I'm Soner – a designer and art director with a background in art and design.
For over ten years, I’ve worked across different countries and industries, from marketing agencies and corporations to start-ups. These experiences have allowed me to grow both creatively and strategically.
I love thinking freely and creatively, but I also enjoy organizing, streamlining processes, and experimenting with emerging technologies like artificial intelligence.
My German is still a work in progress (I just passed the B1 exam 💪), but I’m learning every day and always looking to grow – both professionally and personally.
ksonerkaya@gmail.com
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+49 162 690 80 52
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Experience
Graphic Designer
Sysmex Europe SE
Aug 2025 – Present
Full Time, Hybrid, Hamburg
- Classical and digital graphic design materials design and language adaptation
- Responsibility of Sysmex Europe website’s imagery consistency and UI improvement
- Proactively taking responsibility to be test user for task management system switch for whole MarCom team from OTRS to Jira.
- Initiate using Adobe Express for repetetive designs (social media posts, email footers and event announcement images) creative from Adobe desktop apps to Adobe Express.
Graphic and Media Designer
Orient Gate GMBH
July 2024 – May 2025
Part Time, Onsite, Hamburg
- Catalog Design & Automation
- E-commerce Content Optimization
- Social Media Content Strategy & Creation
- Product Photography & Enhancement
- Motion Graphic Videos (Canva)
- B2B Communication Design
Lead Designer
cirplus GmbH ↗
June 2022 - July 2023
Full-time, Hybrid, Hamburg
- UI/UX Design
- Prototyping
- Design Sprints
- Product Roadmap
- Email Campaigns
- Pitch and Presentation Design
- Printable and Promotional Materials
- Leading Jr. Graphic Designer
Founding Designer
cirplus GmbH ↗
December 2019 - June 2022
Full-time, Remote, Hamburg
- UI/UX Design and Quality Assurance
- Landing Page and Web App Design
- Branding Design
Product Designer
Book Connect (bookconnect.review)
September 2016 - August 2020
Full-time, Remote, New York
- Feature Development Support
- UI/UX Design and Quality Assurance
- User Support and Task Management
- Product Page and Web App Design
- High-Fidelity Prototyping
- Branding Design
Graphic - Web Designer
StudioFlex Agency ↗
April 2018 - April 2019
Full-time, On-site, Warsaw
- I worked on a range of creative projects across film, photography, and graphic design.
- I contributed to web and visual content, supporting the agency’s productions with engaging design solutions tailored for both digital and print.
Graphic Designer
StudioFlex Agency ↗
October 2014 - September 2015
Full-time, On-site, Istanbul
- I led creative direction across social media, web, and branding projects. My role included designing social media posts, SEO and monthly analysis visuals, flat web pages, and app interfaces.
- I also developed corporate identities, catalogues, and presentation materials for both the agency and its clients, ensuring strong visual consistency and impactful brand storytelling.
Skills
Product / Web
- Wix Web Design and Development
- UI & UX Design
- Wireframing
- Prototyping
- QA Testing
Creative Design & Project Management
- FigmaCurrently discovering Figma Sites + Make + Slides
- Adobe CCPhotoshop, Illustrator, XD, Indesign, Premiere
- AI ToolsLovable, Bolt, FireFly, Freepik Pikaso, Midjourney
- Agile / Project toolsAsana, Slack, Jira, Confluence, Miro, Whimsical, and Trello
Graphic Design
- Branding
- Presentation
- Social Media
- Video Editing
- Catalog, Booklet
Education
Anadolu University, Eskişehir, Türkiye
Master of Fine Arts in Graphic Arts
3,55 / 4,00
Anadolu University, Eskişehir, Türkiye
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting
3,37 / 4,00
Recommendations:
“Soner was a constantly committed employee with excellent self-organization, high leadership skills and positive energy for the entire company. He distinguished himself through conscientiousness, accuracy, persistence, resilience and prudence in the completion of all tasks.“
Christian Schiller,
CEO&Co-Founder of cirplus,
Hamburg, Germany
“His proactive attitude helped the company tremendously to overcome challenges. His good mood and relations with the rest of the team are contagious. I would definitely work with him again!”
CTO&Co-Founder of cirplus,
Berlin, Germany
Certifications:
1:1 SCRUM Master training
StartSteps GMBH
2024
Visual Elements of UI Design
Coursera
2020
Dynamic UX: Design & Usability
Interaction Design Foundation
2021
Languages
German
B1
English
C1
Turkish
Native
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Art Direction · Visual Design · Creative Strategy
I'm Soner – a designer and art director with a background in art and design.
