About
I’m Mete, a Product Designer. I approach design not only as a visual problem, but as a system where user experience, business goals, and technical realities intersect.
I began my career in iOS development. This technical background helps me approach design decisions with an understanding of not only how products look, but also how they work. Because of this, I focus on creating solutions that are practical, scalable, and sustainable.
For more than 6 years, I have been designing end-to-end experiences across fintech, B2B, AI, and various digital products. Over the last 4 years, I have also been working on Design Systems, building UI kits and design infrastructures used by multiple teams and products to improve consistency and speed in product development.
For me, design is not only about creating screens, but about building the system behind the product.
Outside of design, I’m interested in mechanical watches. I create content about watch culture on Instagram through @horostories0. I see watches as small examples of the intersection between design, engineering, and history. I also enjoy traveling and photography in my free time.
Aug 2022 – Present
FUPS & FUPS Bank
Senior Product Designer, Design Systems
Led the transformation and scaling of a unified Design System across a multi-product fintech ecosystem supporting 16+ active products in a regulated environment.
Architected and managed a comprehensive system including 1,000+ reusable components and 200+ design tokens, ensuring cross-platform consistency across iOS, Android, and Web.
Defined semantic and primitive token layers using Figma Variables, reducing UI drift and aligning design implementation with engineering constraints.
Directed the migration from Sketch to Figma, establishing a centralized and collaborative design infrastructure that improved design-development workflows.
Established governance standards, documentation frameworks, and contribution models to maintain system integrity as teams scaled.
Drove active adoption across 7 designers, 2 researchers, and 20+ engineers, embedding the Design System into production across squads.
Accelerated feature delivery cycles by 40%, improving cross-team alignment, consistency, and time-to-market.
Mar 2021 – Aug 2022
norma
Product Designer
Led end-to-end design from company foundation to launch and first customer acquisition.
Built the product and brand experience across web, mobile, email, and card design.
Partnered with product teams and the founder on feature strategy and flow optimization.
Created a scalable component library and documentation to ensure consistency and accelerate development.
Structured design workflows and handoff processes as the team expanded.
Applied insights from user research and testing to continuously improve the product experience.
Oct 2020 – Mar 2021
Enrich Mobile
Product Designer
Delivered end-to-end mobile product designs across various domains.
Collaborated closely with Product Managers and development teams.
Designed applications including social media editing and file management tools.
Mar 2020 – Jun 2020
Talent Mondo
Product Designer
Led the entire design process for Evdekibakıcım as the sole designer.
Managed all design processes for the company’s international branch Talent Mondo and Proteco, which provided disinfection services to homes and institutions during the pandemic.
Collaborated closely with product teams, software teams, and founders throughout all projects.
Jan 2019 – Mar 2020
MobileUpp
iOS Developer & UI Designer
Designed and developed mobile application interfaces.
Prepared App Store assets and marketing visuals.
Designed application icons and UI systems.