About me

Hi, I'm Petr. Designer, coffee & music lover.

I spend my days untangling complex products into something people actually enjoy using. Deep in a music rabbit hole or shipping side projects at midnight. Over six years in — still just as obsessed.

The story

From code to craft

I started in front-end. My first real job was building client website templates at a small web studio — writing HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, sitting next to graphic designers and watching the gap between their mockups and what actually shipped. That gap bothered me.

I started learning design to close it. Freelancing through Liff Studio gave me reps — landing pages, e-commerce, SaaS sites — and taught me that good design isn't about aesthetics, it's about decisions. Every layout choice is an argument about what the user should do next.

At Lundegaard I got to stress-test that belief at scale. Three years across MONETA, ČEZ, Generali, and others — research-heavy, stakeholder-heavy, real constraints. I ran discovery, built design systems, tested with real users, and shipped things that mattered to people's daily lives. Doubled a homepage CTR. Digitized a paper-based sales process used by hundreds of field reps.

The front-end background never went away. It makes me faster in handoff, more honest about what's actually buildable, and better at working with engineers who can tell when a designer has never touched code.

These days I work AI-first. Not because it does the creative work for me — it doesn't, but because it removes the friction that used to slow everything down.

More time thinking. Less time on the tedious stuff. This portfolio was built that way :-) .

Petr Valek
6+years of experience
design ideas & perspectives

Clients I've worked with

Lundegaard
MONETA Money Bank
Generali
GS
ČEZ
Global Assistance
ALD Automotive
TS Bohemia

Tools I use

Paper & Pencil
Figma
Figma
Claude
Claude
Loom
Loom
Hotjar
HotJar

Process

How I work

Discover

Start with the right questions

I start by understanding the core problem through research and audits, finding the tension between user needs and business goals.

Define

Define Problem

I synthesize research into clear opportunity areas. Aligning stakeholders and sketching early saves weeks of rework later.

Design

Design, prototype — repeat

Ideas sharpen through iteration. I prototype quickly and test with real users to validate assumptions before committing.

Deliver

Handoff is part of the design

I collaborate closely with engineers through handoff and QA. Shipping is the beginning of learning, not the end of the work.

Career

Where I've been

2022 — 2025Full-time · Hybrid

UX Designer

Lundegaard

Worked across multiple client engagements as a UX designer at a digital product studio. Led discovery, wireframing, prototyping, and user testing across complex B2B and B2C products. Key clients included MONETA Money Bank, ČEZ, Generali, ALD Automotive, TS Bohemia or Goldman Sachs.

UX DesignWireframingPrototypingUser TestingFigma
2025Contract / Bodyshop · Hybrid

UX Designer

Generali

For a year, I worked with Generali on a large-scale product redesign.

UX DesignDesign SystemDesign TokensDelivery phaseFigma
2023 — 2024Contract / Bodyshop · Hybrid

UX Designer

MONETA Bank

Led the redesign of MONETA's public website — 300+ user tests, 10,000+ session recordings, and 1,000+ heatmaps informed the design. Built a design system with Design Tokens for cross-team consistency. Mobile-first approach (65%+ mobile traffic), WCAG 2.0 compliant. Delivered new B2C, entrepreneur, and business sections, online flows for 40+ products, and doubled homepage CTR.

WireframesDesign SystemDesign TokensWCAGAdobe AnalyticsView case study
2022 — 2023Contract / Bodyshop · Remote

UX Designer

ČEZ

Transformed a paper-based internal sales process into a tablet-first application for sales teams, storemasters, and technical staff at one of the region's largest energy providers. Ran workshops with four key personas, designed a complex product catalog UX, and introduced a multi-view feature (technical drawings, product renders, photos) to support field staff.

UX DesignTablet AppB2BWorkshop FacilitationFigma
2019 — 2021Freelance

UX/UI Designer

Liff Studio

Delivered end-to-end UX and UI design for a range of clients — landing pages, e-commerce, and SaaS presentation sites. Handled wireframing, prototyping, user testing, and responsive design across multiple brands.

UX/UI DesignWireframingPrototypingE-commerceResponsive Design
2016 — 2017Full-time

Front-end Developer

Breezy s.r.o.

Developed client website templates and collaborated with graphic designers and project managers on web delivery. First professional role combining design sensibility with front-end implementation.

HTML/CSSReactFront-endTemplating

Education & Certifications

Education

2018 — 2020

Bachelor's degree — Information Management

Univerzita Hradec Králové

Multidisciplinary program spanning business, management, and psychology. Studies paused to pursue hands-on professional experience.

2012 — 2016

High School — Information Technology

VOŠ, SPŠ a JŠ Kutná Hora

Technical program covering graphic design (Photoshop, CorelDRAW), software development (C#, PHP), and web development (HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript).

Certifications

Product Designer — SKVOTLed by Michal Matyščák (IBM, Konica Minolta, Kiwi.com)
2023