For over ten years, I’ve worked across different countries and industries, from marketing agencies and corporations to start-ups. These experiences have allowed me to grow both creatively and strategically.
I love thinking freely and creatively, but I also enjoy organizing, streamlining processes, and experimenting with emerging technologies like artificial intelligence.
My German is still a work in progress (I just passed the B1 exam 💪), but I’m learning every day and always looking to grow – both professionally and personally.
ksonerkaya@gmail.com
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+49 162 690 80 52
↗
↗
Experience
Graphic Designer
Sysmex Europe SE
Aug 2025 – Present
Full Time, Hybrid, Hamburg
- Classical and digital graphic design materials design and language adaptation
- Responsibility of Sysmex Europe website’s imagery consistency and UI improvement
- Proactively taking responsibility to be test user for task management system switch for whole MarCom team from OTRS to Jira.
- Initiate using Adobe Express for repetetive designs (social media posts, email footers and event announcement images) creative from Adobe desktop apps to Adobe Express.
Graphic and Media Designer
Orient Gate GMBH
July 2024 – May 2025
Part Time, Onsite, Hamburg
- Catalog Design & Automation
- E-commerce Content Optimization
- Social Media Content Strategy & Creation
- Product Photography & Enhancement
- Motion Graphic Videos (Canva)
- B2B Communication Design
Lead Designer
cirplus GmbH ↗
June 2022 - July 2023
Full-time, Hybrid, Hamburg
- UI/UX Design
- Prototyping
- Design Sprints
- Product Roadmap
- Email Campaigns
- Pitch and Presentation Design
- Printable and Promotional Materials
- Leading Jr. Graphic Designer
Founding Designer
cirplus GmbH ↗
December 2019 - June 2022
Full-time, Remote, Hamburg
- UI/UX Design and Quality Assurance
- Landing Page and Web App Design
- Branding Design
Product Designer
Book Connect (bookconnect.review)
September 2016 - August 2020
Full-time, Remote, New York
- Feature Development Support
- UI/UX Design and Quality Assurance
- User Support and Task Management
- Product Page and Web App Design
- High-Fidelity Prototyping
- Branding Design
Graphic - Web Designer
StudioFlex Agency ↗
April 2018 - April 2019
Full-time, On-site, Warsaw
- I worked on a range of creative projects across film, photography, and graphic design.
- I contributed to web and visual content, supporting the agency’s productions with engaging design solutions tailored for both digital and print.
Graphic Designer
StudioFlex Agency ↗
October 2014 - September 2015
Full-time, On-site, Istanbul
- I led creative direction across social media, web, and branding projects. My role included designing social media posts, SEO and monthly analysis visuals, flat web pages, and app interfaces.
- I also developed corporate identities, catalogues, and presentation materials for both the agency and its clients, ensuring strong visual consistency and impactful brand storytelling.
Skills
Product / Web
- Wix Web Design and Development
- UI & UX Design
- Wireframing
- Prototyping
- QA Testing
Creative Design & Project Management
- FigmaCurrently discovering Figma Sites + Make + Slides
- Adobe CCPhotoshop, Illustrator, XD, Indesign, Premiere
- AI ToolsLovable, Bolt, FireFly, Freepik Pikaso, Midjourney
- Agile / Project toolsAsana, Slack, Jira, Confluence, Miro, Whimsical, and Trello
Graphic Design
- Branding
- Presentation
- Social Media
- Video Editing
- Catalog, Booklet
Education
Anadolu University, Eskişehir, Türkiye
Master of Fine Arts in Graphic Arts
3,55 / 4,00
Anadolu University, Eskişehir, Türkiye
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting
3,37 / 4,00
Recommendations:
“Soner was a constantly committed employee with excellent self-organization, high leadership skills and positive energy for the entire company. He distinguished himself through conscientiousness, accuracy, persistence, resilience and prudence in the completion of all tasks.“
Christian Schiller,
CEO&Co-Founder of cirplus,
Hamburg, Germany
“His proactive attitude helped the company tremendously to overcome challenges. His good mood and relations with the rest of the team are contagious. I would definitely work with him again!”
CTO&Co-Founder of cirplus,
Berlin, Germany
Certifications:
1:1 SCRUM Master training
StartSteps GMBH
2024
Visual Elements of UI Design
Coursera
2020
Dynamic UX: Design & Usability
Interaction Design Foundation
2021
Languages
German
B1
English
C1
Turkish
Native
Top ↑
I'm Soner – a designer and art director with a background in art and design.
