#39 Expert Spotlight: Ozan Öztaskiran

Explore Ozan’s innovative approach to product design, mentoring, and resource curation. Don’t miss his community contributions, curated design tools, and actionable insights!

Jan 13, 2025

Get to know the expert

Ozan Öztaskiran is a senior product designer based in Stockholm with over 15 years of professional experience. He started his career in the tech industry, working in roles such as a system administrator, front-end developer, and project manager, which provided him with a strong foundation transitioning into becoming a designer.

Currently, Ozan is a co-founder of Reaktor Studios, leading a talented team to create cutting-edge solutions for projects and clients. He is also the visionary behind Fountn, a design resources website, and is actively involved in mentoring aspiring designers at the 10X Designers community, sharing his knowledge and experience to guide them toward success in the design world.

HOW OZAN IMPACT OTHERS

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1. Next industry events:

15 Jan, 2025 | WORKSHOP
Website Accessibility and Usability Evaluation

16 Jan, 2025 | UXCEL > WEBINAR [FREE]
Optimize Your Design Workflow: Expert Tips for Staying Organized

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2. Expand your professional network with designers that are open to connect:

Harsimranjeet Singh Dhaliwal from Chandigarh, India 160047 is a Sr. UX UI Designer @Lokobee Inc.: (Senior)[Job Search]

Olly Liu from Berlin, Germany is a Product Designer: (Mid-Level)[Job Search] | Portfolio: https://ollyliu.webflow.io

Florian Vignaud from Montreal is a Product Designer @Odecloud | Portfolio:

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3. Job Opportunities via @OpenDoors:

Internship Web Analytics and Customer Journey - UX/UI (m/f/d)-BASF

UI/UX Designer (m/w/d)-Vector Informatik> Stuttgart

(Junior) UX/UI Designer:in (m/w/d)-Wellnest> Essen

Associate UX Designer-HCA Healthcare> Nashville

Product Designer (UI/ UX)-Tenten> Taipeh

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📚 Books

Refactoring UI
Make your ideas look awesome, without relying on a designer.

100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People
his book combines real science and research with practical examples to deliver a guide every designer needs.

Benchmarking the User Experience
Learn how to measure the user experience of websites, software, mobile apps, products, or just about anything people use.

💪 Challenges

UX challenges
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📝 Articles

A Product Designer’s checklist 😰 ✅
Contributing to such a variety of tasks makes it easy to forget your design process along the way. This problem is only compounded when pressured by a lean / agile environment. One time I told the squad Product Manager this, we listed out the many design activities - thus the design checklist was born ✨.

Why designers quit (2023 report)
Last week I published the report on designer layoffs, this week I want to take a look at the other side — why do designers leave? It’s the second iteration of last year’s report but with additional…

A product design process for the real world
At the start of 2021, Dialpad’s core product was a business phone platform. We supported several use cases, but making and receiving phone calls over the internet was our bread and butter. By the end…

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