Hello, I’m Johan.

Hello, I’m Johan.

Hello, I’m Johan.

I'm a Product Designer & Workshop Facilitator.

I'm a Product Designer & Workshop Facilitator.

I'm a Product Designer & Workshop Facilitator.

  • "Johan and I worked together on several fast-paced design consulting projects. He's an incredible designer: Strong conceptual skills, technical understanding, and also very fast and meticulous in execution. Maybe most importantly, though: He is so nice. He's super easy to work with, even under pressure and in stressful situations. I consider myself lucky for having had the opportunity to work with Johan and would recommend him to anyone who needs a high caliber designer!"

    Tim Höfer

    Head of Product Design, AJ&Smart

  • "Johan helped guide large teams through complex challenges with a steady hand during our Innovation Bootcamp. Thanks to well-designed workshop setups, we got clear results in just a few hours of focused work."

    Linda Fragner

    Innovation Lead, Scania

  • "Johan has been instrumental in rationalising the complexities of authorization into a workflow and user experience which all our users can understand. Through multiple design sprints, workshops and prototyping his process has been thorough and the outputs polished and ready to go into development straight away."

    Alex Olivier

    Head of Product, Cerbos

  • "Johan's Growth Hacking Workshop was great for our team. His approach brought clarity and focus to our onboarding strategy, enabling us to better understand and meet our users' needs. The workshop helped our product team narrow down a vast set of problems and ideas to a manageable few experiments. This helped create an amazing team focus and maximized their effectiveness."

    Marvin Johnson

    Director of Product Management, Qapital

  • ''I thought I was ok at running a workshop until I realised there are master facilitators who are expertly trained, and workshopping is what they do. Johan is one of these. He helped guide and facilitate a workshop for me resulting in clear actions paving the way forward. It was great to finish a workshop as planned without needing more meetings to discuss the same things again."

    Matt Baida

    CEO, Vast

  • "Johan provided an excellent UX design in our development project, with superior speed, live illustrations and creative ideas during our meetings. He is always professional and brings in the end user in every aspect. The kind of person you want in your project!"

    Mats Lundell

    Project Manager, Telia Company

  • "Johan and I worked together on several fast-paced design consulting projects. He's an incredible designer: Strong conceptual skills, technical understanding, and also very fast and meticulous in execution. Maybe most importantly, though: He is so nice. He's super easy to work with, even under pressure and in stressful situations. I consider myself lucky for having had the opportunity to work with Johan and would recommend him to anyone who needs a high caliber designer!"

    Tim Höfer

    Head of Product Design, AJ&Smart

  • "Johan helped guide large teams through complex challenges with a steady hand during our Innovation Bootcamp. Thanks to well-designed workshop setups, we got clear results in just a few hours of focused work."

    Linda Fragner

    Innovation Lead, Scania

  • "Johan has been instrumental in rationalising the complexities of authorization into a workflow and user experience which all our users can understand. Through multiple design sprints, workshops and prototyping his process has been thorough and the outputs polished and ready to go into development straight away."

    Alex Olivier

    Head of Product, Cerbos

  • "Johan's Growth Hacking Workshop was great for our team. His approach brought clarity and focus to our onboarding strategy, enabling us to better understand and meet our users' needs. The workshop helped our product team narrow down a vast set of problems and ideas to a manageable few experiments. This helped create an amazing team focus and maximized their effectiveness."

    Marvin Johnson

    Director of Product Management, Qapital

  • ''I thought I was ok at running a workshop until I realised there are master facilitators who are expertly trained, and workshopping is what they do. Johan is one of these. He helped guide and facilitate a workshop for me resulting in clear actions paving the way forward. It was great to finish a workshop as planned without needing more meetings to discuss the same things again."

    Matt Baida

    CEO, Vast

  • "Johan provided an excellent UX design in our development project, with superior speed, live illustrations and creative ideas during our meetings. He is always professional and brings in the end user in every aspect. The kind of person you want in your project!"

