About
My practice has never belonged to one discipline.
Journey
From engineering roots to service & venture design.
Learning to see systems
I entered design through engineering. Understanding how systems are structured taught me to look beyond individual touchpoints and see how technology, people and processes influence one another.
BSc Technical Cybernetics → MSc Design & Technology → Research Assistant
Switching to service design & product management
Managing multidisciplinary projects across social innovation, culture and education showed me that coordination was only part of the work. I wanted to help decide what should be built, who it should serve and why.
Project Manager at CESIE, CANactions → Product Manager at BIG IDEA → Design Thinking Consultant at SUGAR Network
Studying user-centred design
While working, I returned to formal study to deepen my practice in research, service design and strategy. It gave me the methods to design around the people using a system, not only the system itself.
MSc Product Service System Design at Politecnico di Milano
Building design into product
I joined Lifeed as its first designer and later moved into Product Management. I introduced user-centred and lean product practices while creating a reusable People Analytics dashboard that transformed a week of manual reporting into an automated experience.
First Designer → Product Manager at Lifeed
Connecting services across markets
At Planet Smart City, I brought service design into digital product development and conducted research with residents and operational teams across Italy, Brazil and India. I connected digital products, physical infrastructure and on-site operations into services that could scale while responding to local needs.
From 2022 to 2025, my role expanded into venture design through Djungle Studio. I used customer discovery, market sizing, prototypes and live experiments to test new business models before teams invested in development.
Service Designer at Planet Smart City & Venture Designer with Djungle Studio
Interested in the details? Check my full career history on LinkedIn →
Education

Bachelor of Computer Science, Technical Cybernetics
Ukrainian State University of Science and Technologies
Master of Science, Design and Technology
Tallinna Tehnikaülikool (Tallinn University of Technology)

Master's Degree, Product Service System Design
Politecnico di Milano

ME310 Program, Design Thinking & Business Innovation
Stanford University, in partnership with the SUGAR Network
Talks
Speaking at conferences
I explore how emerging technologies, new business models, and changing organisational systems are reshaping products, services, and the role of designers.
Beyond work
Tracing the past, exploring possible futures
Genealogy is where my instinct for research becomes personal. I explore archives, connect fragmented records and reconstruct the human stories hidden between them.
Living and working across four countries has made me attentive to how culture shapes everyday behaviour. Away from the screen, I discover places on foot, explore art and read science fiction for new perspectives on possible futures. I also stay connected to design communities through talks, workshops and shared learning.

Genealogy and archival research
I enjoy piecing together fragmented archival records to trace family histories and uncover the human stories behind them.

Hiking and exploring on foot
Away from the screen, I’m drawn to discovering new places, from unfamiliar city streets to hiking trails and mountain summits.

Contributing to design communities
I stay connected to the wider design community by sharing ideas and experiences through talks, workshops and collaborative learning.

Photography and visual observation
A way for me to slow down and notice the details of everyday life, from architecture and light to people, places and fleeting moments.
Working on a product, service, or venture that needs clearer direction?
I am open to senior opportunities in product, service, and strategic design, as well as selected collaborations with startups and innovation teams.
iuliia.vorobiova@gmail.com