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Ylenia Micci resting her chin on her hands, wearing glasses and a blue jumper

The origins

Born and raised in Piedmont, Italy. Now based in Varese, Italy.

Bringing order, beauty, and humanity to complex digital worlds — so technology feels respectful, authentic, and genuinely helpful to the people using it.

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Expertise

Senior UX/Product Designer with 10+ years of experience shaping digital products across luxury, regulated, and service-oriented industries.

Specialized in heuristic evaluation, accessibility, information architecture, and e-commerce optimization, with a strong focus on making complex experiences clearer, more trustworthy, and easier to use.

Works across strategy and execution — from research, UX/UI and prototyping to front-end collaboration, stakeholder alignment, and production-ready design decisions.

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Tools & technical skills

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Soft skills

Curious INTJ-A personality drives continuous learning across diverse domains. Knowledge-sharing empowers teams.

Team mentoring

Track record growing junior designers toward independence and critical thinking. Foster feedback culture and customer focus.

Stakeholder communication

Articulate design rationale to C-suite, negotiate trade-offs (user needs vs. business goals), influence roadmaps via user insights.

Strategic influence

Proactively identify friction points, challenge scopes, contribute to company strategy beyond feature design.

Education

Politecnico di Milano

Master in Communication Design (2012-2015), 107/110

Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology, Bangalore (India)

Exchange program Graphic Design (2014)

Politecnico di Milano

Bachelor in Interior Design (2007-2011), 92/110

Employment history

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Get in touch

Now you know me. Tell me about you.

If you value authentic design, concrete results, and working with care, I’d love to hear from you.

Contact methods
Chat with me on LinkedIn → If you want to get to know me more
Based in
Varese, Italy — working remotely across Europe
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