Angelos is a strategic designer building systems and conditions that drive meaningful impact, encourage radical collaboration, and promote intentional change. He is using design to create more equitable conditions for the planet and its people. Currently leading his own practice as a solo entrepreneur and activist at Mesa.
For the past 18 years, he has been working with product/service companies and startups, both in early and high-growth stages. His expertise has been recognized with multiple awards, including the Fennia Prize 22 for Service Renewal with the Posti design team for the OmaPosti app, and recognition for branding and packaging design work with Divine premium EVOO for the Greek brand Nature Blessed.
As a thought leader in the design industry, Angelos has delivered numerous talks and keynotes at international conferences and local meetups. He also spearheaded and managed the State of DesignOps global report for two years, contributing valuable insights to the design operations community.
His commitment to advancing the design field extends to co-authoring and publishing the Ornamo Responsible Design Manifesto with members from the Ornamo Responsibility Circle volunteer group.
Angelos has been instrumental in building design communities through event organization, serving as the co-founder at Joint Frontiers and an alumnus organizer of several significant design events including Joint Futures 2019 (a design conference featuring 36 speakers and over 700 international attendees in Helsinki), DSConf 2018 (Finland's first Design System conference), as well as IxDA, UXHel, and Junction Hackathon.
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Experience
Shook Digital
Design Lead, March 2024 - Today
Mesa
Independent Strategic Designer, Oct 2021 - Today
Joint Frontiers
Co-founder & Editor, May 2020 - Today
Smartly
Design Operations Manager, Nov 2022 - March 2024
Flowhaven
Design Lead, May 2022 - Oct 2022
Posti Group
Design System & Ops Lead, Mar 2020 - Apr 2022
Freelancer
Product Designer, Apr 2007 - Dec 2020
Joint Futures Conference
Main organizer, Jan 2019 - Mar 2020
Elisa
Service Designer, Oct 2017 - Mar 2020
Yousician
Product Designer, May 2017 - Aug 2017
Hubchat
Senior Product Designer, Nov 2016 - Apr 2017
Junction Hackathon
Product Owner - Website, May 2016 - Dec 2017
Aalto University
Customer Experience, Oct 2015 - Oct 2016
Musicinfo
UX Designer & Marketing, Sep 2012 - Jan 2015
Copy City
Graphic Designer, May 2005 - Mar 2007