For over ten years, I’ve worked across different countries and industries, from marketing agencies and corporations to start-ups. These experiences have allowed me to grow both creatively and strategically.
I love thinking freely and creatively, but I also enjoy organizing, streamlining processes, and experimenting with emerging technologies like artificial intelligence.
My German is still a work in progress (I just passed the B1 exam 💪), but I’m learning every day and always looking to grow – both professionally and personally.
ksonerkaya@gmail.com
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Impressum / Privacy Policy
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Experience
Graphic Designer
Sysmex Europe SE
Aug 2025 – Present
Full Time, Hybrid, Hamburg
Main business lines
- Life Science
- Clinical Flow Cytometry
- UI/UX Advocate
Key Responsibilities
- Designed and adapted classical and digital graphic materials across multiple languages for whole Sysmex Europe countries.
- Ensured imagery consistency and supported UI improvements for the Sysmex Europe website.
- Acted as an early test user during the MarCom team’s transition from OTRS to Jira, providing proactive feedback.
- Introduced Adobe Express for repetitive design tasks (social media posts, email footers, event announcements) by creating reusable templates, streamlining the MarCom design process.
- ...
Graphic and Media Designer
Orient Gate GMBH
July 2024 – May 2025
Part Time, Onsite, Hamburg
- Catalog Design & Automation
- E-commerce Content Optimization
- Social Media Content Strategy & Creation
- Product Photography & Enhancement
- Motion Graphic Videos (Canva)
- B2B Communication Design
Lead Designer
- UI/UX Design
- Prototyping
- Design Sprints
- Product Roadmap
- Email Campaigns
- Pitch and Presentation Design
- Printable and Promotional Materials
- Leading Jr. Graphic Designer
Founding Designer
- UI/UX Design and Quality Assurance
- Landing Page and Web App Design
- Branding Design
Product Designer
Book Connect (bookconnect.review)
September 2016 - August 2020
Full-time, Remote, New York
- Feature Development Support
- UI/UX Design and Quality Assurance
- User Support and Task Management
- Product Page and Web App Design
- High-Fidelity Prototyping
- Branding Design
Graphic - Web Designer
- I worked on a range of creative projects across film, photography, and graphic design.
- I contributed to web and visual content, supporting the agency’s productions with engaging design solutions tailored for both digital and print.
Graphic Designer
- I led creative direction across social media, web, and branding projects. My role included designing social media posts, SEO and monthly analysis visuals, flat web pages, and app interfaces.
- I also developed corporate identities, catalogues, and presentation materials for both the agency and its clients, ensuring strong visual consistency and impactful brand storytelling.
Skills
Graphic Design
- Branding
- Presentation
- Social Media
- Video Editing
- Catalog, Booklet
Creative Design & Project Management
- FigmaCurrently discovering Figma Sites + Make + Slides
- Adobe CCPhotoshop, Illustrator, XD, Indesign, Premiere
- AI ToolsLovable, Bolt, FireFly, Freepik Pikaso, Midjourney
- Agile / Project toolsAsana, Slack, Jira, Confluence, Miro, Whimsical, and Trello
Product / Web
- Wix Web Design and Development
- UI & UX Design
- Wireframing
- Prototyping
- QA Testing
Education
Anadolu University, Eskişehir, Türkiye
Master of Fine Arts in Graphic Arts
3,55 / 4,00
Anadolu University, Eskişehir, Türkiye
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting
3,37 / 4,00
Recommendations:
“Soner was a constantly committed employee with excellent self-organization, high leadership skills and positive energy for the entire company. He distinguished himself through conscientiousness, accuracy, persistence, resilience and prudence in the completion of all tasks.“
Christian Schiller,
CEO & Co-Founder of cirplus,
Hamburg, Germany
“His proactive attitude helped the company tremendously to overcome challenges. His good mood and relations with the rest of the team are contagious. I would definitely work with him again!”
Volkan BiliciCTO & Co-Founder of cirplus,
Berlin, Germany
“I had a pleasure and privilege to work with Soner in cirplus. As UI/UX designer, Soner enabled our products especially with his accuracy, speed and organization skills.”
Erkan YılmazProduct Owner
Hamburg, Germany
Certifications:
1:1 SCRUM Master training
StartSteps GMBH
2024
Visual Elements of UI Design
Coursera
2020
Dynamic UX: Design & Usability
Interaction Design Foundation
2021
Languages
German
B1
English
C1
Turkish
Native
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