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Mirko Olindo
Product Designer

5+ years designing digital products, primarily across fintech and early-stage startups. I work across the full design process — from research and information architecture through to design systems and developer handoff.

Mirko Olindo
Mirko Olindo
Product Designer · UX/UI
Milan, Italy · Open to relocation
About

I specialise in zero-to-one product design — the early phase where the problem is still being defined. Most of my work has been in fintech and marketplace products, where the challenge is making complex information accessible and the user journey coherent from the first screen.

I am comfortable working end-to-end: sitting in on research, shaping the information architecture, building the component system, and staying involved through to handoff.

Currently co-founding NovaVista, a wellness marketplace where I own all product design. Before that, I was the sole designer at YELDO, a B2B2C investment platform, and at Lio Capital across four product verticals.

I studied media design at NABA Milan and have a background in film and advertising production that informs how I think about visual communication.

How I work

A few things I've found
to be true.

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I start with the problem, not the screen
Before opening Figma, I want to understand what is actually broken and why. The best design decisions often happen in a document, not a frame.
🏗️
I build systems, not just screens
Standalone screens are straightforward. What takes more effort — and is more valuable — is building a system that lets a whole team design consistently without needing to ask permission every time.
🤝
I stay involved after handoff
I work closely enough with engineers that I know a design is not done until it can be built. I document edge cases, flag tradeoffs, and do not disappear once files are shared.
⚡️
I use AI where it is genuinely useful
I use Claude Code, ComfyUI, and n8n in my workflow — primarily for visual exploration and process automation, not as a shortcut around the work that requires judgment.
📐
I am comfortable with ambiguity
Some of my best work started with a vague brief and no prior art. I am used to being the person who makes sense of the problem space before anyone opens a design tool.
🚢
I have shipped, not just delivered
Co-founding NovaVista taught me that design does not end at handoff. I have lived the full cycle — research, ship, learn, iterate — and that changes how I prioritise everything upstream.
Experience
Jan 2024 – Present
NovaVista

Co-Founder & Design Lead

  • Designed a wellness marketplace connecting users with 200+ vetted spiritual coaches, scaled to 2,000+ paying users.
  • Owned all product design from zero: user research, information architecture, core flows, component library and design system.
  • Defined product strategy alongside the CEO, translating business goals into product decisions across web and mobile.
  • Developed the full brand identity, applied across product, marketing, and investor materials.
Oct 2022 – Feb 2025
YELDO

UX/UI Designer

  • Designed a B2B2C investment marketplace from scratch. Mapped the full investor journey and identified friction in onboarding and deal discovery.
  • Built a scalable design system adopted across the product ecosystem; dev handoff documentation that reduced revision cycles by approximately 30%.
  • Used ComfyUI for rapid visual exploration during early concept phases to accelerate stakeholder alignment.
May 2021 – Sep 2022
Lio Capital

Junior UI/UX Designer

  • Designed product and brand across four verticals: real estate, crypto, bankruptcy advisory, and a regulated SGR.
  • Led interface design for internal operational tools used daily by the investment team.
  • Built reusable UI component libraries that standardised design language across internal and partner projects.
2016 – 2020
NABA Milan

Bachelor in Media Design

New Academy of Fine Arts, Milan.

Skills & Tools
UX & Strategy

Research to Roadmap

Product ThinkingUser ResearchUser FlowsWireframingPrototypingInformation ArchitectureUsability Testing
UI Design

Systems & Interfaces

Design SystemsVisual DesignResponsive LayoutsMicrointeractionsDev Handoff
Branding

Identity & Communication

Visual IdentityTypographyColor SystemsBrand GuidelinesPitch Decks
Tools & AI

My Stack

FigmaAdobe SuiteAffinityNotionMiroClaude Coden8nComfyUIWeavy.ai
Other experience

🎬 Assistant Director — Ray-Ban × Meta (2023)

On-set AD on a commercial production for Ray-Ban × Meta. Set coordination, timeline management, and cross-team communication under live production conditions.

🎥 Junior Camera Operator — Prada FW2020

Camera crew on the Prada Fall/Winter 2020 campaign. Exposure to high-production visual direction and the standards behind fashion imagery at that level.

Get in touch

Open to full-time roles and select freelance projects. Based in Milan, available remotely or open to relocation.