# Gülce Kurucay

> User Experience Designer, Product Designer

Location: Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Profile: https://flows.cv/glce

I am a User Experience Designer based in Munich. With a solid 6+ years of experience in the industry and a strong background in Graphic Design, I specialize in transforming complex problems into elegant, user-centric solutions.

## Work Experience
### User Experience Designer @ SupplyOn
Jan 2024 – Present | Hallbergmoos, Bavaria, Germany

### (Senior) Product Designer @ FTI GROUP
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | Munich, Bavaria, Germany
- Led the comprehensive redesign of the entire user experience for the IBE (Internet Booking Engine) side.
- Worked closely with key stakeholders to align design strategies with business goals. Facilitated regular workshops to gather feedback and ensure alignment across teams.
- Created and iterated on multiple design prototypes based on user feedback and testing results. Ensured designs met both user needs and technical feasibility.
- Assisted the research team in planning and conducting usability tests to validate design concepts. Analyzed test results to make informed design decisions and improvements.

### Product Designer @ CELUS
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Munich, Bavaria, Germany
- Delivered over 30 features for CELUS Orbit and Supernova, significantly enhancing product value and user satisfaction.
- Took ownership of the entire design cycle for the CELUS Supernova product area, from discovery to delivery, including UX solutions and strategy.

### User Experience Designer @ CELUS
Jan 2019 – Jan 2022 | Munich, Bavaria
- Communicated the overall vision of the app to the R&D team, ensuring they understood the underlying user problems, needs, and desires.
- Documented numerous feature requirements to accurately represent the product and ensure they are accessible to users at the right moment.
- Conducted multiple tests with 3-5 potential users before handing off projects to developers. Iterated on designs based on feedback and aligned with the R&D team to confirm feasibility, effort estimates, and constraints. Broke down solutions into smaller deliverable phases (MVP, Phase 1, Phase 2, etc.), ensuring all decisions aligned with the overall vision.
- Created user flows for several features during project hand-offs.
- Expanded my skill set by learning and practicing additional disciplines, including:
      - Gained basic knowledge of electric circuits, creating schematic files on Autodesk Eagle and CircuitMaker, reading PCB boards at the design level, and understanding the basic functions of commonly used electronic components.
      - Implemented a component using React Styled Components and learned the overall logic of front-end development.
      - Learned HTML, CSS, and basic JavaScript, and practiced reviewing UI components for compatibility with CSS.
      - Received positive feedback from my cross-functional team on my collaborative approach, helpfulness, and trust-building efforts, which positively influenced how they leverage UX.
- Gained experience working in a fast-paced startup environment with frequent cross-departmental collaboration.

### Design Intern @ CELUS
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Munich Area, Germany
- By using Webflow, new pages have been designed and added to the existing website.
- I have created and released a Documentation Website for WebApp by using Webflow.
- Icons for Web App have been created to represent common actions and features within the product. Along with icons, icon guidelines have been composed. Used icomoon to maintain the icons.
- Designed user interface elements; menus, tabs widgets, and icons.
- Gathered and evaluated user requirements
- Illustrated design ideas using storyboards, process flows and sitemaps
- Contributed to improving user interface for company's Web Application and Website
- Created several marketing materials like newsletters, posters, social media posts, brochure etc.

### Graphic Design Intern @ ZeroAjans
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Izmir, Turkey

### Part-time Graphic Designer @ Mustafa Uysal Photography Studio
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Izmir, Turkey

### Intern @ Recto Design Office
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017

### Trainee @ RENKLİ KALEM MEDIA GROUP
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013

### Traine @ Unides Creative - Reklam ve İletişim Hizmetleri
Jan 2012 – Jan 2012


## Education
### Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design
Accademia Belle arti di Macerata, Italy

### Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design
Dokuz Eylul University

### Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design
Yaşar University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/gulcekurucay

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Last updated: 2026-03-31