About Matija Vojvodic
More than eight years where product design, engineering and business overlap. I started as a frontend developer, and that still shapes how I design. I think about what a product is made of, how each part changes, and what can go wrong. Today I lead the design and research team on an AI healthcare platform and stay hands-on with the hardest problems.
“A highly capable design lead with particularly strong system thinking … turning ambiguity into clear, scalable design direction. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend him for a senior design leadership role.”
How I work
- Structure before screens
I agree with engineering what the product is made of before designing the interface.
- Clarity first, then beautiful
I ship polished UI and the design systems behind it. The structure underneath is what makes them hold.
- Guidance over smart answers
In AI products, people need to know what happens next and when a person takes over.
- Design judgement, written down
I turn how I review designs into reusable skills for AI tools, so checks like accessibility happen while designing, not after release.
Experience
Download CV (PDF) →2026 – now
Product Design Lead · ZenitechAI healthcare navigation platform, 3M+ users. Lead the design and research team; set the AI object model, the information architecture and the design system.
2025 – 2026
Founding Product Designer · AI startup (stealth)Product architecture, object model and first MVP.
2024 – 2026
Principal Product Designer · OstreOwn studio for SaaS and AI products.
2021 – 2024
Founding Product Designer · SweapEvent platform. Built the design system from tokens to documentation. NDR 103% → 119%.
2019 – 2021
UX/UI Designer & Frontend Developer · MATEDesigned and built a website builder and a virtual event platform.
2018 – 2019
Freelance designer and developerTurnfest check-in for 15,000+ attendees, a displacement map with CERN engineers for IDMC.