My name is Mark Lukas. I studied Communication Design at the HfG Schwäbisch Gmünd and graduated with a MA Design from the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam with my thesis Smelling Data.

I started my career at Intuity Media Lab GmbH in Stuttgart working on UX/UI design for Bosch AG, before moving to Berlin where I worked at Nolte & Lauth GmbH on Online Car-Configurators for Daimler AG. Meanwhile I co-authored Prototyping Interfaces — Interactive Sketching with vvvv, the first published book for the visual programming language vvvv.

From 2016 to 2022 I worked as a Senior UX Designer at the Volkswagen Group Future Center Europe GmbH leading interaction design for prototyping for future mobility concepts, and scaling the UX department to 55 designers based on the holocracy mindset. Most recently I served as a UX Lead at the Volkswagen CARIAD SE, owning the Documentation of the Generic Design System across multiple VW Group brands and leading parts of the Design Handoff for the latest serial vehicle software.

Currently I am using the time for a personal reset. I lost 23kg, took up CrossFit, went on active sports trips, and rebuilt my daily habits from the ground up for the next career chapter.

In my free time, I enjoy burning carbs with CrossFit, inviting friends for dinner parties and resting at the lake with my fishing rod.

Experience

UX Lead / Design Lead — HMI Specification, Serial Development
Volkswagen Group CARIAD SE, Berlin · 04/2025 – 08/2025

Promoted to UX Lead mid-project. Led a cross-functional developer team of 5–10 through the Design Handoff for the CAR Settings ART Solution. Responsible for design quality, stakeholder management, and agile sprint coordination.

 

Senior UX Designer — Design Systems & Documentation
Volkswagen Group CARIAD SE, Berlin · 06/2022 – 03/2025

Owned the documentation of the Generic Design System across 3 VW Group brands translating a Figma-based component library into structured UX/UI guidelines in Frontify. Served as single source of truth for brand teams across apps, web, and in-car interfaces. Led contributing design teams in an agile setup across two Solution Trains.

 

Senior UX Designer / Interaction Designer
Volkswagen Group Future Center Europe GmbH, Potsdam · 07/2016 – 05/2022

Concept and interaction design for future mobility experiences in an interdisciplinary team across UX, engineering, and prototyping spanning user research, autonomous mobility services, inclusive design, and usability testing. Recruited and scaled the UX department to 55 designers. Co-organized agile teams in a holacracy setup.

 

Concepter & UX Designer
Nolte & Lauth GmbH, Berlin · 05/2015 – 07/2016

UX concept, wireframing, and interaction design for the Mercedes-Benz Lifestyle Configurator, a personality-driven vehicle recommendation system for Daimler AG, designed for desktop and tablet.

 

Research Assistant
University of Applied Sciences Potsdam · 06/2014 – 05/2015

 

Author & Visual Director — Prototyping Interfaces
Verlag Hermann Schmidt, Mainz · 03/2012 – 06/2013

Co-authored and visually directed a 336-page book on interactive prototyping with vvvv and Arduino. Developed workshop curricula and taught at TYPO Berlin, NODE Festival, and HfG Schwäbisch Gmünd.

 

Concepter & Interface Designer
Intuity Media Lab GmbH, Stuttgart · 03/2012 – 03/2013

UX design and wireframing for digital services for Bosch AG and Gira Giersiepen.

 

Intern — Communication & Interaction Design
ART+COM AG, Berlin · 08/2010 – 02/2011

My clients and employers include Volkswagen Group, CARIAD SE, Mercedes-Benz, Bosch, Porsche, Škoda, CUPRA, Audi, and the City of Potsdam — as well as creative studios and agencies in Berlin, Ingolstadt and London.

Education

Certificate — Artificial Intelligence & Agile Leadership · 04/2026 – 07/2026
Generative & analytical AI · Prompting · AI Management · Agile Organisation · Self-Leadership

Interface Design – Master
University of Applied Sciences, Potsdam · 10/2013 – 03/2015

Communication Design – Bachelor
University of Applied Sciences, Schwäbisch Gmünd · 10/2008 – 03/2012

Communication Design – Exchange Semester
FH Joanneum, Graz (Austria) · 03/2011 – 09/2011

Skills & Tools

UX & Design
User Research · Usability Testing · Wireframing · Prototyping · Interaction Design · Information Architecture · UX Strategy · Human-Centered Design · Inclusive Design · Design Systems · Design Thinking · Agile UX

Software & Tools
Figma · FigJam · Adobe Creative Suite · Cinema 4D · Frontify · Miro · Confluence · JIRA

AI Tools
ChatGPT · Claude · Prompt Engineering · Research Synthesis · Design Documentation

Creative Coding & Physical Computing
vvvv · Processing · Arduino · HTML5 (CSS) · WordPress

Methods & Leadership
Stakeholder Management · Cross-functional Team Leadership · Agile · Scrum · Design Handoff · Workshop Facilitation

Languages
German (native) · English (fluent) · French (en petit)