Hey, Nice to meet you

I'm Yves.

I'm curious about how users think and have an eye for detail.

Dieter Rams’ famous phrase “Less but better” is a philosophy I use to create clean solutions.

I'm a driver and self-starter who likes finding new ways where existing ones fail.

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Selected Projects

Trade Republic

An overview of what I've been working on.

Open Project

Let's Dinner!

An app that allows you to invite people by utilising iMessage to make planning and chatting effortless.

Open Project

TiQuest

The merchant's dashboard for managing digital receipts.

Open Project

Mme LaFleur, an interactive story that follows a dispute between two sisters.

Open Project

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Experience

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Since April 2020

Trade Republic

Product Design

At Trade Republic I’m collaborating in cross functional teams to design, prototype and deliver products using a lean design process to more than 2 million customers.

  • Lead and launched the mobile design system from scratch with a team of 8 engineers
  • Introduced dark mode for iOS, Android and web
  • Added Cryptocurrencies to the offering, increasing AUM by 50% in 2021
  • Integrated a new KYC provider to lay the foundation for internationalisation
  • Hired and onboarding new designers
  • Lead the design team in switching from Sketch to Figma
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2019 - 2020

CareerFoundry

Product Design

I expanded my UX fundamentals and my knowledge about the tools used by Product Designers. With the guide of a tutor, mentor and the whole community, I followed the journey of end-to-end processes by conducting research, sketching out wireframes and building products through iteration.

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2019

TiQuest

Product Design

Formed during the Apple Developer Academy. I created an MVP for an analytics dashboard called Insights.

  • Collaborated in a crossfunctional team of 12
  • Partnered with 3 local restaurants
  • Collected and visualised sales data

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September 2018 - June 2019

Apple Developer Academy

Product Design, Software Development

The academy is based on a process called Challenge Based Learning, a framework developed by Apple for learning while solving real-world challenges.

  • Development of applications from idea generation to App Store submission
  • Collaborated in cross functional teams on various projects in different teams with a team size of up to 6
  • Focused on creating solutions for iOS, iPadOS and watchOS
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September 2015 - September 2018

Mühlbauer GmbH & Co. KG

Software Development

I developed software in small, multinational teams for ID personalisation machines for B2B.

  • Created various internal tools such has a plugin that enhances pictures by adding feathering and an administration tool allowing to change passwords of machine databases
  • Worked on a design refresh of the main user interface
  • I communicated with customers to create software solutions that best fit their needs