Simone Poli

Principal Product Designer Zalando

Berlin, Berlin, Germany

About

High design skills in scenario building, concept development, strategic innovation, digital product design, and communication. Design methodology based on user experience analysis towards innovative solutions and participatory design. Critical skills and high attitude to work in multidisciplinary and multicultural contexts. Design studios, CTMobi-Digital 360 and Vodafone Scrum Agile way of working have strongly increased my skills in teamworking, focus grouping, product engineering, and UX project management.

Experience

  • Zalando ()
    • Principal Product Designer
      Aug 2023 - Present · 3 yrs

      I shape product direction for cross-functional initiatives across Zalando’s B2C Propositions space, translating customer needs, and business goals into scalable end-to-end strategies and high-quality product experiences.

    • Product Design Manager
      Aug 2022 - Aug 2023 · 1 yr 1 mo

      I managed and coached a multidisciplinary design team while contributing directly to product strategy, solution design, and delivery across Zalando’s consumer-facing product organisation.

  • Vodafone ()
    • UX/UI Chapter Design Lead
      Mar 2020 - Aug 2022 · 2 yrs 6 mos

      I led a team of UX and UI designers working on the myVodafone app, e-commerce, support, and web self-service experience.

    • Senior UX Designer | UX Project Manager at Vodafone
      Oct 2017 - Mar 2020 · 2 yrs 6 mos

      0→1 contribution to the launch of TOBi, Vodafone Italy’s first AI chatbot for Customer Care. Redesigned the conversational experience and UX architecture, while leading the design of the new e-commerce and self-care web platform. Shaped design strategy for customer and business impact, defined MVPs, and built roadmaps to evolve them by leading the tribe’s design division and producing guidelines and lessons-learned reports.

  • UI-UX Designer at CTMobi srls
    Oct 2015 - Oct 2017 · 2 yrs 1 mo

    Designed experiences and interfaces for online tech-magazines and apps for event management. Worked closely with the engineering team to finish implementation, and with analytics to produce usability reports. Leading the Design team towards user research, participatory design, and user testing.

  • Blogger & Founder at Wevux
    Jan 2012 - Dec 2016 · 5 yrs

    Founded the blog to deepen my design research. 9 bloggers’ staff supervisor. Designed the interface and communication strategy.

  • Product Designer at Lorenzo Palmeri Studio
    Jun 2015 - Oct 2015 · 5 mos

    Supported the Product and Sound Design process of one greatest Italian Designers, based in Milan. Designing products for Alessi, Knam, and Caimi.