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Venla Haugen

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Director of Design at BlaBlaCar | ex-Allianz

Works at
BlaBlaCar
Location
Helsinki, Finland · EET (UTC+2)
Experience
11+ years experience
Education
École Polytechnique
Languages
English, Finnish

Overview

Based in Helsinki. I lead B2B dashboards at BlaBlaCar. Built a component library 55 engineers ship with every day. I mentor students through university programmes.

Good reasons to reach out
  • Advice on B2B dashboards
  • Roles in B2B dashboards
  • Speaking or podcast invitations
Please don't message about
  • Agency or outsourcing pitches
  • Crypto token projects
Skills
information architectureinteraction designFigmadata visualisation
AdvisingOpen to advising
closes in 3 months

Office hours for first design hires: B2B dashboards and interaction design

Topics
B2B dashboards, Figma, information architecture
Format
Async reviews
Terms
Free for early founders
Capacity
A few async reviews a month
Best for
Engineers moving into leadership

19 years of B2B dashboards. Prefer specific questions over coffee chats.

Helsinki, Finlanddata visualisationinformation architecturefigma
Open to workLooking for a role
closes in 3 months

Lead Director of Design roles in e-commerce - Helsinki or remote

Target roles
Lead Director of Design
Level
Senior
Industries
Logistics, Consumer apps
Work mode
Hybrid
Available
90 days notice
Work authorization
Authorized to work in Finland
What I'm looking for
Hands-on work on information architecture with room to mentor.
Not interested in
Crypto

19 years in B2B dashboards. Strongest at information architecture and Figma. Can start in about six weeks.

Helsinki, Finland · remote OKinformation architecturefigmadata visualisation

Experience

  1. Director of Design
    Jan 2025 - Present
    BlaBlaCar · 1 yr 10 mo · Full-time · Helsinki, Finland
    • Brought the enterprise flows to WCAG 2.2 AA.
    • Shipped the enterprise redesign that lifted task completion 14%.
    • Built a component library 38 engineers ship with every day.
  2. Product Designer
    May 2023 - Nov 2024
    Allianz · 1 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Helsinki, Finland
    • Ran 120 usability sessions and turned them into a research repository.
  3. UX Researcher
    Mar 2022 - May 2023
    Farfetch · 1 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Helsinki, Finland
    • Ran 78 usability sessions and turned them into a research repository.
    • Built a component library 54 engineers ship with every day.
  4. Design Manager
    Mar 2019 - Mar 2022
    LVMH · 3 yr · Full-time · Helsinki, Finland
    • Built a component library 83 engineers ship with every day.
  5. Staff Product Designer
    Apr 2016 - Mar 2019
    Google · 2 yr 11 mo · Full-time · Helsinki, Finland
    • Shipped the enterprise redesign that lifted task completion 19%.
    • Cut support tickets about enterprise by 46% with clearer copy and states.

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Education

  1. École Polytechnique
    Ingénieur, Industrial Design
    2003 - 2007

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