Emre Can
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Hi, I'm Emre.

Product Designer & Full-Stack Developer

Emre Can
Location
Istanbul, Türkiye
Status
Open to new projects from November
Languages
Turkish (Native), English (C1), German (A2)
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Hi, I'm Deniz — a product designer and full-stack developer based in Istanbul. I started as a graphic designer and learned to code to build my own designs; today I work where the two meet.

I believe in processes that start with research, are validated with prototypes and end with measurable results. Lately I focus on design systems, SaaS dashboards and accessibility.

Outside work you'll find me at the pottery studio or cycling out of the city on weekends.

Interests

Ceramics, cycling tours, film photography, the game of Go

Years of experience
9+
Projects delivered
64+
Happy clients
38
Certificates & awards
5
Journey

Experience

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  1. Mar 2022 — Present 4 yr 8 mo

    Senior Product Designer & Front-end Lead

    Kuzey Yazılım ·İstanbul (hibrit) ·Full-time

    Leading a team of six designers and front-end engineers on an accounting & inventory SaaS.

    • Built a design system from scratch; 140+ components, 35% faster delivery
    • WCAG 2.2 AA audit and roadmap
    • New onboarding raised trial-to-paid conversion from 18% to 26%
    • Figma
    • React
    • TypeScript
    • Storybook
  2. Feb 2019 — Feb 2022 3 yr 1 mo

    Product Designer & Full-Stack Developer

    Pera Dijital Ajans ·İstanbul ·Full-time

    Web apps and corporate sites for retail, healthcare and education brands.

    • End-to-end design and development on 25+ projects
    • Multilingual corporate site platform with Laravel + Vue
    • Client workshops and usability testing
    • Laravel
    • Vue
    • PHP
    • MySQL
    • Figma
  3. Jun 2017 — Jan 2019 1 yr 8 mo

    Freelance Designer & Developer

    Serbest ·Uzaktan ·Freelance

    Brand identity, websites and e-commerce for small businesses and startups.

    • Identity and websites for 18 small businesses
    • Shopify and WooCommerce store setups
    • WordPress
    • Shopify
    • Illustrator
  4. Sep 2015 — May 2017 1 yr 9 mo

    Graphic Designer

    Mavi Kare Reklam ·İzmir ·Full-time

    Print and digital campaigns, packaging and corporate identity.

    • Packaging refresh for a national food brand
    • Visual language for social media campaigns
    • Photoshop
    • InDesign
    • Illustrator
Toolbox

Skills

Design

  • Product & UX design 95%
  • Figma 95%
  • Design systems 92%
  • Prototyping 88%
  • User research 80%

Front-end

  • TypeScript 90%
  • React 90%
  • Vue 82%
  • CSS / Sass 95%
  • Accessibility (WCAG) 85%

Back-end

  • PHP / Laravel 88%
  • Node.js 78%
  • MySQL / PostgreSQL 82%
  • REST & GraphQL 80%

Tools & process

  • Git 90%
  • Docker 70%
  • Scrum / Kanban 85%
  • Workshop facilitation 88%
Learning

Education

Sep 2018 — Jun 2020

Boğaziçi University

M.Sc. · Cognitive Science

GPA: 3.62 / 4

Thesis: an experimental study on cognitive load and decision time in interfaces.

Sep 2011 — Jun 2015

Dokuz Eylül University

B.A. · Graphic Design

GPA: 3.41 / 4

Graduated second in class; one Erasmus semester in Lisbon.

Credentials

Certificates & awards

Certificate

Google UX Design Professional Certificate

Google / Coursera · Aug 2021

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Certificate

IAAP Web Accessibility Specialist (WAS)

IAAP · Apr 2023

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Award

Digital Product of the Year — Silver

Digital Product Awards · Nov 2023

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Publication

Cognitive load in dashboards: 7 design principles

Design Magazine · Feb 2024

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Course

Advanced React Patterns

Frontend Masters · Jun 2022

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