Krisztián HADI
Senior Product Designer & Design Engineer
Contact
Email: hey@krisztian.wtf
Phone: +36 70 242 3510
Portfolio: krisztian.wtf
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/krisztianhadi/
Professional Summary
I'm a multidisciplinary product designer and design engineer with over 20 years of experience crafting digital products across advertising, gaming, SaaS, and adult entertainment. I've led design for platforms with 20M+ daily users, and I've pushed measurable improvements in accessibility, user experience, and conversion. I care about accessibility, open source, and transparent collaboration — and about closing the gap between design and development.
I'm looking for remote Senior Product Designer, Design Engineer, or Lead roles — SaaS, open source, or privacy-focused teams.
Core Competencies
UX/UI Design
User Experience, User Research, Interaction Design, Prototyping, Design Thinking, A/B Testing, Accessibility (a11y), Mobile-First Design.
Product Strategy
Product Ownership, Roadmap Planning, Project Management, Agile Methodologies, Team Leadership, Mentoring, UX Auditing.
Design & Prototyping
Figma, Sketch, Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, XD), Framer, Webflow.
Frontend Development
HTML5, CSS3, SASS, JavaScript, Vue, TypeScript, React, Responsive Design, Browser Prototyping.
Other Tools
Git, Jira, Slack, PHP, Node.js, Gulp, VSCodium, Open-weight LLMs (DeepSeek, GLM).
Soft Skills
Problem Solving, Cross-functional Collaboration, Storytelling, Empathy, Adaptability.
Work Experience
Woodlaine Digital Services
Head of UI/UX Design
2022–2025 @ Cyprus / Remote
Led UI/UX strategy for AdultWork — the UK's largest adult entertainment portal, with more than 2 million daily visitors. That meant a complete UX audit and a redesign of the main product.
Started the design system and kept it going, which held multiple platforms consistent and took friction out of design-to-development handoff.
Took ownership of an experimental spinoff project (Hotica) — branding, UI/UX, and frontend development — through to a successful launch.
Worked with a partner payment processor, giving them UI development support to improve the integration.
Managed stakeholder relationships, and kept the design work pointed at business goals.
LogMeIn / GoTo / LastPass
Senior Product Designer
2021–2022 @ Hungary / Remote
Joined a small "SWAT" team that got dropped onto high-priority, cross-functional projects.
Led the complete accessibility overhaul for LastPass — WCAG compliance went up 14%.
Designed and built internal tools for project teams, which made workflows quicker and more productive across GoTo products.
Worked side by side with developers and product managers to ship features under tight deadlines.
KREA Contemporary Arts Institute
Teacher and Faculty Lead for UI/UX Design
2018–2022 @ Hungary
Developed and delivered the UI/UX curriculum, mentoring students in design thinking, research, prototyping, and frontend development.
Coordinated with the other instructors as faculty lead, and kept refining the program based on student feedback and what the industry was asking for.
IndieBill
Founding Product Designer, Frontend Developer & Product Owner
2017–2020 @ Hungary / Remote
Led a cross-functional team of five (developers, sysadmin, support) — daily maintenance on one hand, the bigger product moves on the other.
Rebuilt it from the monolith into microservices, which made the system easier to scale and maintain.
Built the content moderation flow and tooling with a JS developer, wrote the guidelines, and trained six moderators.
Tested new product ideas by building prototypes and MVPs, validating them against user feedback and research.
Crytek
Senior Web Designer & UI Developer (Warface)
2016–2017 @ Germany
Ran the game's web hub for the F2P game Warface as its dedicated web designer, building campaign landing pages.
Designed and hand-coded the seasonal, story-driven landing pages (HTML/CSS/JS) that hyped the community — marketing and UX in one.
Designed and built the Warface Auction House, a player-to-player economy feature, over many iterations with a multi-studio, international team.
Result: a community hit, with credit sales up 30%+, and it became a core feature people actually used.
Campoint
Senior Product Designer (Visit-X)
2015 @ Germany
Led the complete redesign for Visit-X, one of the biggest adult entertainment platforms in Germany.
Kept the work user-first, to lift the overall experience and engagement on the platform.
Worked with stakeholders to define a fresh, modern direction — and then to implement it, in line with business goals.
Docler Holding
Senior UI/UX Designer (LiveJasmin)
2013–2015 @ Luxembourg
Designed for LiveJasmin, the world's most popular adult live chat platform with more than 20 million daily visitors.
Redesigned the mobile experience with app-like interfaces on mobile web — the way around app store restrictions at the time.
Refined the payment system through A/B testing and research, making the critical in-show credit purchase process faster and more intuitive.
Led the design for "LiveJasmin Goes Glamorous" — the visual style and user flows for a brand-new product aimed at a mainstream audience.
Karmamedia
Senior Art Director
2013 @ Hungary
Built digital campaigns as a Senior Art Director for Telekom, Snickers, Whiskas, Pedigree, and Tesco.
Possible CEE
Digital Designer
2011–2012 @ Hungary
Designed digital campaigns for CitiBank, Telenor, Hauser, Nivea, MOL, and Telekom.
RedWorks / Ogilvy
Digital Art Director
2010–2011 @ Hungary
Designed and art directed campaigns for Milka, Generali, Erste Bank, CIB Bank, Dove, and Nivea. The Hipnozis Advertisement Awards honored two of those projects.
Magnet-X 2000
Graphic & Web Designer, Frontend Developer
2010–2011 @ Hungary
Worked alongside a backend developer, building digital solutions for government agencies and the local municipality.
Eyedea
UI Designer & .NET Developer
2008–2009 @ Hungary
Joined a three-person team that got in early on Microsoft Silverlight, building the digital version of Hungary's most important historical codex alongside Microsoft.
Microsoft
Student Consultant & Web Designer
2006–2008 @ Hungary / Remote
Ran events and activities for developer students, and supported the programming teachers.
Built several community forums on the ASP.NET platform, again working closely with Microsoft.
Awknet
Web Designer & Full Stack Developer
2005–2007 @ Hungary / Remote
Delivered full-stack PHP projects across various areas as the only developer and designer, and helped the sysadmin with Linux server administration.
Side Projects
Lost Signals
Founder & Design Engineer
2026–Present
Building FOSS web apps for needs I run into myself and in the community: job application tracking, meal logging, photo galleries.
Pandastic Creative Studio
Founder & Lead Designer
2012–2014 @ Hungary
Founded a creative studio, running client projects and delivering design across various media. Clients included Absolut Vodka, Volvo, MacWorld, Apple, and Canon.
Education
Apolka Art School
Graphic and Brand Design
2009 @ Hungary
Pannon University
Completed coursework in Programmer Mathematics
2005–2008 @ Hungary
Left to go freelance as a full-stack web developer, building on early experience at Microsoft and Awknet.
József Jáky Technical High School
Faculty of Architecture
2001–2005 @ Hungary
Additional Information
Languages
Hungarian (Native), English (Fluent)
Work Authorization
Eligible to work in the EU (Hungarian citizen, EU tax residency)
Remote Setup
6+ years working remotely, 4+ of them as a digital nomad. Fiber at 700–800 Mbps with 5G backup. I keep EU hours.
Contracting
Available full-time or as a contractor (Estonian e-company setup in progress, so invoicing stays EU-compliant).
Interests
Traditional Thai Massage (studying), Black & White Photography, Playing Handpan & Electronic Instruments.