By Stefan Heißenberg

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Fifteen years designing digital products across agencies, consulting, startups, and enterprise. Ask question and find out directly what you need to know.

myDHLi B2B portal on tablet and smartphones — enterprise UX design, design systems, and product leadership case study
DHL Global Forwarding logo — B2B logistics platform and myDHLi design leadership client

How an idea became DHL Global Forwarding's B2B portal

myDHLi started as a sketch I drew while still at Saloodo!. Seven years later it's the central portal for DHL Global Forwarding — quoting, booking, tracking, documents, analytics for 22,000+ enterprise customers across 50+ countries.

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Saloodo digital freight marketplace truck visual — founding designer UX, data-driven logistics product design case study
Saloodo logo — DHL digital freight marketplace, founding designer case study

Disrupting logistics with an aggressive data-driven playbook

Saloodo! was DHL's bet on a digital freight marketplace — shippers on one side, verified road carriers on the other, matched with ML. I joined as the founding designer when the pilot was ready to scale. Small team, fast decisions, real consequences.

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OBI Next digital bathroom planner on laptop — retail UX, product discovery, and workshop-to-MVP innovation case study
OBI Next logo — retail digital innovation and product configurator client

30 days to launch, six months to a blueprint

OBI Next was OBI Group's bet that a retailer could move like a startup. I came in with sunzinet to build the bathroom planner MVP in 30 days — then stayed six months to prove it worked with data. The pattern we found became OBI's playbook for digital services: kitchen planner, garden planner, 14 configurators across 640+ stores.

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Clients & Collaborators

Grateful for the teams I've worked with.

Galderma logo — healthcare and pharma UX design client of Stefan Heißenberg
BioNTech logo — enterprise biotech UX and product design client
DHL Global Forwarding logo — B2B logistics platform and myDHLi design leadership client
Bayer logo — healthcare and enterprise UX design client
NKT logo — industrial enterprise UX consultancy client
Avène logo — dermo-cosmetics and healthcare design client
Kunstsammlung NRW logo — cultural institution digital experience client
Les Mills logo — fitness and digital product design client
Yazaki logo — automotive enterprise UX strategy client
Messe Düsseldorf logo — trade fair and B2B platform design client
OBI Next logo — retail digital innovation and product configurator client
MSD logo — pharmaceutical and healthcare UX design client
Berner Group logo — B2B distribution and enterprise UX client
DocCheck logo — healthcare professional platform design client
Fresenius Kabi logo — healthcare and medical UX design client
Sparkasse logo — banking and financial services UX design client
QSC AG logo — enterprise audio technology UX consultancy client
KION Group logo — industrial logistics and enterprise UX client

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Fifteen years. Three highlights.

Earlier work sits behind NDA. Happy to walk through my experience in conversation.

  • German Design Award Winner — acclaimed UX, product design, and digital experience recognition
  • German Brand Award Winner — brand identity, experience design, and corporate design excellence
  • Com Prix Design Award — healthcare communication design prize, Stefan Heißenberg
  • Nielsen Norman Group UX Master certification — advanced UX research, interaction design, and design leadership (2023–2025)
  • Scrum.org Professional Scrum Master PSM I certification — agile product delivery and team facilitation (2022)
  • Anthropic Academy — Claude Code in Action certificate and Agent Skills credential, verified AI-augmented product and design workflow