Design, with an owner's mindset
My work goes beyond the design canvas. Depending on the task, I start from a product concept, a messy UI or a raw idea and take it all the way to working code.
I use modern front-end tools and AI to turn ideas into clickable products without waiting on handoffs. At Soraban, my redesign prototype helped close multiple six-figure deals before the new version shipped. I have worked with several Y Combinator-backed startups.
Before product design I worked in advertising and ran my own businesses: three hostels in Cyprus, a coffee shop in Poland opened in 20 days, and a travel blog with 50K+ followers across social platforms.
This background built my owner's mindset: whatever the conditions, I treat every project as if it were my own.
Selected works
A few examples of B2B SaaS, apps, websites, zero-to-one products, and design systems, including work for several Y Combinator-backed startups.
Four lines I don’t cross.
Every project bends, but these stay fixed.
Honesty
I say when I don’t know, fix my own mistakes, and flag risky deadlines early.
Courage
I take on the unfamiliar. “I don’t know how yet” is where interesting work starts.
Directness
I share clear critique and better alternatives without pretending broken things are fine.
Enjoyment
I find something to like in every project. Come on, even in US taxes and accounting.
Nine years of shipped products, backed by numbers
Figures are based on project records, transaction exports, and a design-system audit.
2.6×
BeyondEdge
Average monthly revenue over the 5.5-month turnaround against the pre-join baselineBaseline is average monthly revenue over the five months before the turnaround. 2.6× is the average across the turnaround months, 4.4× is December alone., peaking at 4.4×.
78%
Revenue share
The share of the product’s lifetime revenue earned during the 5.5-month turnaround within my seven months as Growth Design Lead.
46
Zenco
UI sets (5,148 variants) with Variables and Storybook, forming the design system Soraban runs on.
126+
Playhouse
Mobile app screens from onboarding to App Store release, including the interactive Listing Price Game.
“His work went well past standard design work: he shipped several versions of our website, sales/marketing collaterals, pushed accessibility fixes directly to our codebase via PRs.”
Enoch KoFounder/CEO at Soraban
How I got here
Copywriting, three hostels and a coffee shop, then product design. The detour is the reason I think like an owner.
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Arriba! Creative Agency2010 - 2014Wrote the ideas and the copy for ad campaigns, local and international. Won a few festival awards.Arriba! Creative AgencyCreative copywriter
Off the map2014 - 2017Three hostels in Cyprus, a coffee shop opened in Poland in 20 days, a travel blog grown to 50K+ followers across social platforms.Off the mapTravel, three hostels in Cyprus, own coffee shop
Self employed2017 - 2019Landing pages and conversion flows for early-stage teams, from the first client call to handoff.Self employedFreelance UI/UX designer
Lev Haolam2019 - 2022Grew one platform into five revenue-generating sites. Shop, cart and checkout, content for 1,384 products.Lev HaolamUI/UX designer
Awesomic2021 - 2023End-to-end product design for 10 startups as the solo designer. Three matches became standalone projects.AwesomicSenior UX/UI designer
Playhouse2022A TikTok-style real estate iOS app for a startup that has raised $2.8M in total. 126+ screens, and the Listing Price Game built to bring buyers back.Playhouse0 to 1, iOS app
Soraban2022 - Oct 2026Founding designer. 20+ areas of the platform redesigned, Zenco built, a prototype that helped close multiple six-figure deals.SorabanFounding product designer
Propera2022 - 2023Swiss off-market property platform designed 0 to 1, web app and marketing site, solo through to release.Propera0 to 1, property platform
Muzone IT-team2025Mentored seven junior designers through their first real product launch. Twice-weekly reviews for eight months.Muzone IT-teamDesign mentor
BeyondEdge2025 - 2026Owned pricing, funnels and paid social. Average monthly revenue 2.6x the pre-join baseline over a 5.5-month turnaround, 78% of the product’s lifetime revenue.BeyondEdgeGrowth Design Lead
A little more me
Some of the things that have stuck with me over the years.
Little things I like
- Jumped off a 27-meter bridge with a rope. 45+ times.
- I love vinyl. Sometimes I'd work for records.
- Buckwheat is, without a doubt, my favorite grain.
- My life once fit in one backpack. Took it through 40 countries.
- Almost made it to the Into the Wild bus on foot.
- Haven't shaved my mustache in 10 years. Forgot what my upper lip looks like.
- Was upset to learn modern language is losing words for things found in nature.
- I'm not afraid of much. But kilometer-deep, dark water? Terrifying.
- Cycled around Iceland. 1,733 km, no training.
- This thing is always with me. I've worked with it all over the world.
- I love plants.
- Was vegetarian for about five years.
- Cherimoya. Some kind of magical fruit. I love it.
- Audio-Technica M50x. Always in my collection.
- I'm pretty sure I'm about 45% banana.
- Swam in the Barents Sea. Though I prefer saying the Arctic Ocean.
- Persimmon. A nostalgic fruit from childhood.
- I really love bread. I even got it tattooed.
- The Roots. My last concert. Absolutely blew me away.
- Retro Nike Dunk Highs. Hitchhiked with me from Miami to Alaska.
- I love shooting film. Just don't do it often.
- Loved taking electronics apart as a kid. They didn't always go back together.
- Owned four iPod Classics. I hate algorithms, so I still use it.
- Always wanted to draw by hand. Never learned how.
- Cyprus is my second home. My personal Disneyland.
- I ride bikes. Got my first drop-bar bike and wondered: how did I ride before this?!
- Want to make me happy? Feed me pesto pasta.
- Gucci Guilty Pour Homme got me good. Still hasn't let me go.
- Trams and the metro are my favorite way to get around. Prime reading time.
- I love writing by hand. Yet somehow, I never do :(
- One of the few people who's seen baby pigeons. On my own balcony.
- If I didn't push pixels around, I'd do DIY renovations.
- When things get heavy, I think about space. Everything feels lighter at that scale.
- I used to drink lattes. Then discovered flat whites. Then opened a coffee shop.
- I love being a dad. One of my core values and biggest sources of meaning.
- Mount Fitz Roy. Haven't made it there yet, but I will someday.
On the turntable