I want to create impact at scale.

That is what brought me from psychology to product design.

I studied psychology and economics because I wanted to understand how people actually make decisions. My first job was in risk consulting at KPMG, where I learned rigor, and also learned that the sharpest analysis changes very little on its own. Product design is where understanding people turns into things they use.

Since making that move I have spent four-plus years shipping products across fintech, SaaS, ad-tech, and e-commerce. Today I freelance from Berlin, helping startups turn hard problems into scalable, accessible products.

Portrait of Tamir Bar-Niv

Career

  • Freelance Product DesignerBerlin2026 to present
  • Product DesignerFirma. Business Design, Tel Aviv2022 to 2025"Creative Rockstar" award for creativity and innovation (2023)
  • Product DesignerMAX Impact, Tel Aviv2021 to 2022
  • Senior Risk Management ConsultantKPMG, Tel Aviv2019 to 2022

Education

  • MA Design ManagementMediadesign Hochschule BerlinDistinction (1.1), thesis on designing digital nudges
  • UX DesignTechnion2020 to 2021
  • BA Psychology & EconomicsBen-Gurion University2016 to 2019, exchange at University of Padua

Community

I founded and host When Psychology Meets UX, a Berlin meetup that has brought together 450+ designers across nine editions. I am also an IxDF Local Leader in Berlin.

Skills

  • User Research
  • Design Thinking
  • Journey Mapping
  • Information Architecture
  • Interaction Design
  • Prototyping
  • Usability Testing
  • Design Systems
  • Behavioral Design
  • Data-Driven Design
  • Product Strategy
  • Dev Handoff
  • Accessibility

Tools: Figma, Claude Code, Figma MCP, FigJam, Miro, Maze, Notion

Hiring, or just curious?

Open to freelance engagements first, and to full-time-shaped conversations for the right product.

Available for freelance work

Have a product problem worth solving?

Book a 20-minute intro call. You'll leave with an honest read, whether we work together or not.

Based in Berlin, working across Europe.