My name is Roope Kolu and I have over 8 years of experience making digital services.
I worked with Roope on two complex product development projects (Bike Services and a new SME onboarding) in Epassi. Roope was the lead designer. I was consistently impressed by his creativity, user-centered thinking, and ability to bring clarity to even the most abstract requirements. He created user flows, interactive prototypes, and organised design systems in Figma. This made the entire process smoother and more efficient for everyone involved. Roope brought a strategic mindset to every design decision. He was proactive in asking the right questions, open to feedback, and always focused on solving user problems.
Roope showed great skills to translate business demands into top class solution design. Roope is a very nice person to work with and has great solution design skills & competence. He always brought some fresh new ideas into our discussions, especially from the end user point of view, and through him I learned to know what UX design is about.
"I appreciate your dedication, commitment to quality and collaborative approach."
"You feel no pressure to work with Roope and this builds the best ground of all possibilities in digital products. All the initiatives by Roope are very good supplements of what we are missing, especially for the interviews."
"You ask a lot of opinions and you already have some ideas which we can choose. I like your way to involve me/all teams to different cases and you want to have some real ideas how to create it etc."
"You are staying so positive and proactive at all times and keeping the users at center!"
Roope was working in a project improving application for ABB's Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) service. Roope can work independently based on given instructions and guidelines. When getting more familiar with the topic, Roope could contribute to the project with new, fresh ideas and improvement suggestions.
As a UX Designer, Roope consider usability and modernity when designing the UI. Roope sees quickly how to make the UI of existing functionality user friendly and up-to-date. In a new feature development, Roope designs the UI to meet the requirements specification, taking into account usability and modernity. It is easy and pleasant to work with Roope. With him, you can reflect on UI and UX issues. You get always answer and his opinion if you have any questions or ambiguities regarding UX and UI.
"You are calm and collected and easy to talk to. You understand well different aspects and you are not afraid to question. And of course you are also a nice guy!"
"You have very user-driven approach and you are always looking for the best solution for users very thoroughly, no matter who the user is (colleague, customer, employee...). That leads to better services, so great to have you in the team!"
"You're very calm and friendly. Always ready to help when it is needed. You're great at looking at the big picture. When we collaborate, I think we always have a meaningful discussion."