# Martin Gloeckle > Designer with a background across design, technology, and business. And a love for simple and elegant solutions to complex problems. Currently building products at voro.studio. Location: Berkeley, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/martingloeckle Hands-on design leader with 10+ years building products across early-stage startups and mature platforms, including 5+ years leading teams. I care deeply about great user experiences, strong design culture, and delivering real product value. Equally comfortable driving strategy and diving into the pixels. ## Work Experience ### Founder @ Voro Studio Jan 2025 – Present ### Senior Design Manager @ Buffer Jan 2022 – Jan 2025 Leading a design team and working hands-on at a major social media management platform. - Leading and coaching 4 product designers and 1 marketing designer, overseeing all design work. - Established design processes, principles, collaboration, and career framework. Resulting in improved UX maturity, innovation, and consistent higher-quality output. - Driving key design projects including design system development and brand and product refresh. Resulting in a more intuitive, modern user experience and improved design velocity, quality, and developer collaboration. - Led AI Assistant introduction, driving ongoing AI additions. Resulting in increased user productivity and value. ### Head of Design @ Glimmer (formerly Storyhunter) Jan 2017 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Design and product management at creative marketplace and collaboration platform used by global brands including Airbnb, Instagram, Starbucks, CNN, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. - Sole designer, covering all design work - Co-product manager with CEO and CTO - Drove ongoing feature improvements and product refresh, raising usability, engagement, and user acquisition ### Director Of User Experience @ Insightly Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Design management and hands-on design at a CRM system with over 1 million users in 200+ countries. - Managed 1 designer - Carried out design for the mobile app - Ongoing process improvements and mentorship, leading to increased design quality and product innovation - Close collaboration with Vice President of Product Management, two Product Managers, and two Content Designers ### Senior Experience Designer @ Moment Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 | New York, NY Designed mobile and web products at consultancy for top-tier clients including AmEx, JPMorgan, and NFL. Worked on complex transactional systems and apps, often fully embedded as UX lead in client teams. (Acquired by Verizon in 2018) ### Industrial Designer @ Poppin / Billings Jackson Design / Ron Gilad / Steven Burks / West Elm Jan 2007 – Jan 2013 | New York City / Shanghai Full-time and freelance industrial design with top-tier companies and product designers. Including employee #3 at Poppin, a design-oriented office supplies startup. - Drove product development from concept to manufacturing - Design management, production management, art direction - Shaping brand and ecommerce presence - Managing Shanghai sourcing office Also (Assistant) Teacher at Product Design class of the graduate preparation program at Pratt Institute. ### Software Engineer / Engineering Manager / Director of Technology @ Grey Interactive / Modem Media / Vivid Studios / Da Gama GmbH Jan 1994 – Jan 2005 | New York, San Francisco, Germany Architected and implemented software solutions at top-tier technology agencies for startups and Fortune 500 companies including BASF, Deutsche Bank, Michelin, Mars, Dolby, HP, Oracle. Managed technology departments, teams, and projects. ## Education ### Master in Industrial Design Pratt Institute ### Certificate in Business Administration University of California, Berkeley ### Furniture Design in Exchange Semester Royal Danish Academy ### Bachelor in Computer Science Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/martingloeckle - Portfolio: https://nosuchname.com - Portfolio: https://voro.studio --- Source: https://flows.cv/martingloeckle JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/martingloeckle/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13