# Paul Z.

> User Experience and Design Director

Location: New York, New York, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/paulz

A product designer trusted to deliver precise, resilient interfaces for mission-critical systems.

Core Experience: Conversational AI, Aeronautical control systems, Automotive HMI, Institutional trading platforms, Wealth management platforms for UHNWI, Enterprise SaaS.

## Work Experience
### Principal @ eulers design
Jan 2017 – Present | New York, United States
Co-Founder and Principal Designer at Eulers.
Providing design expertise for mission critical software.

Clients include:
- Volvo
- ShieldAI
- Northwestern Mutual
- BNY Mellon

Partnering with agencies such as:
- Funsize
- Frog Design
- Idean (now Frog)
- Cake and Arrow

### Lead Product Designer @ AlphaPoint
Jan 2018 – Present | New York, New York
- Crafting the new stablecoin treasury product from 0 to 1
- Helping spearhead Bitcoin as a currency in emerging economies
- Leading design on AlphaPoint's proprietary blockchain whitelabel software

AlphaPoint is a financial technology company that powers digital asset networks and provides institutions with a Distributed Ledger Platform to digitize, trade, and manage any asset.

### Senior Product Designer @ Atlassian
Jan 2025 – Present | New York, New York, United States

### Staff Product Designer @ Shield AI
Jan 2024 – Jan 2025
Work under NDA. Designing AI-Powered ground control systems for Group 3 UAV.

### Lead Designer, R&D @ Volvo Cars
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | Sunnyvale, California, United States
- Lead design consultant for the Sunnyvale R&D facility.
- Work under NDA, but can refer to the following press releases.

### UX Lead @ Northwestern Mutual
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | New York City Metropolitan Area
- Lead designer for the training and development platform empowering financial advisors nationwide
- Concepting, redesign and implementation of the home brewed learning management system and practice environment
- Providing guidance and expertise to a team of 3 IC designers

### Director Of User Experience @ RAIN
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | New York, New York
Built the agency's UX practice from the ground up (hiring, critiques, thought leadership, speaking engagements).

Directed conversational AI experiences for clients like Starbucks, NASA, Nike, Nestle, Blackrock, among others.

### Lead Designer @ The New York Times
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | New York, United States
Working with the digital innovation team as an embedded agency consultant:
- Helping define the strategy for NYT's conversational AI application
- Acting as a SME in regards to Alexa Skills and Google Assistant
- Facilitating workshops around voice interfaces between NYT and different external companies

### Lead UX Designer @ frog
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | New York City
- Designed foundational interaction patterns for their flagship Wealth Management Platform.

### Sr. Interaction Designer @ frog
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | New York, United States
I was a part of the small founding team of the agency known as Idean, which became part of frog.
I focused on digital transformation programs for Fortune 100 companies. Creating research driven design strategies.

Some clients I was trusted with:
- Morgan Stanley
- IBM Research
- Moleskine
- Ericsson
- Viacom

### Senior UX Designer @ Yodle
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | New York City
Designing interactions for a multi-million dollar enterprise product:

- Dental practice CRM
- HIPAA protected patient messaging platform
- Practice calendar optimization

Working alongside Product Management and three engineering teams.

### UX Researcher @ Fjord (Berlin)
Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | Berlin, Germany
Research and expertise for a large scale urban project.
- Oslo citybike app


## Education
### Produkt Design in Gestaltung
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar

### Master of Science (MSc) in Product-Service System Design
Politecnico di Milano

### Licentiate degree in Design for Visual Communications Strategies
Universidad Nacional de Rosario

### Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Graphic Design
ISCV Rosario


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/paulzumbrink
- Website: https://www.paulz.design

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Last updated: 2026-02-23