Designer | Storyteller |
Mental Health Advocate

I'm a product designer with roots in graphic design, a decade of building things at early-stage startups, and a tendency to care too much about how things feel.

I've spent most of my career as the only designer in the room, which means I've had to be the researcher, the systems thinker, the brand person, and the one who argues with the CEO all at once. I've gotten good at that.

Some other things about me:
⟡ I ran a community called Girls Who Feel with events built around emotional depth and the kind of conversations people don't usually have out loud.
⟡ I'm writing a memoir. It's hard. I get stuck. I have a lot of feelings about semicolons.
⟡ I'm building an app for people who struggle with mental health because I understand the problem from the inside and the tools that exist aren't good enough.
⟡ I live in Astoria.
⟡ I have a goofy australian shepherd and a spicy maltese-poodle.
⟡ I still listen to punk-rock/emo music.
⟡ I can lick my elbow.

Skills

Product Design
Interaction Design
AI-assisted Design
User Interviews
UX Research
Branding
Prototyping
Information Architecture
Visual Design
Design Systems
Conversion Optimization
Usability Testing

Applications

Figma
Lovable
Jira
Figma Make
Hotjar
Adobe CC
Claude
Fullstory
Webflow
Want to work together?

Don't be shy! Say hello and we'll get in touch.
irinisarlis@gmail.com