My time at Metabo was a formative experience that pushed me well beyond what I expected from a traditional design role. I took the initiative to reach out to external software vendors and drove conversations around portfolio organization and restructuring, which sharpened my communication skills through presentations and stakeholder interviews.

Internally, I applied my personal literacy in AI to help improve how information was being transferred across teams, developing workflows that streamlined processes that were slower than they needed to be. On the design side, I deepened my proficiency in Rhino and CATIA, reinforcing my technical foundation as an industrial designer. I think these experiences reflect my commitment to being multidisciplinary, someone comfortable with hard design skills but also able to engage with the business and operational thinking that surrounds them.

Beyond the professional growth, this role gave me the chance to immerse myself back into German culture after more than a decade away, making it a personally meaningful chapter as well.

Much love to Julian, Dirk, Christian and all of PD2 for your time and mentorship!