Available for hire

Anyone can make it pretty.
I make it make sense.

8+ years of product design across AI native, data-dense, and operational products, making the hard-to-grasp obvious.

The complicated stuff
is the fun part.

Making the complex legible: This is the core of what I do. Give me something tangled, an autonomous agent, a metrics funnel, a configuration surface nobody can read, and I turn it into something a person understands at a glance and trusts. It is the through-line in every project I have shipped.

End-to-end range: I go from a rough sketch to a polished, production-ready product without dropping quality at either end, and I can build it, not just spec it. That means fewer handoffs, faster answers, and design intent that survives all the way to what users actually see.

Systems that hold up: I design the patterns other people build on. I set the design and motion language, the configuration model, and the visual standards the team inherits by default. Keeping a product coherent while it grows fast is something I am genuinely good at.

Finding the real problem: I do not wait for a brief. I watch how people actually use the product, find the problem worth solving, make the call, and own it. Strategy over trend-chasing, every time.

Hear what my
team has to say.

I had the pleasure of working with Emrah daily for over a year, where he led design at Yuma. What set him apart was his range and speed. He could go from quick exploratory sketches to polished hi-fi designs without losing quality at either end, and he contributed directly to the codebase via PRs, which is rare and incredibly valuable in a fast-moving startup.

Hector Satre

VP of Products, Yuma AI (YC W23)

I had the pleasure of working with Emrah daily for over a year, where he led design at Yuma.

What set him apart was his range and speed. He could go from quick exploratory sketches to polished hi-fi designs without losing quality at either end, and he contributed directly to the codebase via PRs, which is rare and incredibly valuable in a fast-moving startup.

Hector Satre

VP of Products, Yuma AI (YC W23)

I had the pleasure of working with Emrah daily for over a year, where he led design at Yuma. What set him apart was his range and speed. He could go from quick exploratory sketches to polished hi-fi designs without losing quality at either end, and he contributed directly to the codebase via PRs, which is rare and incredibly valuable in a fast-moving startup.

Hector Satre

VP of Products, Yuma AI (YC W23)

I had the pleasure of working with Emrah daily for over a year, where he led design at Yuma.

What set him apart was his range and speed. He could go from quick exploratory sketches to polished hi-fi designs without losing quality at either end, and he contributed directly to the codebase via PRs, which is rare and incredibly valuable in a fast-moving startup.

Hector Satre

VP of Products, Yuma AI (YC W23)

Emrah was one of our strongest assets at Yuma when we decided to double down on quality. Our product is complex, a full AI CX infrastructure, and as a senior designer Emrah was able to jump in, quickly understand the product, and contribute meaningfully. He would be a great addition to any team riding the agentic transformation right now.

Guillaume Luccisano

Founder & CEO, Yuma AI (YC W23)

Emrah was one of our strongest assets at Yuma when we decided to double down on quality.

Our product is complex, a full AI CX infrastructure, and as a senior designer Emrah was able to jump in, quickly understand the product, and contribute meaningfully. He would be a great addition to any team riding the agentic transformation right now.

Guillaume Luccisano

Founder & CEO, Yuma AI (YC W23)

Let's

design

build

ship

something cool.

Email

contact@emrahkarahan.com

© 2026 Emrah Karahan

KARAHAN

Let's

design

build

ship

something cool.

Email

contact@emrahkarahan.com

© 2026 Emrah Karahan

KARAHAN

Let's

design

build

ship

something cool.

Email

contact@emrahkarahan.com

© 2026 Emrah Karahan

KARAHAN

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