Agnieszka Cichocka Product designer

Hi, I'm Agnieszka

I'm a product designer and UX researcher based in Wrocław, Poland. I help product teams decide what's worth building.

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From veterinary medicine to product design

My journey to UX design was a little unconventional. I actually spent the first part of my career as a veterinarian! Seven years of veterinary practice taught me to diagnose from incomplete data, make decisions under time pressure and explain complex things to worried people. I still work this way.

For five years at Deviniti I worked on apps for the Atlassian and monday.com ecosystems. I ran a 30-interview study with IT service teams to find new product opportunities, spent a year as Product Owner, and led a four-person UX team as interim lead. When there was no budget for research, I found answers in desk research and product data.

Since 2025 I've been leading UX research as a volunteer for a digital health project at Fundacja K.I.D.S. Since 2026 I also design and build websites end-to-end, using AI as part of my process. I'm looking for a product team where research shapes what gets built.

How I work

  • I start from evidence, even without a budget

    When there's no budget for interviews, I use what the company already has: support tickets, churn surveys, product data and desk research.

  • Every insight ends in a decision

    I write insights so a team can act on them, and I prioritise them with the PM and developers using RICE or MoSCoW.

  • Accessibility is a design input, not a final check

    As a certified WCAG auditor, I write accessibility requirements into the brief and the design system from day one.

Experience

  1. 2026 – now

    UX/UI consultant & designer

    Freelance

    End-to-end website projects: research, brand, design system, copy and code, with AI as part of my process.

  2. 2025 – now

    Research Competence Lead (volunteer)

    Fundacja K.I.D.S.

    Research with clinicians, patients and parents for a digital health project.

  3. 2025

    Career break

    No organisation

    Career break for parenting. During that year I led UX research as a volunteer at the K.I.D.S. Foundation, completed the AIDEAS AI & ML programme and attended WaysConf and iDesign. Since January 2026 I've been working freelance as a UX/UI consultant and became a certified WCAG auditor (160 h).

  4. 2020 – 2024

    Product Designer & Researcher

    Deviniti

    Apps for Atlassian and monday.com. One year also as Product Owner (Advanced Confluence Integration for Jira), several months as interim lead of a four-person UX team; helped recruit the UX team and mentored junior designers.

  5. 2019 – 2020

    B2B sales

    Deviniti

    Sales in the Atlassian ecosystem.

  6. 2011 – 2018

    Veterinarian

    Zwierzyniec Veterinary Clinic

    Seven years of clinical practice.

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Certifications and education

  • Certified WCAG auditor, 160 h2026See the accessibility audit case study
  • AIDEAS AI & ML programme2025
  • Professional Scrum Product Owner I (PSPO I)2022
  • Postgraduate studies in UX design, SWPS University2019–2020
  • BSc in Dietetics2015–2018
  • Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM)2005–2011