Kai Unruhe-Strategic Product / Service / UX Designer & Manager
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Product Designer & Product Manager
Freelancer Concept & Design
Discovery, Delivery, Research, in-depth interviews, user testing, requirements definition, stakeholder management, product strategy, mission & vision, prototyping, sprint planning, prioritization, workshop facilitation, etc.
Product Management + Product Design + UX Research
competitionline GmbH
Product management in the development of agentic AI services, UX research in Product Discovery & UX Design Lead in Product Delivery
Product Owner (Support)
Volkswagen AG
Product ownership for the international Volkswagen CMS
Service Design. UX/UI Design. UX Research
SoftProject GmbH
UX integration in software development (SaaS) & building a design system
UX Lead. UX Research. Service Design
Viessmann Solutions & Services GmbH | Viessmann Group
Building a mobile heating platform
Product Strategy. UX Research. Service Designer. PO Support
SIGNAL IDUNA Gruppe / 4ED1 GmbH
Digital transformation: digitizing claims services (external & internal)
Service Designer. UX Lead. Business Strategy. Product Owner Support
A.T.U GmbH & Co. KG
Online appointment booking & conversion rate optimization
Senior UX Designer. Service Designer. Product Owner Support
VC/O – Viessmann Group
B2B platforms & customer app
Senior UX Designer. Product Owner Support
Volkswagen AG
Sales applications (dealer search, contact & configurator)
Senior UX Designer
IBM iX (vorm. Aperto GmbH)
UX design, prototyping, user tests, among others for Migros, Bank of Scotland, Commerzbank
(Senior) UX Designer
argonauten G2 GmbH
Focus: UX design and campaign concepts, among others for Volkswagen, Grohe, Coca-Cola
(Trainee) UX Designer & Information Architect
Razorfish (formerly Neue Digitale GmbH)
Focus: UX design, IA, storyboarding & brand design for Audi AG
Student Assistant // e-Learning
FH Aachen
CI development, web design, creation of e-learning content
Web & Graphic Designer
A.W.&V. – Agency for Advertising & Sales Promotion
Tasks: image and text editing
Web & Graphic Designer
Inpunkto Mediendesign
Tasks: creation and management of websites
Industry Experience
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Experienced in Automotive, Professional Services, Information Technology, Construction, Food and Beverage, and Energy.
Business Area Experience
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Experienced in Product Development, Information Technology, Research and Development, Marketing, Strategy, and Project Management.
Summary
As a Product Designer and Manager with a user-centered mindset, I orchestrate customer value, usability, feasibility, and business viability and translate them into requirements that create real value. For 18+ years, I have helped companies develop sustainable solutions for digital products, processes, and services that bring real benefits.
In Product Management, I bring everything together: feasibility with technical stakeholders, usability from an UX perspective, and profitability from a business point of view.
In Product Discovery, I identify user needs and pain points through user research, turn these insights into requirements, and validate them with the help of prototypes and testing.
In Product Delivery, I support development as a Product Owner, hands-on as a Product & UX Designer, and act as the link between Discovery and Delivery to create the best possible user experience. In UI Design, I ensure usability and consistency.
Together with other product people (PM, PO) and a cross-functional team, I work iteratively and collaboratively on products and services. This short portfolio presents a selection of clients and projects from different industries, including automotive, MediaTech, InsureTech, and energy.
Skills
- Figma
- Axure
- Adobe
- Jira
- Miro
- Cursor
- Confluence
- Claude
- Saas
- Iot
- Html/Css
- Microsoft Office
- Google Suite
- Mac Iwork
Languages
Education
FH Aachen University of Applied Sciences & International Faculty Maastricht
Bachelor of Information and Communication Science · Communication and Multimediadesign · Maastricht, Netherlands
FH Aachen
BSc · Design, Computer Science, Marketing · Aachen, Germany · 2.0
Interdisciplinary degree program in digital media, main course of study in English in Maastricht, NL
University of Paderborn
Media Studies · Paderborn, Germany
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