Pelin Kazak Bagatur

Product Experience-UX design leader

With 15 years of experience, I turn complex problems into simple, trusted experiences—across fintech, healthtech, and e-commerce; from startups to enterprise.

Recent work

Testimonials

  • "Pelin has this rare "full package": she is extremely user-focused, truly falls in love with the users’ problem - not with the solution, and always makes sure to solve for a business problem that matters! All this combined enable her to create great solutions that generate the desired user and business impact."

    Mareike Hummel - Director Recommerce, Zalando

  • "Pelin is very experienced, and pragmatic in taking business needs into account, which is essential in a startup environment. Pelin led and structured our design projects, including user research, design sprints and prototype testing (as a facilitator she is world class), to an amazing outcome!"

    Lucy Howie, Co-Founder & CPO, Quan Wellbeing

  • "Pelin is the embodiment of high standard design and design strategy. She can bring together really well her passion, strong design knowledge, curious mind. A true gem who understands business and technology with a strong design and human centered perspective!"

    Esin Işık, Principle Product Designer, Zalando

  • "There’s no doubt Pelin can take credit for a major part of Zalon by Zalando’s story so far. Pelin was a big driver behind a lot of best-practices and features, with proven KPIs. Pelin has inspired many of us to become better at building great products and can only recommend working with her."

    Dieter Meeuwssen - Lead Product Manager, FarFetch

  • "I worked with Pelin on designing our product from scratch. Pelin's exceptional talent in user research and interaction design, combined with her passion for creating simple user experiences, made her an invaluable member of our team. Her solid understanding of business goals, along with her positive and creative attitude, helped us building our product with a solid design base."

    Ebru Turun - Co-founder, Elements