    Mats Lundell

    Project Manager, Telia Company

  • "Johan and I worked together on several fast-paced design consulting projects. He's an incredible designer: Strong conceptual skills, technical understanding, and also very fast and meticulous in execution. Maybe most importantly, though: He is so nice. He's super easy to work with, even under pressure and in stressful situations. I consider myself lucky for having had the opportunity to work with Johan and would recommend him to anyone who needs a high caliber designer!"

    Tim Höfer

    Head of Product Design, AJ&Smart

  • "Johan helped guide large teams through complex challenges with a steady hand during our Innovation Bootcamp. Thanks to well-designed workshop setups, we got clear results in just a few hours of focused work."

    Linda Fragner

    Innovation Lead, Scania

  • "Johan has been instrumental in rationalising the complexities of authorization into a workflow and user experience which all our users can understand. Through multiple design sprints, workshops and prototyping his process has been thorough and the outputs polished and ready to go into development straight away."

    Alex Olivier

    Head of Product, Cerbos

  • "Johan's Growth Hacking Workshop was great for our team. His approach brought clarity and focus to our onboarding strategy, enabling us to better understand and meet our users' needs. The workshop helped our product team narrow down a vast set of problems and ideas to a manageable few experiments. This helped create an amazing team focus and maximized their effectiveness."

    Marvin Johnson

    Director of Product Management, Qapital

  • ''I thought I was ok at running a workshop until I realised there are master facilitators who are expertly trained, and workshopping is what they do. Johan is one of these. He helped guide and facilitate a workshop for me resulting in clear actions paving the way forward. It was great to finish a workshop as planned without needing more meetings to discuss the same things again."

    Matt Baida

    CEO, Vast

  • "Johan provided an excellent UX design in our development project, with superior speed, live illustrations and creative ideas during our meetings. He is always professional and brings in the end user in every aspect. The kind of person you want in your project!"

    Mats Lundell

    Project Manager, Telia Company

Selected Work.

Freelance Product Designer and Workshop Facilitator with 10 years of experience. 

Freelance Product Designer and Workshop Facilitator with 10 years of experience. 

Freelance Product Designer and Workshop Facilitator with 10 years of experience. 

Portrait of CEO Johan Holst
Portrait of CEO Johan Holst
Portrait of CEO Johan Holst

About me

I'm a versatile designer with a military background from Sweden. I take great pride in creating designs that are not only user-friendly but also effective in achieving business objectives and aesthetically appealing. Teamwork is fundamental to my approach, and I highly value co-creation as a tool for generating exceptional results.

In my career, I've had the opportunity to lead user experience (UX) activities for various client projects. Working within multi-disciplinary teams, I've helped develop concepts from the ground up. In particular, I led the initiative to establish a UX team and Design System at PostNord. I've also worked with the world-renowned agency AJ&Smart, where we delivered Design Sprints for Fortune 500 clients.

When I'm not at work, I'm enjoying life with my family, doing some long-distance running, or tinkering with my 3D-printer.

/ Johan Holst

About me

I'm a versatile designer with a military background from Sweden. I take great pride in creating designs that are not only user-friendly but also effective in achieving business objectives and aesthetically appealing. Teamwork is fundamental to my approach, and I highly value co-creation as a tool for generating exceptional results.

In my career, I've had the opportunity to lead user experience (UX) activities for various client projects. Working within multi-disciplinary teams, I've helped develop concepts from the ground up. In particular, I led the initiative to establish a UX team and Design System at PostNord. I've also worked with the world-renowned agency AJ&Smart, where we delivered Design Sprints for Fortune 500 clients.

When I'm not at work, I'm enjoying life with my family, doing some long-distance running, or tinkering with my 3D-printer.

/ Johan Holst

About me

I'm a versatile designer with a military background from Sweden. I take great pride in creating designs that are not only user-friendly but also effective in achieving business objectives and aesthetically appealing. Teamwork is fundamental to my approach, and I highly value co-creation as a tool for generating exceptional results.

