# Derman Sultan

> Product Designer 2 at Confluent, Prev. Shopify

Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Profile: https://flows.cv/derman

I'm Derman, a Toronto based Product Designer with a passion for designing elegant and intuitive data driven experiences.

## Work Experience
### Product Designer 2 @ Confluent
Jan 2024 – Present | Mountain View, California, United States
Kafka

### Product Designer @ Reactiv
Jan 2024 – Jan 2024
Guided design alongside Product and Engineering senior leadership. Designed user experiences that played a key role in securing seed funding, demonstrating the product's value and potential to investors.

### Digital Design Intern @ Shopify
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023
Led the design of the Logistics Inbounds section of the Unified Migration project of merchants to the new internal system. Worked closely with developers and content designers to establish a strategy around messaging and guidance for migrating users.

### Digital Design Intern @ Shopify
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023
Played a critical role in the Shopify Black Friday Cyber Monday 2022 annual globe data story website project and the Real Time Dashboard on the Core Optimize team. Collaborated closely with developers to design and develop a rapid prototype for both projects. Additionally, worked on an audit and provided recommendations for enhancing the mobile analytics components utilized in the admin.

### User Experience Designer @ Lumber
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | New York, United States
Co-lead the design team and championed multiple client projects. Responsible for presenting design concepts to clients. Maintained active communication with developers and business stakeholders.

### Product Designer @ MyPalate
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Led the effort to create a design system that could be used across multiple platforms (web and mobile) and ensured accessibility was a top priority. Simplified internal documents to make it easier for developers to understand and implement designs


## Education
### Honours Bachelor in Interaction Design
Sheridan College


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/derman-sultan
- Portfolio: https://dermansultan.ca

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Last updated: 2026-03-31