Michał Butkiewicz

Head of Design @ Hippo, a unicorn company listed on the NYSE stock exchange, specializing in modernizing home insurance through technology-driven solutions

Leading a group of 12 fantastic product and graphic designers.

Instructor at the UX/UI course: - Conducted more than 300 hours of in-person classes for groups with a minimum of 18 participants. - Provided over 200 hours of one-on-one online mentoring and coaching. - Hosted more than 15 weekends, each comprising two days of 8-hour-long classes.

Leading a group of 15 talented UX&UI Designers, UX Researchers and UX Writers within a product team. Responsible for: - expanding the team from 3 to 15 members in a year - introducing UX Researcher and UX Writer to the company - establishing new tools and processes for the team and the wider company - closing the gap between design and development collaboration - evangelizing design thinking, UX Research and co-design - mentoring and managing the team (1:1, dailys, hiring, design crits, etc.)

The first sustainability sector unicorn (a company valued at $1 billion or more) providing sustainability ratings for global supply chains.

Being the senior I needed when I was a junior.

Instructor at the UX/UI course

Lingaro helps enterprises gain a competitive advantage in a data driven world through business intelligence and analytics that are better, faster, and smarter. Responsible for: - gathering user requirements and analyzing client's needs (offline and online workshops) - leading projects from a UX perspective - redesigning big B2B e-commerce platform - designing reports for BI technologies such as Power BI or Tableau - creating wireframes, mockups, and prototypes (Axure, Sketch, Adobe XD, Figma) - creating mockups, proposals and estimates for pitch work - conducting usability reviews and testing - evangelizing User Experience Design internally and externally (webinars)

The digital delivery arm of one of the largest insurers in Germany, that has been built to drive innovation – both for digital solutions and technology. Responsible for: - running workshops (Design sprints) at the beginning of each project - working with the biggest Belgian insurer on a company’s digital transformation (4 projects in total) - advising clients on a new digital strategy - working closely with developers, designers, scrum master and product owner as a one scrum team - advocating UX and design thinking inside organisations

IG is the world’s No.1 provider of CFDs and spread betting and a global leader in forex. Member of the FTSE 250. Responsible for: - working through design problems: translating business requirements and client needs into ideas, designing the overall flow and detailed elements to solve these problems, - sketching and prototyping to quickly evaluate ideas, and designing the detailed interactions. - designing and iterating according to feedback: from client research, data analysis, and team critique. - collaborating closely with developers, product owners and managers, business stakeholders, and researchers throughout an agile process. - creating usable and useful products that are consistent and polished

VOTED TOP 100 DIGITAL AGENCIES IN UK BY ECONSULTANCY Catch is a creative agency specialising in the design and development of transformative digital products for a range of clients including: Worldpay, University of Salford, Thomas Cook Airlines, Watford FC, Cancer Research UK and London Zoo. I was responsible for: - identifying business requirements, challenges and opportunities - facilitating (weekly) workshops with users and stakeholders - planning and conducting user research (focus groups, surveys, in person interviews) - planning and conducting usability testing (in person, remote) - translating data from GA and Hotjar into actionable insights - working closely with both Design and Development teams - creating, presenting and justifying UX deliverables (including personas, user journeys, sitemaps, annotated wireframes and prototypes) - reviewing websites and products (Heuristic analysis)

The bachelor's thesis on green nudges as positive persuasions encouraging sustainable behaviours.

An immersive course teaching the core principles of UX Design.

I started my career with Finance and Accounting studies. That showed me what I definitely... don’t want to do in my life. I stopped it, but during this time thanks to people I met I've developed my interests with new technologies and psychology. Thanks to this time in my life I've realised, that I am looking for a creative job, where I can work with people and create stuff.