Summary
Summary
In 2025, I joined a small and fast-moving team at astrsk.ai as a full-time Product Designer. From day one, I was immersed in short, intense sprints, designing multi-agent workflows, variable-driven UI, and panel-based interfaces for an AI roleplay platform. Within this compressed timeframe, I shipped weekly releases, collaborated closely with engineers, and learned how to iterate rapidly under high pressure. This experience has been both challenging and formative, sharpening my ability to balance speed, craft, and product impact.
Check out the official astrsk.ai landing page that I fully designed and built, and dive deeper into my thinking in this Medium post on why I redesigned our flow system.
In 2025, I joined a small and fast-moving team at astrsk.ai as a full-time Product Designer. From day one, I was immersed in short, intense sprints, designing multi-agent workflows, variable-driven UI, and panel-based interfaces for an AI roleplay platform. Within this compressed timeframe, I shipped weekly releases, collaborated closely with engineers, and learned how to iterate rapidly under high pressure. This experience has been both challenging and formative, sharpening my ability to balance speed, craft, and product impact.
Check out the official astrsk.ai landing page that I fully designed and built, and dive deeper into my thinking in this Medium post on why I redesigned our flow system.
In 2025, I joined a small and fast-moving team at astrsk.ai as a full-time Product Designer. From day one, I was immersed in short, intense sprints, designing multi-agent workflows, variable-driven UI, and panel-based interfaces for an AI roleplay platform. Within this compressed timeframe, I shipped weekly releases, collaborated closely with engineers, and learned how to iterate rapidly under high pressure. This experience has been both challenging and formative, sharpening my ability to balance speed, craft, and product impact.
Check out the official astrsk.ai landing page that I fully designed and built, and dive deeper into my thinking in this Medium post on why I redesigned our flow system.
Takeaways
Takeaways
Learned to navigate the fast-paced intensity of a small startup, releasing features on weekly sprints while handling ambiguity and shifting priorities.
Gained hands-on knowledge of generative AI and LLM workflows, and applied these insights to build interfaces that balance complexity with usability.
Collaborated remotely with colleagues across the U.S. and Europe, aligning through late-night video calls and building cross-cultural teamwork skills.
Took on diverse responsibilities beyond core UX/UI design, logo design, landing page, marketing assets, TikTok/YouTube tutorials, strengthening my adaptability as a designer.
Learned the value of “designing as a generalist” in a small team: moving fluidly between product design, branding, and content creation to support rapid product growth.
Sharpened my ability to ship fast without sacrificing quality, balancing exploration with execution in an environment of constant iteration.
Learned to navigate the fast-paced intensity of a small startup, releasing features on weekly sprints while handling ambiguity and shifting priorities.
Gained hands-on knowledge of generative AI and LLM workflows, and applied these insights to build interfaces that balance complexity with usability.
Collaborated remotely with colleagues across the U.S. and Europe, aligning through late-night video calls and building cross-cultural teamwork skills.
Took on diverse responsibilities beyond core UX/UI design, logo design, landing page, marketing assets, TikTok/YouTube tutorials, strengthening my adaptability as a designer.
Learned the value of “designing as a generalist” in a small team: moving fluidly between product design, branding, and content creation to support rapid product growth.
Sharpened my ability to ship fast without sacrificing quality, balancing exploration with execution in an environment of constant iteration.
Learned to navigate the fast-paced intensity of a small startup, releasing features on weekly sprints while handling ambiguity and shifting priorities.
Gained hands-on knowledge of generative AI and LLM workflows, and applied these insights to build interfaces that balance complexity with usability.
Collaborated remotely with colleagues across the U.S. and Europe, aligning through late-night video calls and building cross-cultural teamwork skills.
Took on diverse responsibilities beyond core UX/UI design, logo design, landing page, marketing assets, TikTok/YouTube tutorials, strengthening my adaptability as a designer.
Learned the value of “designing as a generalist” in a small team: moving fluidly between product design, branding, and content creation to support rapid product growth.
Sharpened my ability to ship fast without sacrificing quality, balancing exploration with execution in an environment of constant iteration.
