Nazlı Kaya
About Nazlı Kaya
Nazlı Kaya is a Product Design Manager at Camunda, where she leads design initiatives and manages a team of designers. She has a background in computer engineering and has held various design roles across multiple companies since 2014.
Work at Camunda
Nazlı Kaya currently holds the position of Product Design Manager at Camunda, where she has been employed since 2021. In this role, she collaborates with other designers to introduce a design system and manages a team of designers to support their professional growth. Previously, she worked as a Senior Product Designer and a Product Designer at Camunda from 2018 to 2020. During her tenure, she led the product design of the Camunda Cloud Automation Platform and developed an onboarding process for new designers.
Education and Expertise
Nazlı Kaya earned a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering from Bilkent University, studying from 2009 to 2014. She also pursued individual courses at the University of Stuttgart from 2014 to 2017. Additionally, she studied Computer Science at Technische Universität Berlin, completing a study abroad program in 2013. Her educational background provides a strong foundation for her expertise in product design and UX.
Previous Work Experience
Before her current role at Camunda, Nazlı Kaya worked as a UX Designer at İMA Bilgi Sistemleri San. ve Tic. Ltd. Şti. for 11 months in Ankara, Turkey, from 2014 to 2015. She also held a position as a UX Designer at Brabbler Secure Message and Data Exchange Aktiengesellschaft for 11 months in Munich, Germany, from 2016 to 2017. Additionally, she contributed as a Writer at Prototypr.io from 2017 to 2019.
Team Management and Mentorship
In her role as Product Design Manager at Camunda, Nazlı Kaya is responsible for managing and mentoring a team of designers. She focuses on supporting their professional growth and development. Furthermore, she plays a key role in creating a hiring pipeline and collaborates with talent acquisition to attract new design talent to the organization.