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Work Digital Marketing Specialist Datera & Birtingahúsið

Digital marketing for Datera and Birtingahúsið: Google, Meta and SEO campaigns, media planning and data-driven optimisation. I came to product design already used to reading real user behaviour and being measured on whether a decision worked.

2017 – 2021 · 2024 – 2025
Experience Digital Marketing Specialist
Google, Meta and SEO for clients across multiple industries. Data-driven optimisation for Icelandic and international markets.
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Founder & Lead Designer

Last-minute tourism marketplace in Iceland. Designed end-to-end in Figma, research, design system, prototyping and CRO.

2022 – 2025
Experience Founder & Lead Designer
Last-minute tourism marketplace in Iceland. Designed end-to-end in Figma, user research, design system, prototyping and CRO. Also owned all marketing.
Last-minute experiences Case study Last-minute experience marketplace
Product design · Startup · Web app

Marketplace for last-minute tours in Iceland. Built the brand, design system and a conversion-focused booking flow.

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2024
Case study · 2024 Last-minute experience marketplace
Product design · Startup · Web app
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End-of-shift handover tool Case study End-of-shift handover tool
Product design · Mobile · Concept

A mobile tool for service teams to hand over notes, tasks and reports between shifts, designed end-to-end with usability testing.

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2025
Case study · 2025 End-of-shift handover tool
Product design · Mobile · Concept project
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A shared bank for couples Latest Case study A shared bank for couples
Product design · Fintech · Concept

A joint-finance app concept helping couples manage shared money without losing independence. Research, flows and a full UI kit.

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2026
Case study · 2026 A shared bank for couples
Product design · Fintech · Concept project
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Education BSc Business Administration & Computer Science Reykjavík University

Business with a technical edge. Named to the Dean's List, spring 2015.

About the degree
2014 – 2017
Education Business Administration & Computer Science
University of Reykjavík · Business with a technical edge. Dean's List, spring 2015.
Education MSc Marketing Reykjavík University

One-year MSc taught in English. Covered consumer behaviour, brand development, market research and marketing metrics, using data to shape strategy across digital and international markets.

About the degree
2019 – 2020
Education MSc in Marketing
University of Reykjavík · Consumer behaviour, brand strategy and data.
Education UX design programme Hyper Island

Industry-taught, project-based programme. Covered user research, prototyping, design systems, UI, data analytics and UX ethics. Most coursework done in collaboration with real companies.

About the programme
2024 – 2025
Education UX Design
Hyper Island · Industry-taught programme · User research, prototyping, design systems, UI and UX ethics
LatestA shared bank for couples

A shared bank for couples

Product design, Fintech, 2026

End-of-shift handover tool

End-of-shift handover tool

Product design, Mobile, 2025

Last-minute experience marketplace

Last-minute experience marketplace

Startup, Web app, 2024

Sigurður Guðmundsson

I'm Siggi, a UX designer in Reykjavík. I spent years running a startup and managing marketing campaigns before I discovered that the part I liked most was always the product. Now I design, and I bring everything else along with me.

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