Finland

UX Design

UI/ Visual Design

Branding and Identity Design

Design Operations

Service Design

Product Design

Customer Experience (CX)

Branding

Business Development

Product Marketing

Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.)

Master of Science in Engineering

Valeria Gasik

Business Designer

Will & Way

Tone consistency

Product strategy

Qualitative research

Communication

Collaboration

Problem-solving

Time management

Critical-thinking

Empathy

Team player

Organisation skills

Presentation skills

Conflict resolution

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Project management

Analytical skills

Business intelligence

Design systems

Human computer interaction

Marketing strategy

Trello

Canva

ChatGPT

Figma

HTML

Intercom

Miro

Adobe Creative Suite

Google Analytics

Lookback

Linear

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

Navigating micro-aggression, getting paid what you are worth and finding a community.

Being a woman in tech

Understanding factors that lead to a motivated team - recognition, communication and more.

Keeping team members motivated

Understand the process of training, motivating and directing your team members.

Managing people

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

Fostering a good team culture

Steps to building and maintaining a strong, cohesive and effective team.

Building an effective team

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

Managing a remote team

How to maintain trust, commitment, accountability deliver results while handling conflict

Avoiding common dysfunctions

How to determine what is a good balance of skill sets for your organization's needs

Building balanced teams

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

Get actionable feedback on your resume or portfolio.

Resume and portfolio review

Practice HR, technical and behavioural interviews with mentors.

Practice mock interviews

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

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

Working cross-functionally

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

Being the only designer

Ways to provide constructive feedback to team members.

Giving effective feedback

Business and communication advisory for European projects, e.g. "Communications and empathy skills for connecting with funders" technology transfer workshop at i3 Porto H2020/'LIFESAVER'.

Advised startups on discovery in decision-making for ethical business. Developed laptop donation for Ukrainian defense. Evaluated EU projects. Mentored with Women in AI, WCN, Startup4Future, ADPList (5/5).

Mavericks │ Spotted and addressed client’s team collaboration issues with careful facilitation. Arranged clarity workshop for company leads. Designed mass salary survey for domain experts.

Took part in bringing a destroyed tank in central Helsinki, for public awareness. Contributed to fundraising €170k+. Service designed uys.fi (ROI 1:16), ukrainanauha.fi (4.8/5, 180+). Marketing for AutaUkrainaa.fi.

Swiss-Finnish Selma combines robo-advisory and private banking for everyone. As a co-founder, I developed the service from 0 to 12'000 clients, 3-digit Mio AuM, 4.8/5 ⭐️ rating (250+, Q2/22) and a record-low churn. Example contribution:

𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗲𝘅𝗲𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲, 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽
• growing team from 4 to 20+ talents
• investor relationship & funding efforts
• design-adjacent TA (gap analysis, interviews)
• strategic product design

𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻
• created Selma's brand ID and tone of voice
• creative lead in outsourced projects
• designed collaterals (OOH, some, ads, swag)

𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗢𝗽𝘀
• developed a company-wide co-designing culture
• basis for scaling design (kits, guides, templates)
• facilitated and mentored various collaboration

𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁, 𝗨𝗫, 𝗨𝗜, 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻
• CX/UX/UI design, web & iOS (Miro, Figma)
• facilitated UX research (e.g. design sprints)
• set up an active contributor community

SoundShade's soundscaping solutions helped focusing in noisy spaces. The B2C app got 5/5 rating with 50k+ downloads. The B2B IoT SaaS was piloted with two major Finnish brands. In my many roles, I did all the things needed to build a startup from scratch – most notably "figuring things out".

Provided several editions of 2-week and 1-day interaction design workshops, mentoring 150+ participants with varying professions and skill levels over a course of 4 years.

Co-developed a room-renting service pilot, prior to the success of AirBnB. Co-created an online music game for a major beverage producer. Wrote a sold-out book about Finnish youth subculture.

Valeria Gasik🇫🇮