Jana Stýblová

About Jana Stýblová

I’m a product designer, super IC, design leader, mentor and former founder with 15+ years of experience across startups (3 acquired), enterprise companies, and NYC fashion houses. I make apps and features from scratch. I optimize existing systems while building durable UX frameworks and scalable product strategies. I revel in the sandbox that is ambiguity and am available for part-time and fractional engagements. Especially adept at partnering with founders at the ideas stage to launch their MVPs from scratch:As a founding designer and former founder, I’ve often owned both product and brand strategy, operating comfortably in the ideas stages where speed, clarity, and judgment matter. I build MVPs but I also scale them.For companies like: Google, Hulu, Meta, Infor, GE, Victoria’s Secret, Tourneau, Expa (Garrett Camp), Imperative, and Thrive Global.I have: partnered and pitched to stakeholders, delivered end-to-end product design, scalable design systems, copywriting, and brand strategy. I have helped scale platforms to millions of WAUs, features in app stores, and even hold a UX patent.For pre-seed and early stage startups: I bring your ideas to life in fast, collaborative, iterative, holistic, accessible capacities, launching your MVPs, alphas, and betas while advising on product strategy, advocating for the end user, and bringing a brand language to life. My work has resulted in funding, adoption, and even awards.I’ve built across Generative AI, machine learning, no-code platforms, 3D printing, AR, and drone technology—and I can use AI tools (if it aligns with your ethos) to accelerate research, synthesis, prototyping, and iteration, helping teams move faster without sacrificing quality or craft.I’ve been described as someone who “sees a need and fills it,”: my work style is agile, collaborative, and egoless. I care deeply about thoughtful systems, human-centered experiences, and building products that solve real problems. For me, the user always wins.Core Skills→ End-to-end Product Design (concept to ship)→ Scaling products from 0 → 1 → 10→ Tokenized and scalable design systems→ UX strategy, visual & interaction design→ AI-accelerated design workflows (research, synthesis, prototyping)→ Agile methodologies & cross-functional collaboration→ Branding, marketing & UX copywriting→ Rapid prototyping + iteration→ Team leadership, mentorship and Super IC execution→ Acting as Product Owner (strategy, scrum, prioritization)→ Data-informed design & product decision-makingView select projects → https://styblova.com

Experience

1. Fractional Product Design Lead Super Ic

   Memco Studio

   Feb 2015 — Present

   Available as a part-time or fractional Principal Product Designer, embedded with teams to ship products and scalable systems; have built apps, experiences, and experiments for folks like: Google, Nike, Meta, Amazon, Thrive Global, Expa (Garrett Camp, co-founder if Uber), Hulu, GE and more.Also an experienced close partner (I\'m a former founder and entrepreneur, I get it) to pre-seed founders looking to rapidly build their MVPs and brands, providing the impact of a seasoned design leader on a start-up budget. I have worked as a founding designer and partnered with dozens of pre-seed startups, 3 acquired, many funded.0 → 1 → 10; wires, product, brand and design systems from scratch; proven scaling to millions of WAU; specializing in AI, NLP, ML, AR, Web3, 3D printing, sound and more.

Education

• The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  Bachelor's degree, Fine and Studio Arts

  2006 — 2010

• The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  Bachelor's degree, Physics

  2006 — 2010

Skills

• Responsive Web Design
• Design Thinking
• Design
• Logo Design
• Illustration
• User Experience Design
• Layout
• User-Centered Design
• Creative Strategy
• Css
• Advertising
• Graphic Design
• Corporate Identity
• User Interface
• Multimedia
• Art Direction
• User Interface Design
• Web Design
• Art
• Branding
• User Experience
• Interaction Design
• Photography
• Brand Development
• Experience Design
• Creative Direction
• Adobe Creative Suite
• User Flows
• Information Architecture
• Social Media
• Mobile Applications