Hi there!

I'm Marta — a Product and Innovation Manager who loves turning messy, complex problems into things people actually want to use.

Over the past decade I've worked across design engineering and product management at companies like Beiersdorf, SAP, and Tonies — always somewhere between the big picture and the details that make it real. What connects it all: a drive to move from how things are made to why they matter — and the instinct to bring both perspectives into one room.

I started early. I sold my first patent at 22, which taught me more about product-market fit than any course could — and left me hooked on building things ever since. Since then I've led global innovation initiatives, launched award-winning products, and built platforms recognized by Fast Company, COP28, UX Design Awards and beyond.

I studied in Berlin, at the Royal College of Art, and at Imperial College London — where I learned that the most interesting problems rarely have clean answers. That habit of thinking in systems, tracing second-order effects, and sitting comfortably with complexity now shapes how I approach everything from product strategy to go-to-market.

I've had the chance to mentor at Stanford and Imperial, and speak at the Science Museum London — moments I'm proud of, but that feel less like destinations and more like good conversations along the way.

Today at Tonies, I focus on what I find most rewarding: building products that people actually love — research- and data-driven, financially grounded, and designed for real human lives.

Resume

Royal College of Art - MA Service Design
University of Applied Sciences Berlin - BA Industrial Design
Imperial College London - MBA Electives

Y Combinator - Start Up School Europe 2024

D.MBA - Business and Strategy

Ellen MacArthur Foundation - From Linear to Circular London

Google - UX Design

University of Michigan - UX Research

Central Saint Martins / UAL - Digital Illustration

Future Training - MCAD Solidworks

Work Experience

Tonies - Senior Product Manager

Bosch - Product Manager

SAP Fioneer - Service Designer & Product Owner

Beiersdorf

  • Product Manager - Sustainable Innovation

  • Global Technology Specialist

  • Packaging Engineering Specialist - Prototyping & Innovation

  • Post-Graduate Packaging Innovation Intern

Colorfy - Junior Product Design Manager

www.marta-suslow.com - Freelance Designer

Awards

UX Design Awards - Nominee - Unify / Prototypes for Humanity - Nominee - Education, Cities and Communities - "Unify" / Imperial College London - Entrepreneurial Journey 22/23 - Grand Challenge Prize - Winner for "TerraWise" / Imperial College London - Wicked Acceleration Labs - Deep Tech Acceleration Week - Second Place for "OverHerd" / Fast Company - 2021 Innovation by Design Award - Honoree - Retail Innovation / Deutscher Nachhaltigkeitspreis 2022 (The National German Sustainability Award) - Finalist - Design / ADF Innovation Awards 2021 - Winner - Industrial and Technical Innovations / Designboom - TOP 10 Social Impact Stories 2020 / MUSE Design Award 2020 - Gold Winner - Packaging Design / Packaging Europe - The Sustainability Awards 2020 - Winner - Reader's Award / Packaging Innovations London - 30 under 30 / Packaging of the World - Top 50 Packaging Design Innovations 2015 / ArtDesign Feldkirch/POTENTIALe - LAVA Design Award - Nominee - Newcomer

Mentorship and Expert Roles

Savannah College of Art and Design - Product Management & Service Design - Academic Mentor / Stanford University CS 177 Human-Centered Product Management - Academic Mentor / Imperial College London Wicked Problems, Systems Dynamics and Entrepreneurial Innovation - Academic Mentor / PENTAWARDS - Sustainable Design - Jury Member

Exhibitions & Speaker

Prototypes for Humanity/ COP 28, Dubai, 2023 / ScienceMuseumLondon, London, 2022, on “Circular Economy” / Bundespreis EcoDesign Berlin, 2021 / ArtDesign Feldkirch/Potentiale Austria, 2015 / Werkschau at the University of Applied Sciences Berlin, 2015 / DMY Berlin, 2015 / Werkschau at the University of Applied Sciences Berlin, 2014 / Packplay Montreal, Canada, 2014 / Nürnberg Messe Germany, 2014 / Werkschau at the University of Applied Sciences Berlin, 2013 / Freedom Exhibition at NHow Gallery Berlin 2013, for mandalah and Bayer

Patents

Filling device and method for filling containers - WO/2021/083662 · filed / H2O Tea by Induction - DE 402015204441-0001 · 29. Jan. 2016 / Butter Plus - OO Design 402013200188-0001 · 9. Jan. 2014

A panel discussion at the Pentawards Festival about designing for a circular economy, with four people seated on stage and a large screen displaying event details.
Two men in suits stand at a conference table on a stage with a large screen behind them displaying speakers' portraits and names, with green-themed graphics and the event hashtag #DNP14.
Four women seated in armchairs on a stage with a purple-lit backdrop, engaged in a panel discussion. A small table with water bottles and papers is in the center.
Group of eight people holding a large check in front of a green moss wall with a large blue and white letter B.
German newspaper article titled "Kosmetik fürs Klima" discussing eco-friendly cosmetics, featuring photos of four people, a product image of Nivea Creme Soft, and images of three cosmetic bottles.
A woman with long brown hair, smiling, holding a small teal container in her right hand, dressed in a white sweater, standing against a plain background.
A smiling woman with blonde hair on the cover of a magazine, with text in German highlighting various articles.
fast company innovation by design award
A woman in a white lab coat and glasses operating a large laboratory machine with a touchscreen in a clean, white-walled laboratory.
Cover of a design book titled 'The Package 7' featuring a black bottle with a blue label and a silver cap, set against a blue background.
A large group of people gathered at an indoor event or exhibition, standing around tables and booths with displays and screens, in a spacious, brightly lit area with blue and white decor.
Group of six diverse professionals sitting and standing on wooden benches in an office with a green moss wall background.
A diverse group of approximately 40 people posing together in a conference room, some smiling, with a red wall and whiteboards in the background.
A wooden clock with Roman numerals and two clock hands on a gray background.
Collection of skincare products including creams and lotions placed on textured stone blocks against a neutral background.
Two black and white packaging containers labeled Butter Plus, one open showing a creamy substance inside, on a white surface.