In my career, I've had the opportunity to lead user experience (UX) activities for various client projects. Working within multi-disciplinary teams, I've helped develop concepts from the ground up. In particular, I led the initiative to establish a UX team and Design System at PostNord. I've also worked with the world-renowned agency AJ&Smart, where we delivered Design Sprints for Fortune 500 clients.

When I'm not at work, I'm enjoying life with my family, doing some long-distance running, or tinkering with my 3D-printer.

/ Johan Holst

Experience

2024–

UX Designer

2023–

Product Designer

2023–

Jumble

Workshop Facilitator & Strategic Partner

2022

Product Designer & facilitator

2022

Product Designer

2019–2021

UX Design Lead

2017–2019

UX Design Consultant

2014–2017

Graphic Designer and Marketer

2012–

Montis UX

Freelance Designer

Experience

2024–

UX Designer

2023–

Product Designer

2023–

Jumble

Workshop Facilitator & Strategic Partner

2022

Product Designer & facilitator

2022

Product Designer

2019–2021

UX Design Lead

2017–2019

UX Design Consultant

2014–2017

Graphic Designer and Marketer

2012–

Montis UX

Freelance Designer

Experience

2024–

UX Designer

2023–

Product Designer

2023–

Jumble

Workshop Facilitator & Strategic Partner

2022

Product Designer & facilitator

2022

Product Designer

2019–2021

UX Design Lead

2017–2019

UX Design Consultant

2014–2017

Graphic Designer and Marketer

2012–

Montis UX

Freelance Designer

Certificates and Courses

2021

Workshopper Master Certification

AJ&Smart

2020

Design Sprint Masterclass

AJ&Smart

2018

Foundations in Design Thinking

IDEO University

2018

UX Management, Strategy & Tactics

The Interaction Design Foundation

2017

Professional Scrum Master I

Scrum.org

Certificates and Courses

2021

Workshopper Master Certification

AJ&Smart

2020

Design Sprint Masterclass

AJ&Smart

2018

Foundations in Design Thinking

IDEO University

2018

UX Management, Strategy & Tactics

The Interaction Design Foundation

2017

Professional Scrum Master I

Scrum.org

Certificates and Courses

2021

Workshopper Master Certification

AJ&Smart

2020

Design Sprint Masterclass

AJ&Smart

2018

Foundations in Design Thinking

IDEO University

2018

UX Management, Strategy & Tactics

The Interaction Design Foundation

2017

Professional Scrum Master I

Scrum.org

Education

2021

Disruptive Strategy

Harvard Business School Online

2011–2014

Graphic Design & Communication

Linköping University, Sweden

2013

Digital Arts

University of the West of Scotland

Education

2021

Disruptive Strategy

Harvard Business School Online

2011–2014

Graphic Design & Communication

Linköping University, Sweden

2013

Digital Arts

University of the West of Scotland

Education

2021

Disruptive Strategy

Harvard Business School Online

2011–2014

Graphic Design & Communication

Linköping University, Sweden

2013

Digital Arts

University of the West of Scotland

Competences

Product Design

UI Design

UX Design

Workshop Facilitation

Product Strategy

Prototyping

UX Writing

User Research

Design Thinking

3D modeling & animation

Marketing

Branding

Competences

Product Design

UI Design

UX Design

Workshop Facilitation

Product Strategy

Prototyping

UX Writing

User Research

Design Thinking

3D modeling & animation

Marketing

Branding

Competences

Product Design

UI Design

UX Design

Workshop Facilitation

Product Strategy

Prototyping

UX Writing

User Research

Design Thinking

3D modeling & animation

Marketing

Branding

Can work as

Product Designer

Design Lead

UX Designer

UI Designer

Scrum Master

Project Manager

Team Lead

Can work as

Product Designer

Design Lead

UX Designer

UI Designer

Scrum Master

Project Manager

Team Lead

Can work as

Product Designer

Design Lead

UX Designer

UI Designer

Scrum Master

Project Manager

Team Lead

Favorite tools

Figma

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Framer

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Adobe CC

FigJam

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Miro

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Mural

ChatGPT

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Spline

Midjourney

GitHub

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Notion

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Jira

Favorite tools

Figma

Logo

Framer

Logo

Adobe CC

FigJam

Logo

Miro

Logo

Mural

ChatGPT

Logo

Spline

Midjourney

GitHub

Logo

Notion

Logo

Jira

Favorite tools

Figma

Logo

Framer

Logo

Adobe CC

FigJam

Logo

Miro

Logo

Mural

ChatGPT

Logo

Spline

Midjourney

GitHub

Logo

Notion

Logo

Jira

Here, have some free knowledge.

