Innovation leadership
at the intersection of
design, product & AI.

A strategy and innovation leader with 20+ years spanning design, technology and business — using AI, deeptech and automation to turn ideas into products and real impact, and to lead the teams that ship them.

Warsaw / remote · ex‑Shopee · 20+ years · currently: AI RegTech

How I work — three pillars01

Creative Project Manager · Delivery Lead

Creative Project & Production

I bring order to complexity. Twenty years of running full project lifecycles — discovery, planning, execution, delivery — across design, engineering and physical production: photo-book series and print runs, spatial builds and event zones, campaigns and digital products. Multidisciplinary teams, external vendors and demanding stakeholders, moved from concept to launch with clarity and momentum.

My default toolkit: structured roadmaps, honest milestones, tight feedback loops — and enough craft knowledge to know when “done” isn’t.

Creative project managementRoadmapping & milestonesProduct & design deliveryStakeholder & client managementProcess optimizationProduction & vendorsBudget ownership
Head of Design · Creative Lead / Director

Design & Creative Leadership

I shape creative vision and lead the high-performing, multidisciplinary teams that deliver it — aligning brand, product and business strategy with design excellence. At Shopee I led and scaled design inside one of the world’s largest e‑commerce organizations, coordinating creative output across markets, teams and stakeholders; before that, two decades of directing brand and campaign work for companies like Orlen, Grupa Żywiec, Casio and Steinway & Sons.

What that means in practice: setting direction people can follow, raising the bar on craft without slowing delivery, and translating between boardroom, brand and design floor.

Creative directionCreative strategyBrand & product strategyVisual identity systemsTeam leadership (20+)Cross-functional leadershipUX/UI designArt direction
Creative Innovations Manager · AI Product Manager · Technology & Digital Strategy

Innovation, AI & Digital Strategy

I set the technology and digital strategy — and take it all the way into shipped products: scoping, UX, product management and AI-assisted delivery, aligning what gets built with where the business is going. Since 2024 I’ve been building AI products end to end at DeepTech, including an AI RegTech SaaS — running discovery and live demos with enterprise clients, feeding what I learn straight back into the roadmap.

Engineer by education (MSc, electronics & telecommunication), so “complex technology” is a working language, not a black box.

Technology & digital strategyAI / LLM platforms & toolsProduct ownership (concept → MVP)Process automationSolution designAI-assisted developmentDigital transformation

Across all three, a commercial edge — twenty years of client-facing leadership: winning and keeping global clients from Shopee and Philip Morris to Orlen, Heineken and Mastercard, and most recently running pre-sales, discovery and live demos for an AI SaaS — contributing €120K+ in early-stage revenue.

Selected studio work from those twenty years lives at Veryniceworks Studio →

About02

Designer by craft, engineer by education, product manager by practice.

For twenty years I ran Veryniceworks — a Warsaw design studio delivering brand identity, art direction and digital design for global brands and cultural institutions. As Head of Design at Shopee I led and scaled design teams inside one of the world's largest e‑commerce organizations, coordinating creative output across markets and stakeholders. I also co‑founded a modular-architecture company and managed art projects for one of Poland's leading photography foundations.

Since 2024 I build AI‑driven products end to end: concept, UX, product management and AI‑assisted development — shipping real, multi‑tenant software used daily by clients.

Selected clients

ShopeePhilip MorrisPKN OrlenGrupa ŻywiecHeinekenCasioSteinway & SonsJungheinrichRonson DevelopmentCisowiankaAgoraZPAVTeatr Polonia
2024 — now
DeepTech / AudomateCo-founder · AI-driven products & platforms
2022 — 23
Shopee PolandHead of Design · Design Team Lead
2006 — 25
Veryniceworks StudioFounder · Strategy & Design Lead
2012 — 20
Boxme Steel TailorsCo-founder · Design Lead
2006 — 16
Gudzowaty FoundationDesign Projects Manager
2003 — 05
Xnet CommunicationsSenior UX/UI Designer

Education

2007
School of Visual Arts, NYCDesign — master class courses
2001 — 05
Poznań University of ArtMultimedia — BA
1996 — 01
Poznań University of TechnologyElectronics & Telecommunication — MSc

Let's talk —
marek.mielnicki@deeptech.pl

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