Marijan Šnajdar

Marijan Šnajdar

About Me

Curios, Doer, Reliable, Efficient, Adaptable

Bridging the gap between design, technology, and business

I am a product-focused UX professional with 18 years of experience in various industries such as fintech, e-commerce, healthcare, and travel. I have worked both as an IC lead and as a manager.

My main goal is to mediate between the company and its users. By understanding the big picture and applying this principle, I can deliver solutions, steer the team, and achieve results.

My Focus Areas

Strategy

Able to help in developing a strategic map that guides our decisions every step of the way.

Research and Data

Conduct and utilize research and data to inform product and UX decisions.

Design

Skilled at solving complex UI challenges and creating impactful UIs, flowcharts, and conducting competitive analysis.

Colaboration

A strong advocate for emphasizing UX across the company rather than confining it to the design discipline.

Companies I Worked With

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Testimonials

Resume

18 Years of Experience

Experience

Apr 2024 - Current

BTTN

Lead Product Designer

My main responsibilities include influencing the roadmap, owning the user experience of our products, introducing design thinking to the organization, working on different UX deliverables, and setting up our design system.

Jun 2022 - Apr 2024

Routable

Staff Product Designer

I worked with the Payments & Risk pod as a Staff Designer. Our main team's objective was to generate revenue from transactions that take place on our platform. My responsibilities include influencing product roadmap, contributing directly to projects, mentoring less experienced designers, and collaborating with my engineering and product counterparts on project prioritisation and strategy.

Sep 2019 - Nov 2023

Designlab

Design Mentor

Mentoring students in the User Experience & UI Design course paths at DesignLab. This includes helping students understand the fundamentals of UX design & visual design, guiding them through user research, walking through the process of developing deliverables like user journey maps and wireframes, and assisting in interpreting data and making business decisions.

Apr 2020 - May 2022

Shopify

Senior Product Designer

I was one of the team's trifecta leaders, working alongside product and engineering counterparts. I was responsible for anticipating, identifying, and solving complex UX problems. I also led UX work on interdependent projects, conducted interviews with UX candidates, onboarded new hires, and mentored others designers.

Jul 2015 - Mar 2020

Booking.com

Team Leader

I have developed expertise in leadership, strategy, coaching, mentoring, supporting business priorities, agile team dynamics (including Kanban and Scrum), team and individual performance evaluation, UX research (including A/B testing, moderated usability testing, and analysis), and project management.
Within Booking.com I had opportunity to work with both B2C (landing pages, affiliate marketing) and B2B business units (affiliate marketing, BookingSuite).

Nov 2013 - Jul 2015

Booking.com

UX Designer

Worked within few different teams on brainstorming and ideation processes, visual interface design, interaction design, user experience, UX research (including A/B testing, moderated usability testing, and analysis), and prototyping.

Sep 2010 - Oct 2013

My own design agency

Owner and UX Designer

As a one-person band, I managed project management, visual interface design, user experience, and front-end development within my capabilities, while hiring contractors for more in-depth engineering tasks.

Jun 2006 - Aug 2010

Perpetuum Mobile

Web Designer

This was my first official design job, where I learned the ropes of visual design and user experience and familiarized myself with front-end development. I also conducted client education and training for our custom-developed CMS.

Education

Jun 2006 – Aug 2006

.NET Programmer Specialization Course

Educational course at Algebra

Zagreb, Croatia

Sep 2001 – Sep 2005

Bachelor, IT Design

Tehničko veleučilište

Zagreb, Croatia

Jun 2005 – Aug 2005

Web Designer Specialization Course

Educational course at Algebra

Zagreb, Croatia

Languages

English

Croatian, Serbian and Bosnian

Dutch

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Contact

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Get in Touch

I am always open for a chat

The Netherlands
snajdar.marijan(at)@gmail.com
+31 6 43806783

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