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All problems can be solved in an elegant way, even if they look ugly at a glance.

I'm Patryk, a product designer from Poznań. For over 12 years I have designed for Egnyte, Allegro and now Miro, where I work on analytics, and on content security and compliance in the age of AI. Alongside, I designed for Espago and now lead design at CoNaDzielni.pl.

I studied computer science in Poznań and Madrid, and I still code my own prototypes.

Patryk smiling in a selfie next to a large, toothy orange monster sculpture by a window.
years of designing products
12+
delightful products for the world's biggest orgs
Enterprise
ARR from the feature suite I designed
$10M
years teaching UX at Collegium Da Vinci
3

What I believe

  • Explain it to a 5-year-old

    If I can't explain a problem in plain words, I don't understand it well enough yet. That is my test before I design anything.

  • Clean UI with a spark

    Calm, quiet screens do most of the work. One small moment of delight, a transition or a detail, is what people remember.

  • Sometimes no UI is best

    A smart default, an automation or one well-placed setting can remove a whole screen. Less to learn beats a nicer screen.

  • Be bold enough not to build it

    Every feature costs maintenance, support and attention. Saying no, with evidence behind it, can be the most valuable design decision on a roadmap.

  • AI brings even chances for everyone

    AI and vibe coding let anyone test an idea in hours, not sprints. Good ideas win on evidence. The best time ever to be a product designer.

How I work

The loop I follow on big projects: learn first, build something that works, test it, ship it, and go again.

  1. Discover

    Understand the gaps and learn before proposing anything. Discovery is the homework good design starts from.

  2. Prototype

    A working app on real data that people can click through. Figma for detailed UI.

  3. Validate

    Test it with users fast, and run workshops to keep stakeholders aligned.

  4. Merge

    Once it proves right, it gets merged into the product.

  5. Repeat

    Back to discovery, with what the last release taught us.

  1. Prototype it, prove it, merge it

    After discovery I build a working prototype app on real data, validate it fast, and merge it when it proves right.

    See it in Content Explorer

  2. Figma for pixels, prototypes for decisions

    For deep UI explorations I push pixels in Figma, fast and cheap. For big projects that matter, my deliverable is a fully interactive prototype.

    See it in Miro Enterprise Guard

  3. Let the research win the room

    Strong internal pushback on Miro Analytics gave way once the evidence was on the table: 150 requests, 12 interviews and product data.

    See it in Miro Analytics

  4. Workshop the hard questions

    With many stakeholders, I get everyone into one room. Two days of workshops gave Egnyte a shared idea of what a platform is.

    See it in Egnyte as a product platform

Experience

Enterprise content, e-commerce, payments and collaboration, with side gigs and freelance work alongside since 2011.

  1. Miro

    Visual collaboration

    2022 to now

    1. Staff product designer

      2024 to now

      Helping admins understand usage and keep content compliant in the age of AI, plus tools for designers.

      • Launched Content Explorer: 480 admins in the first public-beta week, GA in September 2026.
      • Rebuilt Miro Analytics for Enterprise admins; it now gets over 1,000 visits a week.
      • Grew Miro's design system with new components and patterns.
      • See something, do something: fixed UX straight in production with 19 PRs.

    2. Senior product designer

      2022 to 2024

      Took Miro Enterprise Guard from 0 to 1, end to end.

      • Gave admins control over domains, authentication, content classification, audit logs and content lifecycle.
      • $10M ARR from the feature suite I designed end to end, above expectations two years running.

  2. Allegro

    E-commerce

    2021 to 2022

    1. UX design consultant

      Brought merchant economic tools to life on the largest marketplace in Central and Eastern Europe.

      • Enabled stock fulfillment services.
      • Helped merchants understand their profitability and orchestrate their supply chain.

  3. Egnyte

    Content platform

    2014 to 2021

    1. UX strategist

      2020 to 2021

      Shaped the UX strategy for the core product lines, guiding product management and cross-product dependencies.

    2. Senior UX designer, team lead

      2016 to 2020

      Designed the core products end to end and took Egnyte Protect from 0 to 1.

      • Set design system principles, ran customer research, and grew the team and its processes.

    3. UX designer

      2014 to 2016

      Designed interactions across platforms, ran qualitative and quantitative research, and specified new features.

  4. Alongside

  5. CoNaDzielni.pl

    City events

    2026 to now

    1. Head of design

      Helping people find their city's events, places and plans. I lead its design after hours.

      • Shipped a new visual language for the app in 2 weeks, delivered straight in code.
      • Built a brand new experience for exploring your city and planning nights out.

  6. Espago

    Online payments

    2021 to 2022

    1. Lead product designer

      Gave merchants and their customers pay-by-link tools, from service design to a complete design system.

  7. Freelance

    Various clients

    2011 to now

    1. Design and research consultant

      Delivered design, research and UX strategy for the City of Poznań, NGOs, an IT conference and startups.

Education

  • MS in Computer Science2012 to 2018Poznań University of Technology
  • User Centered Problem Solving2014Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
  • Machine learning2014Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

Teaching

  • Collegium Da Vinci, Poznań2019 to 2022Academic teacher
  • Conferences and workshopsSince 2017Speaker and workshop author

Free time

Climbing, tango and travel with my family.

  • Patryk on a bouldering wall at a climbing gym, with friends watching from below.

    I climb, mostly boulders.

    Problem solving with your whole body: read the route, try, fall, adjust and try again.

  • Black-and-white photo of Patryk dancing tango with a partner on a city street.

    I dance Argentine tango.

    It is improvised, with constant small signals between two people. It made me a better listener.

  • Patryk sitting by the floor at an evening milonga, lit by warm stage light.

    I DJ at milongas.

    I play tango music for the dancers and change the plan when the floor goes quiet.

  • Patryk and his wife smiling in a selfie in front of snowy granite peaks and a glacial lake.

    I travel with my family.

    With my wife and our little one, the best travel crew I know.

The full story is better in person.

Every case here has a longer version with the messy middle. I am happy to walk you through it.

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