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About

About

About

Nicolai is a design leader specializing in building teams, delivering consumer and enterprise product experiences, and shaping business strategy. He has more than a decade of experience as an individual contributor and managed multidisciplinary teams for over 4 years while leading design and business development.

His unified education and experience in design and business fuels his passion of partnering with companies to deliver products and services that drive both bottom line and customer impact. His work and leadership style are strongly influenced by his experience in relationship building across deal structuring, leading negotiations with clients, and fundraising for NGOs. Nicolai's mission is to help organizations to make meaningful human impact.

Nicolai is a design leader specializing in building teams, delivering consumer and enterprise product experiences, and shaping business strategy. He has more than a decade of experience as an individual contributor and managed multidisciplinary teams for over 4 years while leading design and business development.

His unified education and experience in design and business fuels his passion of partnering with companies to deliver products and services that drive both bottom line and customer impact. His work and leadership style are strongly influenced by his experience in relationship building across deal structuring, leading negotiations with clients, and fundraising for NGOs. Nicolai's mission is to help organizations to make meaningful human impact.

Expertise

Expertise

Expertise

Design Leadership
Design Management
Product Design
UX/UI Design
Service Design
Design Systems
User Research
Data-Driven Initiatives
Business Development

Design Leadership
Design Management
UX/UI Design
Product Design
Service Design
Data-Driven Initiatives
Business Design
Business Development

Design Leadership
Design Management
UX/UI Design
Product Design
Service Design
Data-Driven Initiatives
Business Design
Business Development

Nicolai is one of the most impressive designers I have ever experienced. He is a walking design encyclopedia. He has a very good sense of recognizing the consequences of decisions early on and guiding the team in the right direction.

Jana Gramlich, UX/UI Designer at Thalia-drs

Jana Gramlich,
UX/UI Designer at Thalia-drs

Nicolai built a great design team of existing and newly hired UX and UI Designers and gave the team structure, processes, and tools to improve the design work for our clients. He was integral to building pitching capabilities and defining a business development strategy.

Sascha Stehling, Head of Thalia-drs

Sascha Stehling,
Head of Thalia-drs

Nicolai is a highly recommended design leader I had the pleasure of working with during one of our projects. Throughout the project, he demonstrated exceptional skills in design leadership and management, presentation and communication.

Mert Kütükoglu, Product Designer at Zalando

Mert Kütükoglu,
Product Designer at Zalando

I’ve worked with Nicolai for over 3 years, and I witnessed a clear shift in our department once he became our design lead. His work at Thalia DRS significantly improved our UX maturity. He always stood up for the needs of the design team, while never loosing sight of the business.

Deniza Mecinovic, UX Designer at ImmoScout24

Deniza Mecinovic,
UX Designer at ImmoScout24

Berlin, DE
20082024 ©

Berlin, DE
20082024 ©

Berlin, DE
20082024 ©

Berlin, DE
20082024 ©

Let's build new futures, together.

Let's build new futures, together.

Let's build new futures, together.

Let's build new futures, together.

Let's build new futures, together.