Senior Product Designer
Tamara Cycman
Portfolio 2026
A passionate and motivated Senior Product Designer with a strong background in visual design, always putting humans first. Throughout my career I specialized in startups, shaping design teams and advocating design to non-designers.
Spacefood
2019 - present
Shileo
2023 - present
Fairmas
2017 - 2019
Techstars
2017
Vimeda
2016
Hallöchen
FOMOing investors
Spacefood
Role
Visual Design Strategist
Industry
SpaceTech
Type
Freelance
Company
Startup producing dehydrated, plant-based foods optimized to support the endurance and well-being of astronauts on space missions.
Responsibilities
Shaped brand narrative for seed investment round
Designed storytelling & investor pitch
Prepared the founder for high-stakes pitching
Designed storytelling & investor pitch
Prepared the founder for high-stakes pitching
Ever heard of Konjac?
Shileo
Role
Visual Design Lead
Industry
Consumer Goods
Type
Freelance
Company
D2C brand offering novel beneficiary products based on a Southeast Asian superfood, adapted for the EU market without compromising taste or satiety experience.
Responsibilities
Translated an unfamiliar product for EU consumer
Structured visual assets for founder-led execution
Streamlined cross-channel visual language
Structured visual assets for founder-led execution
Streamlined cross-channel visual language
Make spreadsheets & data great again
Fairmas
Role
Senior Product Designer
Industry
Hospitality finance
Type
Full time
Company
Specialized B2B SaaS company developing BI products enabling better data-driven decision making to maximize potential property profit.
Responsibilities
Defined design workflows within cross-team sprints
Structured visual assets for founder-led execution
Initiated consolidating company documentation
Structured visual assets for founder-led execution
Initiated consolidating company documentation
Hustling with future unicorns
Techstars
Role
Design associate
Industry
Startup Acceleration / VC
Type
Full time
Company
A 3 month, highly selective mentorship-driven accelerator led by METRO and Techstars to scale 10 early-stage hospitality tech startups.
Responsibilities
Aligned business constraints with design decisions
Drove fast iteration across pivots and changing needs
introduced design processes to non-designer founders
Drove fast iteration across pivots and changing needs
introduced design processes to non-designer founders
The gap between insights and actions
Vimeda
Role
Senior Product Designer
Industry
HealthTech
Type
Agency client
Company
B2C at-home medical self-tests for health parameters, combining personalized health insights and lifestyle recommendations based on biomarker analysis.
Responsibilities
Turned medical complexity into usable experiences
Optimized key flows from a physical to a digital product
Improved and expanded key features and screens
Optimized key flows from a physical to a digital product
Improved and expanded key features and screens
Education
Erasmus For Young Entrepreneurs
Sep 2014 - Feb 2015
Berlin, Germany
Berlin, Germany
Mentorship program for aspiring entrepreneurs to learn from experienced EU entrepreneurs.
Internship, Design Entrepreneur
Identified and analyzed areas for improvement
Explored innovative business models for the product
Developed identity strategies via branding, sales & marketing
Explored innovative business models for the product
Developed identity strategies via branding, sales & marketing
Shenkar College of Engineering, Design and Art
2007 - 2011
Tel Aviv, Israel
Tel Aviv, Israel
Mentorship program for aspiring entrepreneurs to learn from experienced EU entrepreneurs.
B.Design, Industrial Design
Worked across critique, iteration, and project-based studios
Design methods (2D/3D) & critical thinking skills for creative problem-solving.
Investigated user needs through research and contextual analysis
Design methods (2D/3D) & critical thinking skills for creative problem-solving.
Investigated user needs through research and contextual analysis
UCD
UXUI
Brand & Identity
Design Thinking
Agile
Lean
Handoff & Documentation
Emotional Intelligence
Empathy
Self Awareness
Cultural Sensitivity
NVC
Collaboration
Solution Mindset
Initiator
Critical Thinking
Conflict Resolution
Autodidact
Passionate
Growth Mindset
Storytelling
Out of the Box
Public Speaking
Shaping Design Teams
