Summary
Timur Çelikel is a seasoned front-end developer and UX-minded product practitioner with 11 years of experience building polished web interfaces across startups and agencies. He co-founded the Berlin design studio völlig ohne in 2016 and brings hands-on expertise in modern CSS, React, and TypeScript to bridge design and implementation. Currently at Small Improvements, he blends UX thinking with product management to deliver user-centered features rather than just pixels. His background spans freelance projects in Bremen and Istanbul, agency work, and repeated engagements at Small Improvements, showing both entrepreneurial and enterprise fluency. Trained in Digital Media and Visual Arts, he pairs visual sensibility with technical craftsmanship—often favoring elegant CSS solutions that simplify component complexity. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic designer-developer who prefers shipping delightful, maintainable UIs over flashy one-offs.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Visual Arts and Communication Design, Visual Arts and Communication Design at Sabanci University
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Digital Media, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Digital Media at University of Bremen
English, German