<aside> 🎨 Hello! I'm Ayşenur Kölgesiz, a UX/UI Designer with Legal Background.

Career-changing professional with 5+ years in regulated industries, now applying analytical expertise to user-centered design. Brings unique perspective through deep understanding of compliance requirements, systematic research methods, and balancing user needs with business constraints. Passionate about creating intuitive digital experiences with a methodical, research-driven approach to complex design challenges.

I love reading and constantly curate my reading list for inspiration across design, psychology, and storytelling:

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💼 Experience

Communication Designer - Legal Design Summit 2025

Remote | February 2025 - Present

• As a Communication & Social Media Team Member, I applied UX design thinking to develop strategic communication frameworks for a global legal innovation summit serving 500+ senior legal professionals, designers and policymakers; created stakeholder mapping and engagement strategies for complex legal technology discussions.
• Created content strategies and wrote compelling copy for Legal Design Summit social media channels including ideation sessions for multi-stakeholder messaging.
• Designed mockups and visual content frameworks for international audience engagement, developing wireframes and content templates for cross-cultural communication materials.

UX/UI Designer Work & Student - SPICED Academy, Neue Fische GmbH

Berlin, On-Site | October 2024 - January 2025

• Completed intensive 540-hour hands-on UX/UI design program.
• Delivered 4+ end-to-end design projects from user research through high-fidelity prototyping, conducting qualitative research through user interviews, surveys, and usability testing, while analyzing quantitative data from analytics and user behavior metrics to inform design decisions

Legal Content Writer - Istanbul Bar Association IT Law Commission

Remote | December 2024 - Present

• Conduct policy analysis on EU AI Act, DSA, and DMA implementation impacts for German legal technology sector
• Authored published policy analysis: "Legal Analysis of High-Risk AI Systems within EU Competition Law and AI Act Framework”

💼 Legal Professional Roles (Before full transition to Product Design)

2017- 2024

Research Associate - Turkish Law Qualified Lawyer - Dr. Yerlikaya-Manzel & Dr. Manzel GbR

Berlin, August 2020 - September 2024

• Conducted extensive stakeholder consultation and needs assessment for international clients, gathering qualitative insights on employment and immigration law challenges