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I'm a Product Discovery & Design Manager, currently working in a Polish digital advertising agency / technology group. I have over 10 years of experience freelancing in digital design and almost 7 years of agency experience.
I'm self-taught. I’ve been learning to design since the age of 12, and working commercially continuously since I was 16. I continue to develop my skills through various books, courses, and trying new things.
Skills
- Leading UI skills
- Senior level; I aspire to be among the world's best in a few years,
- I mainly do web design; I would like to do app and product design more (and I’m capable of that),
- I love creating consistent design systems, and I pay a lot of attention to detail,
- Expert in Adobe XD, I'm switching to Figma,
- Interaction design, animations, prototyping, responsiveness/mobile, multiple styles,
- Developer hand-off, implementation verification, and detailed notes for developers,
- UX skills:
- I make sure every design element is there for an important reason, and I can explain why to the stakeholders,
- I look both at the whole user flow and at individual interactions, to see whether they make sense;
- I have done UX audits of websites,
- I know UX principles, as well as cognitive psychology; I know how to design to achieve desired impact on the user,
- Business & Discovery skills:
- Doing Discovery talks with client; finding out what he wants, and then looking deeper to check why he wants it and if it makes sense; maybe something different would be beneficial for him,
- I always try to understand the business and practical aspects,
- I have no problem talking to stakeholders, guiding them, and taking care of the relationship,
- My work helps achieve business results - confirmed by my clients,
- Branding & Visual skills:
- I can design high quality, bespoke brands, logos; print&digital,
- Strategy-based design, strategy discussions with client,
- Knowledge of Adobe Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign),
- Basic animation skills (PremierePro, After Effects),
- IT / Technical skills:
- I'm an internet nerd and power user, I understand IT pretty well,
- Basic knowledge of HTML, CSS, JS, programming in general,
- Knowledge of Wordpress and low-code Wordpress (Oxygen) development (I did this website myself from scratch*),
- I have no problem talking to the developers, and I already think about the technical aspects from the beginning of each project; this helped the teams with which I was working avoid many problems,
- Management, Team & Communication skills
- I can work independently and organise what I need, but I also love working with other experts,
- I love sharing knowledge and giving tips to junior designers, and in the future I would like to spend more time mentoring others,
- Basic management skills (project management & documentation, development coordination),
- Advanced (B2) English.
A word about my portfolio
I have only done commercial projects for the last few years; they are designed for specific audiences' needs and affected by client decisions, budgets, and pace of work. As a result, they are not at the visual level you may know from pretty dribbble shots*; they were designed to perform well for businesses rather than on social media.
Due to the volume of work, I also did not have time to describe the process in the portfolio or make a pretty presentation; there are only flat designs, but I will be happy to tell more about it if needed.