# Mario Stjepanovic

> Product Designer with 10+ years across SaaS, insurance, healthcare and
> consumer. Works end-to-end across business strategy, product thinking, and
> UX engineering — turning complex challenges into shipped, valuable outcomes.
> Based in Sandefjord, Norway. Works remotely with teams globally.

## About

- Name: Mario Stjepanovic
- Role: Product Designer (end-to-end: discovery → strategy → UX → UI → ship)
- Experience: 10+ years
- Location: Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway
- Working style: remote-first, collaborates with teams globally
- Languages: English, Norwegian, Bosnian (fluent in all three)
- Specialty: aligning business goals, customer needs, and operational realities
- Tools: Figma, Framer, Supabase, Vercel, Miro, Sentry, Microsoft 365
- Focus areas: B2B SaaS, B2B2C SaaS, health-tech, insurance, AI-assisted
  product design, design systems, product strategy, growth design

## Experience

- **Muselink** — Founder & CEO (2025–present). SaaS platform for music
  collaboration, built and shipped solo. 15.6% visitor-to-waitlist conversion
  with no paid acquisition.
- **If Insurance** — Product Designer, Commercial Product Strategy (2024–2025).
  Reframed Nordic B2B insurance webshops into a guided self-serve underwriting
  system; built the business case for serving Wholesale and Retail digitally.
- **Vertikal Helse** — Business Developer & UX Designer with lead product
  design scope on the claims platform (2021–2023). Patient-facing health
  insurance platform serving 200,000+ customers. Upload success 67% → 94%,
  93% self-service completion, 96% reduction in manual case routing, patient
  satisfaction 2.1 → 4.4 / 5.
- **Astor Design** — Business Developer (2017–2021). Built brand, service
  design and client acquisition from zero to sustainable revenue at one of
  Oslo's leading interior styling firms.
- **FITINK** — Co-Founder, Head of Brand & Business Development (2017–2019).
  Scandinavian custom-fit clothing brand specialising in sneaker customization;
  featured on Nike's Official YouTube channel.
- **For All Musicians** — Founder & CEO (2015–2017). Early-stage music
  collaboration platform; secured seed funding; awarded Mashup of the Year
  with Innovation Norway mentorship.

## Education

- **BI Norwegian Business School** — Bachelor, Creative Industries Management
  (2014–2017).
- **Noroff University College** — Sound Design (2009–2011).

## Open to

Mario is currently open to all four of the following:

- **Full-time roles** — senior or lead product designer positions, remote or
  based in Norway.
- **Freelance / contract product design** — short or long engagements, remote
  globally, end-to-end product work.
- **Advisory and fractional engagements** — product and design advisory for
  founders, early-stage startups, and product teams.
- **Speaking, writing, and brand collaborations** — talks, podcasts, and
  writing on product design, AI-assisted design, and craft.

The best way to start a conversation is the contact form on the site, email,
or a 30-minute intro call (links below).

## Featured Work

- [Health Claims Platform](https://www.mario-stjepanovic.com/case-study/health-claims):
  B2B2C SaaS health-tech. Scaled the claims experience to 200,000+ customers,
  lifted upload success from 67% to 94%, and cut manual case routing by 96%.
  Private case study — request access via the contact form.
- [Digital Insurance Experience](https://www.mario-stjepanovic.com/case-study/ecommerce):
  Guided self-serve journeys helping SMEs understand risk, choose coverage and
  buy with confidence. Private case study — request access via the contact form.
- Workers Compensation Calculator (coming soon)
- Muselink (coming soon)

## Philosophy

Competitive advantage is not in pricing or features alone. It's in how clearly
the product translates business intent into customer value — and how quickly
that translation can be tested, refined, and shipped.

## Contact

- Email: fobmario@me.com
- Book a 30-min call: https://calendly.com/s-m-a-r-i-o/30min
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/s-mario

## Site

- Home: https://www.mario-stjepanovic.com/
- Sitemap: https://www.mario-stjepanovic.com/sitemap.xml