EKIN TUMER

 
Howdy!
I’m a designer from
Mersin, Turkey
— currently moving pixels in Oakland, CA.

 My focus is brand identity, visual design, and creative direction, with a design systems and product background.I studied Graphic Design at MICA, which means I have strong opinions about kerning, a soft spot for a
well-crafted print,
and a weakness for everything
3D
.

  In my free time, I like exploring the city with
my dog charlie,
going to concerts or picnics with friends, gaming, picking up a new hobby like
nail art,
or relaxing in my home and staring at my plants.

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Projects
01 Here*
02 YouTube TV
03 Stem + Leaf
04 Live guide
05 Choreathon

Playground

INDEX
YouTube TV
2023 – 2026




YouTube TV — Streaming service reshaping live TV. 100+ broadcast, cable, and regional sports networks delivered over the internet

Role
Visual UX designer

SkillsVisual design 
Product design
Design systems 
Motion design







Overview
I joined YouTube TV as an intern and spent 7 years of evolving a product from an early streaming app to a modern, cross-platform live TV experience. Here’s a look at the systems, redesigns, and everyday craft that shaped it along the way.


My journey started off as a core designer, working on major redesigns scaling from big TV screens to smaller mobile screens and a few new feators





Web player redesign screenshot
Highlights
  • Improved accessibility with better key controls
  • Modern UI that opens space for new features
  • Scalable design that will work on smaller screens

Team
  • PM: Brianne Mirecki
  • Engineer: Cassie Chin
Invites feature screenshot
Highlights
  • Introduce ability to invite and earn 
  • Create patterns and designs that are reused by YouTube

Impact
  • Represented 2.64% of paid starts in January (+85% growth since last update), trial retention rate of 85.4% vs 46% for overall users




…then I decided to pivot and moved to another side of the product supporting retention and growth, learning about data and focusing on retention projects.


Helping shape new sports plans and working on cancel flow improvements and balancing acquisition with retention.





Sunday ticket logo image
Highlights
  • Unblocked launching Sunday Ticket 2026 pre-season
  • Designed a motion reel to pitch our product to get the Sunday Ticket collaboration
  • Made systems, documentations, and alignment for our new Plan cards to be used throughout the product
  • Redesigned membership pages to support new Tiers and Plans
  • Launched our Sports plan for membership pages
Invites feature screenshot
Highlights
  • In collaboration with PM and past research, strategized a phased plan to improve our settings flows and reduce churn

Team
  • PM: Chris Clark
  • Eng: Damien Nagle






Although my interaction focus changed, my interest in design systems and visual design remained  




design-systems

Scale the product internally

  • Lead the production of extensive design systems and figma libraries for YouTube TV
  • As component ambassador, represented my team within the YouTube ecosystem
  • Created guides on how to use figma and navigate our files
  • Gave support on figma to team members as they needed
  • Ran mini lectures to teach about new useful features
  • Ran weekly sessions to keep the team inspired and connected
  • Promoted team culture and collaboration through design games, project jams and fun future envisioning 
design-systems

Support beauty, simplicity, and craft

  • Represented my team within YouTube when it comes to visual explorations, and visioning work 
  • Helped launch bigger redesigns and smaller updates made by the Art department by auditing, applying changes within YouTube TV and providing feedback 
  • Worked with Marketing and Art department to run easter eggs on our scrubber during tentpole events that became a big moment of joy for users
  • Aided guideline creation for all assets so we keep everything consistent as easter eggs grow
  • In collaboration with another Visual designer, explored ways in which we can modernize the product and strategically launched updates with our engineers
  • Lead the launch of full set of icons on all three platforms 







Related articles

YouTube News – Live guide
New York Times – Sports plans
YTV Wins First Emmy Award
YTV Plans Launching



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