I'm Jan Früchtl, a designer, indie iOS developer, and photographer based in Frankfurt am Main.
Currently I work as a Staff Product Designer at Cubby.
I am a designer who excels at working at the intersection of design, engineering, and product to create seamless experiences that feel like a natural extension of oneself.
In the past decade, I have been involved in various industries and startups. At Shopify, I spearheaded a 0-1 product, simplifying global expansion for merchants effortlessly. At BRYTER, I led a design systems team. Currently, I lead a design team at Cubby, shaping the product vision and fostering a collaborative and efficient design discipline.
On the side, I'm working on my iOS app CouchTimes and Friendzone.
Selected Work
Recommendations
Here is a little peek into what people who worked with me in the past said about me, my work, and impact across different roles.
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"Jan was on the founding team for Shopify Markets Pro, which created a new way to make global commerce accessible to small businesses. I admired Jan's ability to quickly grasp complex domain context, make tough trade-offs, and design experiments with deep care for our merchants."
Rohit Mishra
Director of Product Shopify
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"Jan is both a designer and a leader. While at Shopify, he was the design lead for large, complex, multidisciplinary projects. Jan went above and beyond to deliver quality designs, collaborate with stakeholders, and achieve alignment across teams."
Megan Dodge
Senior UX Manager at Shopify
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"Jan's work on Shopify Markets Pro was fast, precise, and polished. He took ownership of leading the design, defining all requirements, mapping all flows, and helping create a format of work for stakeholders to align on goals, iterations, and future steps."
Pedro Marques
Head of UX Shopify Markets
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"Jan created the foundations of our design system, both in the tangible tools to use and in the understanding that our entire product area embraced. Without his efforts, our cross-functional teams would not have been able to work in harmony as they did."
Jen Goertzen
VP UX at BRYTER