Hi! I'm Meriç – a staff product designer at Shield AI based in San Diego.

In the last decade, I've designed digital and tangible experiences at LinkedIn, Carbon Health, Carnegie Mellon, and more.

Helping professionals enhance their networks with valuable alerts and engagement loops

03/2021 - 08/2024 · Staff Designer, LinkedIn Growth Design

Some initiatives I worked on:

Defining and scaling LinkedIn’s standards for high-quality notifications through cross-org coaching.
Streamlining the notification experience by reducing clutter and focusing on member intent — launching features like Notification Filters and Celebrations Beta.
Improving trust and control by introducing intuitive notification management settings for members.

Interested in learning more? Please get in touch.

Helping teams to develop sovereign autonomy for their platforms with an AI-powered toolset that helps quickly design, test, and deploy.

08/2024 - 08/2025 (Current) · Staff Designer, Shield AI

Some initiatives I worked on:

Shipping Forge’s first generally available no‑code/low‑code visual interface (0>1) as part of Hivemind SDK.
Supporting Special Projects team's projects with rapid conception, visualization, and prototyping.
Helping Hivemind exec team to build and scale a cross‑disciplinary design team (1>10+) from scratch.

Interested in learning more? Please get in touch.

An actionable guideline on how to design for trust, aimed for interaction designers, who design conversational e-commerce interfaces

10/2018-05/2018 · Master of Design, Carnegie Mellon University

Connecting the world’s professionals via quality conversations within communities they trust

07/2018 - 03/2021 · Sr Designer, LinkedIn Growth Design

Some initiatives I worked on:

Bringing LinkedIn Groups back to the flagship app with role/membership management tools and setup nudges to improve efficiency and content quality.
Helped professionals connect at online events through personalized attendee recommendations.

Interested in learning more? Please get in touch.