# Nicolai Hemdrup

> Product designer (UX/UI) & product owner

Location: Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark
Profile: https://flows.cv/nicolai

Keywords:
Concept Design
Experience Direction
Product Leadership
Product Strategy
UX Design
Product Design

Softskills:
- Communication skills, and the ability to deliver compelling design rationales for client and internal contexts.
- Experience working with cross-functional teams in design, engineering, research, and content strategy
- Ability to quickly understand, simplify, internalize, and communicate complex or technical concepts
-Able to empathetically and effectively engage with users, translating their emotions into real solutions
- Equal passion for both shaping and shipping products, and never hesitate to roll up my sleeves to get the job done wherever the team is in the process
- A good understanding of what each discipline needs for effective product delivery
- Able to comprehend business goals, market trends, user needs, and technical constraints, and lead the shaping of product visions and strategies in partnership with project leads through the formulation and clear articulation of:
-- Areas of opportunity and recommend areas of focus
-- Product outcomes, objectives, and key metrics
-- Product features and capabilities
-- Product roadmaps and delivery approaches rooted in the strategy

## Work Experience
### Co-Founder @ Meloncats Studio
Jan 2020 – Jan 2025 | Hamburg, Germany
15 collective members, with each their own specialised expertise in different creative fields working together on client projects.

### Senior Product Designer @ Kvalifik
Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | Copenhagen
Brought in to be the experienced senior product designer to lead on retainer client EVmarketings product development. (The agency didn't have enough work, so the retainer contract wasn't extended. We still do cool work together.)

### Co-Founder @ Latitude50 Furniture
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
(Startup closed down) Co-founder of a Canadian ecommerce store selling Canadian-made sofas. 

- PM, Product strategy, Brand, design and development
- Shopify E-commerce design
- Marketing strategy and media material

### Senior Product Designer @ recarb
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Hamburg, Germany
(Startup closed down) Climate startup creating a new carbon removal certification standard. 

- Design system setup
- Research with climat experts with follow up testing
- Webflow website implementation

### Senior Product Designer @ Grafana Labs
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Denmark
(Maternity cover) Data and analytics monitoring tools, evolving the design system and developer support on new features.

### Co-Founder @ VanlifeLocation
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
(Startup closed down) Co-founder team of eight making an App for vanlife campers to share geolocations campsites in nature across Europe.

### Lead Designer @ Zimmerman B.V.
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Design of data visualisation tools and dashboards for non-profits such as AidsFonds and The Global Fund. (Resigned)

### Lead Designer @ None
Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | Vancouver, Canada Area
(Startup closed down) Design lead on blockchain gaming Startup and E-sport platform from post-ICO to live platform.

### Junior Designer @ SinnerSchrader
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Hamburg Area, Germany
Junior designer at Germany's largest digital agency, working partly on projects for Volkswagen.
(Resigned, as I moved to Canada)

### Industrial design internship @ Microsoft
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Greater Seattle Area, Redmond
Product design intern at Microsoft Research working on Medical wearables with an internal startup team. My work was focused on creating a soft material medical wearable concept and prototyping the knit materials with a supplier.

### Automotive model maker internship @ Rücker AG
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | Stuttgart Area, Germany
Modelbuilder Intern learning how to build full-scale automotive prototypes and automotive design.

- Large scale CNC and glasfiber mold making
- Claymodeling
- Automotive design


## Education
### industrial Design BA in Industrial design with Strategic design focus
FH Joanneum

### College degree in in Design, Technology and textile
Odense Tekniske Gymnasium


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/hemdrup
- Portfolio: https://nicolaihemdrup.com

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Last updated: 2026-03-31