Lithuania

Graphic Design

UX Design

UI/ Visual Design

Product Design

Online Web Developer Bootcamp

Gytis Markevicius

Product designer

Usability Testing

Public Speaking

Product strategy

Prototyping

Communication

Collaboration

Problem-solving

Time management

Critical-thinking

Empathy

Team player

Organisation skills

Presentation skills

Conflict resolution

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Project management

Analytical skills

Accessibility

Design systems

User research

Adobe XD

Asana

Balsamiq

Figma

Jira

Adobe Creative Suite

Product analytics

Product roadmap

Introduce yourself, define mentoring expectations and goals. Learn and grow together.

General mentorship

Making remote and globally distributed teams work for you and your needs.

Working remotely

Learn essential burnout prevention techniques and replenish physical and emotional energy.

Managing burnout

Talk to people who have learned to manage their imposter syndrome.

Dealing with imposter syndrome

Strategies for maximizing your design internship or co-op program.

Getting the most out of my internship

Tips for transitioning into a new role or company.

Changing roles

How to successfully prepare and position yourself for a job promotion?

How to get promoted

How to ask for a promotion and negotiate for salary raise?

Negotiating a job offer

How to think about design career paths and what progression looks like for designers?

Design career path

Learn the career path and progression for product managers.

Product management career path

Get actionable feedback on your resume or portfolio.

Resume and portfolio review

Practice HR, technical and behavioural interviews with mentors.

Practice mock interviews

Talk to people who've broken into the tech industry and learn their stories.

Breaking into tech

Learn the best ways to answer technical interview questions with frameworks

Acing technical interview questions

How to create a positive workplace culture that drives collaboration and productivity?

Fostering a good team culture

Learn the tips to successfully manage a team in a remote environment.

Managing a remote team

Best practices for running productive design critiques.

Running effective design critiques

Methods of prototyping and solution validation. When to use which kind of prototype (eg. Webflow, Notion, etc)

Prototyping methods and tips

Manage team expectations and get the most out of your meetings.

Running effective meetings

Identify and define potential product problems and generating possible solutions.

Identifying problems vs solutions

Learn how to properly present your work and share ideas and opinions.

Presenting your work with impact

Tips on how to work and collaborate with designers.

Working with designers

How to work with team members with different skill sets but towards a common goal?

Working cross-functionally

Methods and models of exploring, deciding and delivering design.

Building a design process

Managing being the only designer at your company and working with non-designers.

Being the only designer

Explore different generative and evaluative research techniques. User research synthesis and presentation.

Conducting good user research

Ways and resources to improve your design skills.

Improving design skills

Navigating the working relationship with PM's and engineers as a designer.

Working with product and engineering

How to create personas, and leverage them in design.

Creating and leveraging user personas

Ways to provide constructive feedback to team members.

Giving effective feedback

How to define an ambitious product vision and how to best communicate it to stakeholders?

Creating a product vision

Tips on how to work and collaborate with engineers and developers.

Working with engineers

What is a successful user onboarding flow and how to achieve it?

Onboarding new users

Best practices for documenting projects, epics, and stories

Writing product requirement documents

How to conduct interviews, what to ask, and how to analyze your results? (eg. user interview)

Conducting effective customer interviews

SteadyIQ is the leading provider of 1099 & Gig Income Verification in the US.

As a UX/UI Designer at SteadyIQ, my responsibilities encompassed developing the creative approach, defining user personas, designing user flows, and creating wireframes and prototypes. These efforts were critical in enhancing the functionality and accessibility of the Income Passport, empowering non-standard workers to access vital public benefits and financial services.

I led a UX/UI team that designed products for the military and defence sectors. Collaborating closely with international partners, I was responsible for overseeing the design process from research, strategy, and ideation to the final handover to developers.

Tailwind's web app, powered by ChatGPT, revolutionizes digital marketing by providing an intuitive and automated virtual marketing team experience. 

As a product designer, I conducted extensive research and seamlessly integrated AI capabilities into the platform, resulting in time-saving content generation, attention-grabbing email subject lines, and enhanced user engagement. The transformative combination of ChatGPT and product design positions Tailwind as a leading solution for web apps in the competitive digital marketing industry.

EvenFi is a peer-to-peer crowdlending platform that connects businesses with lenders.

Through a thorough UX audit, I identified areas for improvement to enhance revenue and user satisfaction. The redesign focused on optimizing the layout, utilizing space effectively, and highlighting important investment opportunities. My design approach aimed to cater to beginner investors and professionals, ensuring a seamless user experience.

Working with the greatest product teams on the most important healthcare, education, and fintech missions.

OCS is a digital solution supporting over 2.2 million seafarers and energy workers operating in today's most safety-critical industries.

I redesigned the talent management system to enhance recruitment, performance management, learning and development, and compensation processes. The user-centric design approach resulted in a streamlined system, offering a seamless user experience. The redesigned system empowered users and improved operational effectiveness through centralized training access and personnel organization.

Lifeplanner’s web app helps store, share, and manage personal documents and private legal information.

I led the team in redesigning the web app aligning business and product goals, resulting in a successful product development strategy. Through extensive user testing, we implemented key features such as file storage, sharing, streamlined onboarding, payment integration, and automatic information retrieval. The redesign resulted in a 28% increase in signups, a 38% improvement in user satisfaction, and a 25% boost in user acquisition.

GytisMark is a design studio designing digital products that are smart, innovative, aesthetic, and humane. 

Over the past eight years, we have partnered with companies like Shell, BP, Tailwind, and Evenfi, private clients like Jim McKelvey of Square to create smart, intuitive, and impactful digital products from AI-driven marketing apps to fintech solutions to stealth startups building ground-breaking new ideas.

Arnlea's product Intrinsix improves visibility and the control of equipment integrity in hazardous environments. It reduces paperwork and carbon footprint by bringing cost savings, traceability, and progress toward the health, safety, environment, and quality KPI.

Through field research, user persona development, and redesigning the information architecture, I simplified interactions and improved accuracy. The delivered wireframes, prototypes, and visual design ensured a user-centric approach. The app relaunch resulted in quicker inspections and improved overall accuracy, meeting the needs of multinational clients.

I have redesigned the complex data-driven application's architecture and visual language. Created wireframes, prototypes and user flows to lead product development and conducted usability testing to inspire user personas and journey maps to pinpoint usability problems and opportunities.

Helping top companies in education, sustainable energy, healthcare, art and fintech industries clarify and refine their product goals, attract new customers, and increase engagement and conversion rates.

As a freelancer, I applied the best design principles to branding and graphic design projects. Helped clients to identify customers and their needs/problems/desires and guided clients through creative problem-solving and digital product development.

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