UI/UX Designer — Istanbul, Turkey

Crafting intuitive digital experiences that users love

Hello! I'm Halil, an Istanbul-based UI/UX designer with over 15 years of experience in crafting intuitive and engaging user interfaces.

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"Simple is hard. Easy is harder. Invisible is hardest."
— Jean-Louis Gassée

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Plainify, 2026

Plainify: AI-Ready Product Specifications

A product specification tool built to generate AI-ready spec files, transforming fragmented product ideas into structured, machine-readable documentation.

Turna.com, 2023

Turna.com: Rent a Car Mobile Experience

A mobile car rental feature designed under tight deadlines, leveraging a scalable design system to deliver a complete booking flow from search to payment.

Joi Gifts, 2023

Joi Gifts: Native Mobile App Experience

A ground-up redesign of the Middle East's leading gifting platform, migrating from webview to native mobile while establishing a scalable design system that powers seamless gift discovery, scheduling, and checkout.

Joi Gifts, 2023

Joi Gifts: Reimagining Search for Gift Discovery

A comprehensive search experience redesign for the Middle East's leading gifting platform, introducing intelligent suggestions, personalized shortcuts, and contextual product discovery to transform how users find the perfect gift.

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Experience

Work Experience

RoofStacks

Lead UI/UX Designer · Full Time · Dec 2024 · Present

Spearheading design for the Bilet Dükkanı platform, collaborating across teams to deliver user-centered solutions aligned with business objectives. Leading design system initiatives and mentoring junior designers.

Turna.com

Head of UI/UX Design · Full Time · Jul 2024 · Dec 2024

Oversaw design strategy and execution for Turkey's leading travel booking platform. Led the UI/UX team to create user-centric designs, established design processes, and drove product improvements that enhanced user experience.

Joi Gifts

UI/UX Designer · Full Time · Oct 2022 · Jul 2024

Conducted heuristic evaluations, gathered user requirements, and designed interfaces for the MENA region's leading gifting platform. Created comprehensive design systems, improved mobile app experience, and increased conversion rates.

VavaCars

UI/UX Designer · Full Time · Apr 2022 · Oct 2022

Executed heuristic evaluations, requirements gathering, wireframing, prototyping, and usability testing for a used car marketplace. Optimized the vehicle inspection app, reducing inspection time by 40%.

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