My experience
Below, I chronologically listed my experience as a designer & manager but also other significant events that made me who I am today.
π©π»βπ» Designer & Manager π¦ Mentor & Lecturer π€ Speaker & Panelist βπΌ Volunteer & Activist
π©π»βπ» Brainly - Sr. Manager, Design Foundations & Strategy Lead
April 2023 - Present
Brainly is the biggest online learning community in the world, with over 250 million active users monthly, 11 language versions, and a community from 32 countries. Our motto: No one knows everything, but everyone knows something. With Brainly, students combine their strengths and talents to tackle problems together.
π©π»βπ» Brainly - Sr. Manager, Design Systems & Foundations Lead
March 2021 β April 2023
Brainly is the biggest online learning community in the world, with over 250 million active users monthly, 11 language versions, and a community from 32 countries. Our motto: No one knows everything, but everyone knows something. With Brainly, students combine their strengths and talents to tackle problems together.
π€ DesignWays / WaysConf 2022 - Speaker
Sep 2022
WaysConf is Central and Eastern Europe's largest event for creators of digital products, promoting unique and empowering conversations on digital design. This involves professionals from various backgrounds, including researchers, designers, developers, and managers.
π€ The Future of Design Systems 2022 - Speaker
May 2022
The Future of Design Systems is the biggest virtual and interactive Design Systems conference worldwide. Our speakers are Design Systems experts & pioneers all of them provide practical & hands-on future-proofed content.
π€ DesignWays / WaysConf 2021 - Speaker
Sep 2021
WaysConf is Central and Eastern Europe's largest event for creators of digital products, promoting unique and empowering conversations on digital design. This involves professionals from various backgrounds, including researchers, designers, developers, and managers.
π©π»βπ» Brainly - Manager,
Design System Lead
2018 β 2021
Brainly is the biggest online learning community in the world, with over 250 million active users monthly, 11 language versions, and a community from 32 countries. Our motto: No one knows everything, but everyone knows something. With Brainly, students combine their strengths and talents to tackle problems together.
π¦ Elementarz UX - Mentor
Dec 2020
Elementarz UX is one of the best UX conferences in Poland. This event organized by Element Talks and The Awwwesomes is an interactive experience loved by attendees and speakers. I had a chance to be a mentor in areas of Design Systems, UI, IxD Product Design, DesignOps, Design Leadership, Design Culture, building a career path, recruitment, and more
UXDX is an event that advocates breaking down the barriers between Product, UX, Design, and Dev to empower teams to build products that customers love and deliver exceptional business results. With speakers like Marty Cagan, Jeff Gothelf, Teresa Torres, or Jeff Patton, this conference is one of the highlights of the year for βthe product peopleβ.
π€ Design Systems Community (DSCC Berlin) - Speaker
Jul 2020
Global Design System Community Chapter Berlin invited me to share Brainly's Design System Story. I had the pleasure to meet my co-speaker Viktoriia Leontieva from GitHub, who talked about Communicating Design Systems.
π¦ Tischner European University - Lecturer
2020
The uniqueness of this university with regards to studying is multilayer. Subjects and specializations are adjusted to the market requirements every year and teaching programs are consulted with specialists of various fields. Not only necessary practical knowledge is provided for students but also practice.
I was lecturing User Interface Design to a group of 23 students for 60 hours of expositions and practical lab tasks.
π€ Mobile Trends Conference - Speaker
Sep 2018
Mobile Trends is the most prestigious mobile conference in Poland. Together with Konrad Dzwinel, we talked about Design Systems. The title of our presentation was: "How to close the gap between the design and development".
π©π»βπ» Brainly - Product Designer
2016 β 2018
Brainly is the biggest online learning community in the world, with over 250 million active users monthly, 11 language versions, and a community from 32 countries. Our motto: No one knows everything, but everyone knows something. With Brainly, students combine their strengths and talents to tackle problems together.
π¦ School of Computer Graphics - Lecturer
2018 β 2020
This school allows students to acquire various skills to start working as designers in several specializations. Classes are conducted by professionally active experts.
Iβve lectured Webdesign for two years and during that time shared my knowledge with hundreds of students in dozens of small groups.
βπΌ "SLGK" Association -
Co-founder, Board member
2016 β 2020
"SLGK - Sto Lat Glosu Kobiet" was a series of meetups, debates, exhibitions, and workshops to increase awareness of history and the current state of women's rights in Poland. I was a volunteer/activist who co-founded and served as a board member of this association for a few years.
π©π»βπ» Onet / Ringier Axel Springer Polska -
Mid / Senior / Expert Designer
2007 β 2016
Ringier Axel Springer is a leading media company in Poland and part of the international Ringier Axel Springer Media AG group operating in Central and Eastern Europe which publishes over 100 press titles and operates 70 online services.
π©π»βπ» Pascal - Editorial Designer
2004 β 2008
Pascal Publishing House is a leader among tourist publishers in Poland and the only representative of the Lonely Planet brand in Poland.
I was supporting Pascal by designing book covers, layouts and sometimes advertisements
π©π»βπ» Yellowpages - Web Designer
2005 β 2006
I was the only designer responsible for designing a polish version of the popular online business directory. My role was designing mockups for continuous iterations and collaborating with developers on implementing them. My role included also branding and iconography.
π©π»βπ» Mainseek - Web Designer
2004 β 2005
At Mainseek Iβve learned the basics of designing for e-commerce. I was designing mockups for continuous iterations and working with developers on implementing them. My role included also branding and iconography.
π©π»βπ» Optimus Pascal Multimedia - Designer
1998 β 2003
At Optimus Pascal Multimedia, we created rich applications before they became a thing on the internet. My first job was co-designing the interactive app βMultimedia Rock Encyclopedia", and working on multiple applications, packages, and ads for titles Optimus Pascal Multimedia published solo or in collaboration with DK - Dorling Kindersley our main partner.