Kariyer.net, where they gained experience in conducting user research, creating user flows and wireframes. In 2017, they worked as a UI/UX Designer at Atölye15, collaborating with a team of developers and designers. They played a role in various startups as an illustrator and UI/UX designer.

In 2018, Aycan joined HomeWizard as a Product Design Intern, where they designed the Homewizard Climate app. They also worked at cooleverlife in early 2019 as a Product Designer. Later in 2019, they worked at SpotShare as a Product Designer, where they designed a cross-platform mobile app for sharing and rating restaurants in Korea. They conducted user research, interviews, created user flows, wireframes, and ran user tests.

In the same year, Aycan worked at CreateApe as a User Experience Designer, focusing on improving the user experience of a clinic website. They conducted extensive research, created target group personas, and executed user tests. They also worked at EMPORION Innovations as a Digital Product Designer, collaborating on PropTech and InsurTech startups.

From 2020 to 2021, Aycan worked as a Product Designer at Superpeer, Inc., where they delivered user research, user flows, wireframes, designed user interfaces, and created prototypes for new features. They iterated designs based on business requirements, technology constraints, and user feedback.

Currently, Aycan is working at Hygraph (previously GraphCMS) as a Product Designer. They conduct user research, including user interviews, to understand the needs of the Headless CMS market, customers, and stakeholders. They collaborate with product and engineering teams to shape problem statements and define both long-term strategies and short-term goals.

Aycan Doganlar completed a Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design from Cukurova University between 2014 and 2018. Additionally, from 2016 to 2017, Aycan attended Marmara University, specializing in Grafik Tasarımı (Graphic Design).