Doga Dogan

Doga Dogan

Product Designer in Istanbul

About

I’m a formally trained architect turned Product Designer who help companies to understand and create a better experience for their users. I love experimenting with new technologies, learning about different school of thoughts to expand my thinking tools.

Contact

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Projects

2022

Decoverse is a new eCommerce platform that helps users find the best collaborators to renovate and buy building products while providing a space for them to share their designs and be inspired by others.

Work Experience

2022 — Now
Istanbul

➼ Industries I’ve worked: eCommerce, Finance

• Designed UX artifacts for different organizations from different industries at different product life-cycle, from brand-new products to established products that need redesign according to their new business goals.
• Solved complex design problems by applying UX principles from concept ideation to usable products.
• Designed responsive website and app for an eCommerce project's checkout experience, order return experience, profile pages, favorite pages.

2021 — 2022
Istanbul

• Collaborated with stakeholders like PMs, engineers, UX writers, and UX Researchers to deliver usable products.
• Conducted usability test with 2 of designers to improve findability and learnability of an online dashboard of a payment system.
• Developed high-level mockups, wireframes, prototypes, user journeys to convey design solutions.
• Was a part of winning pitch team for new client.

2019 — 2020
Jr. Architect at Norm Architects
Istanbul

• Worked on multiple commercial and residential projects with a multi-disciplinary team.
• Created 2D drawings, 3D visualizations, and presentations with Rhinoceros, PS, and Sketchup.
• Prepared documents and bills of quantities for the contractors.
• Drafted various of detailed architectural drawings for residential projects and multiple hangars.

2017 — 2017
Intern at Ece Architects

• Drafted construction drawings for a warehouse project.
• Accompanied the project manager on the construction site to Oversee the warehouse construction process.
• Created visuals in photoshop for presentations.

2017 — 2017
Intern at Ozyegin University

• Conducted research for historical Hamidiye Mosque and late 19th-century architecture.
• Collaborated with 15 people for the surveying of the mosque.
• Produced a detailed restoration project from the survey documentation under the supervision of the instructor.

2016 — 2016
Intern at Ece Architects

• Assisted with design concepts of a hotel project and conducted research for the project site.
• Created early drafts and floor layout drawings in CAD.

2015 — 2015
Intern at Ozyegin University
Istanbul

New Designs in Historical Context: Research of Contemporary designs in Beyoglu

➼ Group Research (4 people)

• Visual documentation of selected Gumussuyu area.
• Facade analysis and categorization for the chosen documentation specifications.
• Wrote an assessment report for chosen structures, and Gumussuyu's general historical context.
• Creating a tag system and index for researched buildings.

Education

2014 — 2018
BSc in Architecture at Ozyegin University
Istanbul