Alexander Antonov, Designer in Sofia, Bulgaria
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Alexander Antonov

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Designer

Location
Sofia, Bulgaria
Toptal Member Since
August 21, 2019

Alexander is an interactive designer and art director with a passion for the digital landscape. He’s inspired by the power of design to make the complicated simple, to solve problems, to trigger emotions, and to help people achieve their goals. Over the years, Alexander's designed and developed sophisticated digital platforms as well as contributing to the conceptualization and execution of multichannel creative campaigns.

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Portfolio

Work Experience

Creative Director | Interactive Art Director

2013 - PRESENT
NEXT-DC
  • Led the design and development of complex digital platforms, including a dynamic archive of Bulgarian design, an online store for a worldwide fashion brand, as well as numerous activation websites for Heineken, Renault, Finlandia, Jack Daniel's and others.
  • Acted as the creative director for brands like Renault, Heineken, A1, Canon, leading teams of creatives to ensure the high quality of ideas and execution.
  • Designed and led the launch of QuotesMagazine.co—the agency's first media project.
  • Spearheaded the redesign and development of the agency's website and worked on the strategy for.
  • Oversaw the creative team in new business pitch presentations, resulting in new clients in the agency's portfolio such as A1, Renault, NISSAN, Dacia, and Canon Central & Eastern Europe.
Technologies: Adobe Photoshop, Sketch

Interactive Designer

2012 - 2013
Apple
  • Worked closely with creative technologists, UX designers, and developers to create designs and interactive experiences for some of the world's biggest brands.
  • Created UX and interactive designs for Adidas, Audi, BMW, Vauxhall, McDonald's, Nike, О2, and Sony Pictures.
  • Conducted UX research for best practices for interactive advertising on the mobile platform.
  • Brainstormed with a creative team to develop custom solutions to business problems and to find an innovative way to communicate brand messages.
  • Created presentations with interactive prototypes and concept demonstrations which were then presented to clients.
Technologies: Apple Keynote, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop

Designer | Developer

2011 - 2012
Willoughby Stewart Associates
  • Designed a luxury boat company's (Fairline.com) website, developed the front end, and optimized it for tablet devices.
  • Developed and designed Fairline.com’s mobile site and was involved in the integration of a CMS (content management system) controlling all of the website’s sections and data with support for eight languages.
  • Designed the official website and product store for Bubblescope (a 360° imaging mobile device).
  • Planned out Bubblescope’s online photo-sharing community called BubblePix; also developed the front end and created the mobile website design.
  • Created the branding, graphic design, and print materials for some of the agency's clients.
  • Collaborated with both designers and developers on a daily basis, building desktop and mobile-optimized websites.
  • Worked on the design and development of the agency's website.
Technologies: CSS, JavaScript, HTML, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop

Designer | Developer

2010 - 2011
George Thomas International
  • Created the website design and developed the front end for Ben Jones, an Absolute Radio DJ.
  • Built the front end of a website for Scott Mills, a BBC Radio 1 DJ.
  • Developed the front and back end of a website for Peter Dickson, X-Factor's voiceover man.
  • Developed the front end of the website for Shakeaway.
  • Implemented a search functionality for Voice Shop and Rhubarb Voices, voiceover agencies.
  • Designed and developed custom CMS systems, allowing for full control over artist pages, music, and video files (again for Implemented a search functionality for Voice Shop and Rhubarb Voices).
Technologies: JavaScript, CSS, HTML, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop

Designer

2006 - 2008
Securax BVBA
  • Created the interface design for ZoIPer, VoIP soft-phone.
  • Designed various small business websites.
  • Designed advertising and print materials for campaigns.
  • Crafted the logo design and branding for various small businesses.
  • Developed the front end using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
Technologies: JavaScript, CSS, HTML, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop
2008 - 2011

Bachelor of Arts Degree with Honors in Interactive Media Production

Bournemouth University - Bournemouth, UK

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