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James Ciclitira

Senior Product Designer
Berlin, Germany

Senior Product Designer specialising in service design and complex customer journeys. I help organisations simplify complicated services by connecting customer needs, operational realities and digital products.

Experience

Enter · baupal GmbH Jul 2024 – Feb 2026
Senior Product Designer

Led product design for a Berlin energy consultancy, redesigning the end-to-end retrofit journey across customer and operational touchpoints.

  • Redesigned the retrofit journey connecting homeowners, consultants and contractors into a seamless service.
  • Used research and journey mapping to uncover service failures and improve operational workflows.
  • Facilitated workshops to align customer needs, operational realities and business goals.
Cooler Future Jul 2021 – May 2023
Lead Product Designer

Founding designer at a climate fintech making sustainable investing accessible from as little as €20.

  • Designed the complete investment journey from onboarding through long-term engagement.
  • Simplified complex financial regulation into experiences customers could understand and trust.
  • Led research that shaped product strategy and customer experience.
Something Creative Feb 2021 – Jul 2021
Senior Product Designer

Worked with organisations across multiple industries to improve products and services.

  • Facilitated discovery workshops and user research.
  • Designed end-to-end digital experiences from concept to delivery.
  • Collaborated closely with clients and engineering teams to rapidly test ideas.
Bosch · Coup Mobility Mar 2019 – Dec 2020
Senior Product Designer

Designed customer and operational products for Bosch’s scooter-sharing service across Berlin, Paris and Madrid.

  • Improved operational workflows connecting riders, dispatchers and field workers.
  • Turned ride cancellations into a real-time fleet reporting workflow.
  • Conducted field research to redesign services around operational needs.
Vivy Oct 2017 – Mar 2019
Product Designer

Founding designer at an Allianz-backed digital health platform.

  • Redesigned how patients exchanged information with healthcare providers and insurers.
  • Facilitated a Design Sprint with Allianz to define a new invoice management service.
  • Helped establish research and product design practices within the growing team.
YunoJuno, Quidco, Suggestv Oct 2016 – Oct 2017
Freelance Product Designer

Product design consultant partnering with startups and scale-ups across consumer and B2B products.

  • Delivered research and interface design for consumer and marketplace products.
  • Worked directly with founders to validate ideas and improve customer experiences.
CrowdScores Aug 2015 – Jan 2017
Product Designer

Sole designer for a live football scores app covering more than 1,300 weekly matches.

  • Redesigned navigation around search, making live matches easier to find.
  • Led product design across iOS and Android from research through delivery.
  • Balanced fan engagement with commercial objectives across the product.

Education

BA (Hons) Product Design

Design Skills

  • User Research
  • User Interviews
  • Diary Studies
  • Card Sorting
  • Usability Testing
  • Storyboarding
  • Interaction Design
  • Wireframing
  • Prototyping
  • Design Systems
  • Typography
  • Accessibility

Industries

  • Climate / Green Tech
  • Digital Health
  • Mobility
  • Fintech
  • B2B SaaS
  • Consumer

Languages

  • English: Native
  • German: B2

Tools

Figma
Sketch
Miro
Maze
Illustrator
Ps
Photoshop
InVision
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Principal

Looking for

  • Senior Product Designer
  • Lead Product Designer
  • Berlin · Remote-friendly
  • Full-time
  • Part-time