Product Designer

Designing products people actually use

UX + the visual layer others forget

Selected work

Adoptly 1
Adoptly 2
Adoptly 3
Rave Finder 1
Rave Finder 2
Soozi 1
Soozi 2
Soozi 3
Soozi 4
Soozi 5
Soozi 6
Redcare 1
Redcare 2
Ecolab 1
Ecolab 2
Ecolab 3
SoSafe 1
SoSafe 2
SoSafe 3
SoSafe 4
SoSafe 5
Maike Pawlik

A bit about me

Coming from a Communication Design background, Product design became my thing the moment I realized it's where problem-solving and feeling something meet. I love that a good screen or flow can be both logical and beautiful, and I still get genuinely excited chasing that combination.

I've failed. A lot, honestly. More than I'd like to admit. But every time I got back up, and that's where most of my growth has come from. I try to bring good energy and warmth to the people around me, and I care deeply about creating real value for them too.

When I'm not designing, I'm probably chasing whatever the tech world just threw at us, deep in an agentic vibe-coding rabbit hole, on a plane somewhere, or at home with my two cats and good music or friends.

Empathy first

Before I reach for solutions, I try to understand people: users and colleagues alike

Patience as a superpower

A good sailor doesn't learn in calm seas. I've learned the most from the roughest ones.

Structured by nature

I love organizing and cleaning up (at work and at home). Weird right?

Work experience

  1. 2026

    Product Designer

    trivago N.V.

  2. 2022 – 2025

    Product Development

    Ecolab Germany

  3. 2021 – 2022

    Junior Art Director & Graphic Designer

    SoSafe GmbH

  4. 2025
    Education

    B.A. Communication Design

    IU International University

  5. 2017

    Graphic Design Intensive

    Kölner Design Akademie

Toolbox

Tools & skills I work with.

Design & AI Tools
Figma Claude Cursor Copilot GitHub
Collaboration & Documentation
Notion Confluence Jira Slack
Analytics & Research
Clarity A/B Testing UX Research Benchmarking
Craft & Expertise
Product Design UX & UI Design Communication Design Design Systems AI Workflows

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