Portfolio
https://www.figma.com/design/hI5EeDo67qDabKiyQoZs9X/Fulya-s-Portfolio?node-id=0-1&t=3i4FbV11PrdxK7yz-1
Contact
📞 +90 543 736 02 35
✉️ [email protected]
📍 Kusadasi, Aydin, Turkey
Interests
📚 Reading
👩🏻🎨 Doodling
👩🏻💻 Writing
Languages
🇬🇧 English, C1
🇹🇷 Turkish, Native
Links
Keeping Up With AI
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Marginalia Babe | Fulya | Substack
Fulya Demirtaş – Medium
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🎀 User Experience Designer with 5+ years of cross-disciplinary design and leadership experience, combining strategy, creativity, and execution. As co-founder of an AI-focused startup and an experienced freelance designer, I’ve led product, brand, and user experience decisions from concept to launch. Adept at working with global teams, translating complex problems into intuitive interfaces, and managing stakeholder expectations. Passionate about AI, accessibility, and making design work for everyone.
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Work History
WesLabs.ai – Remote / Boston
Co-Founder • UX/UI Designer & Marketing Team Lead
*———————Apr 2023 – Present+—
- Co-founded WesLabs.ai, a tech initiative aimed at making AI education more accessible.
- Lead end-to-end product design and brand development for all company projects.
- Designed and manage the weekly “Keeping Up With AI” newsletter, having 70.000 subscribers within a year.
- Oversee cross-functional workflows, manage content creation, edit and write features, and lead marketing strategy.
- Built and nurtured a growing design culture across the company’s visual and product identity.
Various Clients (Under NDA) – Remote
Freelance UX/UI Designer
2019 – Present
- Worked with clients across industries including e-commerce, SaaS, and education.
- Delivered UX/UI solutions for both web and mobile products with a focus on usability and business alignment.
- Led user research, created wireframes, prototypes, and conducted user testing.
- Managed client communications, timelines, and design expectations independently.
Above & Beyond Studios, Inc. – Remote / Boston
UX/UI Designer
Feb 2023 – Jan 2024
- Designed high-converting sales decks and digital materials, contributing to a 30% growth in new business.
- Improved user experiences across digital platforms, boosting satisfaction and engagement.
- Collaborated with development teams to preserve design intent through to implementation.
Cargozon – Izmir, Turkey
UI Designer (Contract)
Feb 2023 – May 2023
- Led UI/UX work for a global logistics interface, reducing errors and increasing user task efficiency.
- Designed scalable and cohesive design systems across the platform.
World Simplified UG – Düsseldorf, Germany (Remote)
UX/UI Designer Intern/Sprint & Intern Team Leader
Dec 2022 – Apr 2023
- Spearheaded UX efforts for the Groflex platform; reduced user errors and improved design workflow efficiency.
- Took a leadership role within the intern team, mentoring junior designers and increasing team output.
Education
Izmir Katip Celebi University
B.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering