Alexander Michaelis

Product Design @ Chaiz • Founder @ Maverick • I design apps, websites and shops for early stage founders.

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

About

Hey I’m Alex 👋🏻 a Product Designer with over 9+ years of experience, I’m passionate about humanising complex experiences and driving business impact for both B2B and B2C products. As a zero to one designer, I thrive in the early stages of product development. Drawing upon my experience in entrepreneurship and product strategy, I bring a data-driven approach to my work, ensuring that every design decision is backed by insights and aligned with strategic goals. Previously I founded Swiftsign, worked as Senior Product Designer at Usercentrics, and was the Founding Product Designer at fraud0, tucan Ai (formerly RecTag) and STINT. 1 Founder • 2 Senior Product Designer • 3 Founding Designer

Experience

  • Senior Product Designer at Chaiz
    Dec 2024 - Present · 1 yr 7 mos

    Chaiz is the first ever online marketplace for vehicle protection, empowering users to research, compare, and buy protection online with just a few clicks. Protect your car: https://chaiz.com/

  • CEO & Founder at Maverick
    2016 - Present · 10 yrs 6 mos

    We design apps and websites for early stage founders. Get world-class design at lightning speed with budget-friendly pricing. Here’s what I can help you with: • Web App Design • Web Design • Web Development • Consulting • Mobile App Design • Pitch Decks • Presentations • Social Media Content • Print Graphics • Copywriting • UX/UI Audit ☎️ Book a Free Discovery Call https://cal.com/themaverick/30min 👉🏻 Discover Maverick https://themaverick.agency/

  • Founding Product Designer at fraud0.com
    Jan 2022 - Nov 2024 · 2 yrs 11 mos

    • Collaborated with founders to launch the B2B product, onboarding over 10 companies to the MVP • Redesigned the website, focusing on visual design and branding, which increased the conversion rate and enhanced experience consistency • Conducted market and user research to define feature requests • Based on the early product design the company raised €6M funding round

  • CEO & Founder at Swiftsign
    Dec 2020 - Jan 2024 · 3 yrs 2 mos

    B2B contracting is frustrating. Companies are still using multiple tools such as Word from 2007 to create, negotiate, and sign just one contract. This costs companies valuable time and is highly inefficient, leading to long sales cycles, lost revenue, increased costs, and no scalability. Swiftsign helps teams manage contracts in a user-friendly way. Create, sign, send or organize contracts, all in one platform. Swiftsign raised a 150k pre-seed funding round from angels. (Full-time since Jan 2023)

  • Usercentrics (Hybrid)
    • Senior Product Designer
      Jun 2022 - Jan 2023 · 8 mos

    • Product Designer
      Jan 2021 - Jun 2022 · 1 yr 6 mos

      "Data privacy is a human experience problem" A great challenge to solve. As part of the Usercentrics I add value in developing the product and website, designing new product directions and strengthen core features plus managing projects from start to end. With my previous experience in visual design, I'm redesigning the website and feature experiences. Next to my core expertise in human experience design, my responsibility lay in co-managing the web-development team.