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b r i n g t h e c a k e (c)# Ferenc (Feri) Muck
Principal Product Designer. Budapest, Hungary (remote). Est. 1993.
muck.ferenc93@gmail.com · linkedin.com/in/ferencmuckjr · bringthecake.com
## Summary
Principal product designer, 9+ years, hands-on across fintech, healthcare and AI for global brands: Audi, Pampers, Bolt, UBS, Prezi, McKinsey. Takes projects end-to-end, from a vague problem to a high-craft, shipped interface; builds in Figma, Framer and code every day. Folds AI and agentic workflows into everyday design and delivery to raise quality without slowing down. Co-founder of ff.next and UI Academy. Forbes 30 Under 30.
## Experience
- 2017-now · Principal / Lead Product Designer & Co-Founder, ff.next · product design studio shipping for clients in 20+ countries; hands-on senior/principal IC while co-leading a team of 15
- since 2019 · Co-Founder & Course Leader, UI Academy · 12-week intensive UI design course: high-fidelity prototyping, Figma, Framer, UI animation; 250+ alumni across 15 cohorts
- 2016-2017 · Visual Designer, Prezi · visual design for a global presentation product used by millions
## Selected engagements (ff.next)
- Yettel · 2026 · Lead Designer, Design System
- Pampers · 2025 · Senior Product Designer, global mobile app UI redesign
- Inception AI (G42) · 2025 · Senior Designer, (In)sight, presented at GITEX Global · inceptionai.ai
- Bolt · 2024 · Lead Designer, campaign website, 100k+ users
- German Red Cross · 2024 · Staff Product Designer & Frontend Developer, Bloodlab · bloodlab.org
- Audi · 2023 · Senior Product Designer
- McKinsey & Company · 2022-2023 · Principal Designer: Orchestro, OTP Fizz e-commerce, Design for Good
- Keto Mojo · 2021 · Principal Designer, 0-to-1 health app, 100k+ users, 4.8 stars on the App Store
- UBS · 2021 · Product Designer
- Regional banks · 2017-2020 · Lead Designer: OTP Bank, Intesa Sanpaolo, Fibank
## Side projects
- Tempo · 2026 · first app in the App Store: a running pace companion (SwiftUI, Metal) · tempopaceapp.com
- Sub 3:00 · longest-running side project: breaking 3 hours on the marathon within 10 years
## Recognition
Forbes 30 Under 30 · Best of Behance (2x) · Best of UI Design, Behance · Framer Pro Expert · Top 1% Creator 2025
## Education
- MOME, Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design · UX & Digital Product Design, 2017
- Corvinus University of Budapest · MSc, Management and Leadership, 2017
- Corvinus University of Budapest · BA, International Relations, 2015
## Continued learning
Subatomic: The Complete Guide to Design Tokens (Brad & Ian Frost) · Design System Bootcamp (Molly Hellmuth) · Figma Academy (Michael “Ridd” Riddering) · Promotion-Ready Portfolio Workshop (Shift Nudge)
## Skills & tools
Product & UI/UX design · Design Systems · 0-to-1 Product · Prototyping · Frontend (HTML/CSS/JS) · Figma · Framer (incl. custom code) · AI / agentic design workflows
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