How To Run An Effective OKR Workshop (Full Step-By-Step Guide)

In this video I guest the AJ&Smart Youtube to give you a step-by-step guide on how to facilitate a simple and effective 2-hour OKR Workshop with your team. This OKR workshop will help you and your team get clarity on what goals to focus on and how they will be measured

How To Run An Effective OKR Workshop (Full Step-By-Step Guide)

In this video I guest the AJ&Smart Youtube to give you a step-by-step guide on how to facilitate a simple and effective 2-hour OKR Workshop with your team. This OKR workshop will help you and your team get clarity on what goals to focus on and how they will be measured

How To Run An Effective OKR Workshop (Full Step-By-Step Guide)

In this video I guest the AJ&Smart Youtube to give you a step-by-step guide on how to facilitate a simple and effective 2-hour OKR Workshop with your team. This OKR workshop will help you and your team get clarity on what goals to focus on and how they will be measured

How To Run An Easy GROWTH HACKING Workshop (Full Step-by-Step Guide)

Growth is always important. In this video where I make a guest appearance on the AJ&Smart Youtube channel I show you how to generate great growth hacking experiments with your team.

How To Run An Easy GROWTH HACKING Workshop (Full Step-by-Step Guide)

Growth is always important. In this video where I make a guest appearance on the AJ&Smart Youtube channel I show you how to generate great growth hacking experiments with your team.

How To Run An Easy GROWTH HACKING Workshop (Full Step-by-Step Guide)

Growth is always important. In this video where I make a guest appearance on the AJ&Smart Youtube channel I show you how to generate great growth hacking experiments with your team.

Figma UI Design Tutorial - How To Redesign Any Website (A Beginner's Guide)

Have you ever looked at a website and wanted to tweak it a little? In this post I’ll walk through step-by-step how any beginner can quickly change things around using Figma (and some cool plugins).

Figma UI Design Tutorial - How To Redesign Any Website (A Beginner's Guide)

Have you ever looked at a website and wanted to tweak it a little? In this post I’ll walk through step-by-step how any beginner can quickly change things around using Figma (and some cool plugins).

Figma UI Design Tutorial - How To Redesign Any Website (A Beginner's Guide)

Have you ever looked at a website and wanted to tweak it a little? In this post I’ll walk through step-by-step how any beginner can quickly change things around using Figma (and some cool plugins).

Portrait of Johan Holst sitting by a laptop

Make decisions and collaborate like top-performing tech companies.

Experience the power of quick, collaborative decisions in a
3-hour, no-nonsense workshop.

Portrait of Johan Holst sitting by a laptop

Make decisions and collaborate like top-performing tech companies.

Experience the power of quick, collaborative decisions in a
3-hour, no-nonsense workshop.

Portrait of Johan Holst sitting by a laptop

Make decisions and collaborate like top-performing tech companies.

Experience the power of quick, collaborative decisions in a
3-hour, no-nonsense workshop.

Illustrations of arrows, a phone and a general theme of growth hacking

The Faster Product Blog

I occasionally write blog posts about Product Design, Product Strategy, and Workshop & Collaboration tactics. Have a look and consider subscribing.

Illustrations of arrows, a phone and a general theme of growth hacking

The Faster Product Blog

I occasionally write blog posts about Product Design, Product Strategy, and Workshop & Collaboration tactics. Have a look and consider subscribing.

Illustrations of arrows, a phone and a general theme of growth hacking

The Faster Product Blog

I occasionally write blog posts about Product Design, Product Strategy, and Workshop & Collaboration tactics. Have a look and consider subscribing.