Product Designer

I create experiences and products that people love.

From scrappy startups to enterprise level products, I’ve had the joy of designing things millions of people use today.

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What I've Designed and Created

Work

Design Research

I extensively use design research to look, listen and learn about problems.

Design Research

I extensively use design research to look, listen and learn about problems.

Design Research

I extensively use design research to look, listen and learn about problems.

Words of recognition

A Team of Wonderful People

I'm lucky to have worked with some truly incredible people. I’m humbled to call such amazing people my friends and colleagues. These experiences and projects would have not been possible without them.

Words of Appreciation

A Team of Wonderful People

I'm lucky to have worked with some truly incredible people. I’m humbled to call such amazing people my friends and colleagues. These experiences and projects would’ve not been possible without them.

What folks have said about me

Kind Words

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Jason MoreHouse
CEO & Founder

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Stephanie Brachat
Director of Product

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Alex Mereeb
Director of Sales
My way of working

How I Work

Design Research

I extensively use design research to look, listen and learn about problems.

Design Research

I extensively use design research to look, listen and learn about problems.

Design Research

I extensively use design research to look, listen and learn about problems.

Design Research

I extensively use design research to look, listen and learn about problems.

Design Research

I extensively use design research to look, listen and learn about problems.

Design Research

I extensively use design research to look, listen and learn about problems.

Visual Thinking

Workshops

As the team’s only UX Designer, I formed our design process and used it to lead the Item Builder through its first major redesign. This laid the foundation for future designs at Checkfront that would elevate the product to an enterprise level.

What folks have said about me

Words of Appreciation

Demetre’s commitment to his work has always been outstanding - he rose to every challenge he encountered and led the way in user-centric design. However, what I value most about Demetre is his energetic personality and the positive influence he brought to our team culture. He brings energy and joy to any room.

Jason Morehouse
Co-founder - CEO

Demetre is passionate about his work and very detail orientated. He is thoughtful and creative with his approach to addressing user needs. Over all, Demetre is a wonderful person, a great designer, team player and has always been a joy to work with.

Stephanie Brachat
Director Of Product

It was a pleasure to work with Demetre at Checkfront. He is results-driven, independent, but open to constructive criticism and is always looking for ways to improve. He’s a master communicator and facilitated multiple, highly engaging workshops to drive team alignment. I'm confident that Demetre will be an asset to any team or project.

Alex Mereeb
Director Of Sales
Who I am

About

Demetre Papaiakovou

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Hi! Thanks for stopping by. I'm an end-to-end designer who loves solving challenging problems. Curious by nature, I love connecting with and understanding people. I get energized working with great co-workers on in-depth designs, research, and brainstorming solutions. Collaboration and teamwork are my strengths.

My most recent work was with Chit Chats where I designed for the main client platform and core shipping service. Leading the designs in this amazing, rapidly growing company environment taught me how to balance business goals and design constraints as I continuously advocated for the user.

As an alumni at University of Victoria, I studied computer science and visual arts. I'm always trying to grow and learn something new. In my free time, I love playing disc golf in the summer, board games in the winter, and adventuring year round.

Sayward Forest, Canada
Meteora, Greece
Porto Venere, Italy
My Process

How I Work

Design Research

I extensively use design research to deeply understand problems, user behaviour, customer pain points and business goals.

Order out of Chaos

The design process can be chaotic, but through distilling research insights into actionable work, I create order.

Facilitate

I find ways to co-create with teammates. Work happens when we bring others into our process; so I spend time facilitating and listening.

Collaborate

Collaboration and communication come naturally to me. I help teams throughout the project’s lifecycle. I love this work, and I love working with teams.

Write

I write and sketch to simplify complex ideas, articulate products and designs, tell stories, and make sense of my thoughts.

Visualization

I use visualization to help me communicate research findings, and better understand complex relationships.

Visual thinking

Workshops

I've had the great experience of creating and facilitating workshops with various teams, helping them work effectively and collaboratively, through visual thinking and creative exercises.

Learn more about my workshops
Let's Connect

Contact

Currently open to new opportunities. Reach out - I’m happy to chat.