Esra Ustundag
UX/UI designer
About me
Professional Summary
I am an architect who experienced recent career change to UX/UI Design, also a voluntary theatre actor.
Curious about unusual ideas, innovations and technologies, I had always been interested in marketing, psychology, business and start-up subjects throughout my university life, read books, received training and attended events according to these fields.
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I was first introduced to UX/UI design while working part-time at a startup company. After completing erasmus exchange studies in Helsinki, Finland, I worked in an Architectural company. I realized I couldn't get enough of UX design. Therefore I decided to benefit from the flexibility of interdisciplinary transition between design fields that architecture provides.
As an experience designer, I progress with the philosophy that "Life is an experience, and we are the actors on stage" Therefore I like to gain experience in different subjects and keen to improve myself.
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Professional Experience
2021-2024
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USERSPOTS
UX Designer and Researcher
July 2024- September 2024
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TEKELI SISA ARCHITECTURAL PARTNERSHIP
Architectural Designer
October 2022- June 2023
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FULLSEPP OÜ.
Designer
May 2021- November 2021
Education
2013-2023
KADIR HAS UNIVERSITY
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Bachelor of Architecture
Istanbul, Türkiye
September 2018- January 2023
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METROPOLIA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES
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(Erasmus) Construction Architecture
Helsinki, Finland
January 2022- August 2022 ​
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ICT Summer School
Helsinki, Finland
August 2022
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TED ISTANBUL COLLEGE FOUNDATION
High School
Istanbul, Türkiye
September 2013- September 2018
Certificates
2021-2024
USERSPOTS/ BRICK INSTITUTE
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The School of UX
August 2023- June 2024
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ACADEMY OF ARTS AND DESIGN LONDON/ URETIMHANE
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UX/UI Design Specialization Training
June 2023
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KADIR HAS UNIVERSITY YBEA
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Introduction to Marketing Psychology and Neuromarketing
April 2021
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Introduction to Digital Marketing and Social Media Specialization Training
February 2021