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Yonatan Ben Knaan

a full stack

product designer

in startups and orgs

Among my clients and initiatives

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Define full stack product design

If you're proficient in UX research, hands-on design, team leadership, design ops, front-end development, stakeholders mgmt. and backlog mgmt., then you're a full-stack product designer.

What I bring to the mix

For the last 15+ years, I bridged the gap between people, businesses, and technology through research, design, and execution; creating elegant solutions that simplify complexity and enhance lives.

Product Design

Even simple products present complex design challenges. Managing needs, scope, priorities, teams, stakeholders — and we haven't talked about the main dish: research, UX, UI, and implementation. And I haven't mentioned what follows like QA, measurements, iterations, and all that jazz. This is where I thrive – transforming the process complexity into user-friendly solution that work.

Hands-On Design

Design Initiatives

Selected Works

As a partner in a design agency, a startup team member, a freelancer, and an executive - I've solved and delivered a large and varied scope of projects. Here are just a few.

Pepperi

Product Design Lead

2018-2024

PaaS for B2B Wholesale Commerce

As complex as it gets: Order Mgmt. Systems, Storefront, CRM, Dashboard, Back Office, User Configurator, Page Builder, Themes and more. At Pepperi, I led and executed research and design of multiple products and initiatives of our web platform. Moreover, I've managed requirements, backlogs, stakeholder interface and our awesome design system. Besides our amazing product team, I've also supported marketing, brand, and PS teams.

Design Systems & Guides

Product Design Lead

2015-2025

Systemize design to helps teams win

Guiding dev and product teams to build awesome design systems, and stakeholders to craft top-notch brand books. Be sure to check out the Pepperi project below to see an enterprise-grade design system Storybook implementation.

Avodata

UX Researcher

2018

Data-driven career choices platform

A project for JDC and the Ministry of Labour which includes user interviews, UX concept and research, project scoping, and wireframes. With this, we raised significant funds and partners to build a tool for Israel's growing marketplace.

Matnas Interactive

Design Manager & Co-Partner

2009-2015

Design Agency, UX/UI and Product Ideation

High-pace design studio and agency, where I supervised daily operations, managed design teams and multiple accounts from start to finish. This included overseeing project scopes and stakeholder communications.

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