Design that ships, with evidence.
I design products, then build and ship them with AI. I find the real problem in the data, make the case for it, and hold the line until it ships. I designed and built two apps of my own: Zorya is live on the App Store, and Squared is in review.
- Role
- Senior Product Designer, 10+ years
- Based in
- Rijeka, Croatia
- Focus
- B2B SaaS, iOS, design systems
- Builds with
- Claude Code, Figma Make, Linear
- Worked with
- Toptal, Infobip, Euka, CampMap
Five products,
five hard calls.
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01
Smarter Product DiscoveryStakeholders wanted to kill it. A three-question quiz won the argument.
B2B freelancing
$850Kest. revenue
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02
Euka Creators iOS AppWeb app to native in six months. Sign-in moved to the moment creators apply.
Social commerce, iOS
8.8Kdownloads
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03
Camp Platform OverhaulI designed the MVP, then redesigned it when PostHog showed where we got it wrong.
B2B2C platform
4 mo1 developer
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04
Performance TrackingNot a data problem: what does a team leader need to see in the next 30 seconds?
B2B CCaaS analytics
2research tracks
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05
apphourA startup with competing ideas. Research turned it into one product.
Speed networking, iOS
90scalls
Designed and
built by me.
My own apps, from the first research question to the App Store. Both are made under mokkup, my studio.
iOS — Meal planner — In App Store review
Squared
Plans the week from your own recipes, sizes your portion to your day and makes one grocery list.
Read case study
iOS — Pregnancy tracker — Live on the App Store
Zorya
Privacy-first: no account, no cloud. From a survey of 53 mothers to a 5.0 App Store rating.
Read case studyDesign that moves at the speed of intent.
I'm a Senior Product Designer specialising in AI-augmented design operations and scalable systems. With 10+ years across startups and global teams, I use design systems and AI workflows to compress design-to-development without sacrificing quality.
I've built an AI-augmented pipeline using Claude, Figma Make and Linear that takes a product from requirements to engineering handoff in a single session. Shipping faster, thinking in systems, designing for the long term.
How I build
- Research
- Design in Figma optional
- Prototype in Figma Make optional
- Write the brief
- Build with Claude Code
- Review on device
- Ship
On client work, this pipeline takes a product from requirements to engineering handoff. On my own apps, Squared and Zorya, it runs all the way to the App Store: Claude Code is my engineering partner, and I review every change before release.
- LeadershipGuiding teams to user-focused solutions.
- Product designBusiness goals and user needs, aligned.
- ResearchInsights that make decisions defensible.
- Mentoring25+ students coached at CareerFoundry.
Ten years, startups
to global teams.
- 2025–26Product Design ManagerEuka.AI
- 2021–24Senior Product DesignerToptal
- 2020–22UI Design MentorCareerFoundry
- 2021–22Lead Product DesignerFortunian
- 2019–20Product DesignerInfobip
- 2019Product DesigneriOLAP
- 2016–19Product DesignerHexis
Concurrently running mokkup Design Studio.
From people I've worked with.
"One dedicated and talented individual."
Matea grew from a junior to a highly competitive designer in just a few years, through persistence and the courage to face problems directly.
"Willing to improve continuously."
She easily aligns with stakeholders and provides valuable solutions with a high-quality standard. She asks, offers, and acts upon feedback.
"The mentor any student would like to have."
Under her guidance, I gained skills that help me in every aspect. She was encouraging and supportive.