Amanuel Mamo
Verified Expert in Design
Designer
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Toptal member since August 19, 2022
Amanuel is a product designer with over four years of experience creating simple and easy-to-use products that users love. He has a background in architecture, game design, and 3D modeling, and he leverages his expertise in these multiple design fields to help teams build human-centered digital experiences. To design a product, Amanuel uses empathy to immerse himself in how users might feel about their problem, circumstance, or situation.
Work Experience
Senior UI/UX Designer
Gebeya
- Developed user-oriented interfaces and rapidly tested and iterated on designs for mobile apps, web, and landing pages.
- Designed and validated workflows and interfaces through iterations.
- Collaborated with multiple roles to drive user engagement, ease of use, and product usability.
- Helped create an MVP for the company's four main products, which we used to do initial user tests.
- Translated concepts into wireframes and mockups that led to easy-to-use products.
Visual and Motion Designer (via Toptal)
Tony Bennett
- Illustrated and designed characters based on the client's visual references.
- Designed, modeled, and created a 3D superhero character for a short promo video using Blender, Adobe After Effects, and Adobe Premier Pro.
- Created animation and video editing to integrate all the scenes into a 20 – 25-second video.
- Designed and created illustrations, a logo, and visual elements for the animation.
Unreal Game Asset Designer (via Toptal)
Namrata Gannu
- Developed game assets for Unreal Engine, specifically for PlayStation VR, utilizing Blender, ZBrush, and Adobe Substance 3D Painter.
- Created game assets from concept to VR-development-ready. The assets were used to build a PlayStation VR experience.
- Modeled, textured, and optimized a game asset environment for optimal performance and visual appeal.
- Collaborated with the development team to ensure the game assets integrated seamlessly into the broader VR experience, contributing to the overall immersive quality of the final product.
Visual Designer
Diotima Strategies LLC
- Produced hundreds of illustrations and designs related to cryptocurrency, including characters, environments, physical assets, maps, icons, and visual elements.
- Utilized Midjourney, an AI tool to efficiently create high-quality images based on prompts, resulting in streamlined visual production.
- Translated complex concepts related to cryptocurrency into engaging and understandable visuals, using metaphors and other storytelling techniques to enhance viewer comprehension.
- Created a detailed and visually stunning map of a complex system or concept, incorporating key elements into a cohesive and immersive design.
- Developed a consistent visual style and brand for the project, ensuring that all illustrations and designs adhered to established guidelines and contributed to a cohesive look and feel.
3D Artist
Freelance Client
- Created a 3D architectural concept for a proof of concept walkthrough video.
- Designed walkthrough videos of various parts of the building.
- Created a motion graphics animation that explains different aspects of the concept.
UI/UX Designer
Freelance
- Created wireframes for game navigation and in-game experience.
- Helped create visual guidelines for the game and implemented different graphic elements according to the guidelines.
- Designed and built custom icons, badges, game passes, and 3D renders for coins and reward elements.
- Translated concepts into wireframes and mockups that led to intuitive gameplay experiences.
Multi-media Director
G Media
- Managed clients' projects and provided creative direction.
- Led all communication with clients and worked on budgeting, deciding project scopes, and team assembly.
- Designed more than six mobile apps and websites for companies and products.
- Conducted user research and created user stories, wireframes, and prototypes.
- Developed graphic assets for different mobile apps and websites.
- Created animations, motion graphics, and video content for mobile game ads.
- Built 3D environments, developed 2D concepts, and modeled 3D characters and animations for animated shows.
UI/UX and Graphic Designer
G Media
- Assisted in all stages of the UI/UX design process of multiple websites and mobile applications.
- Created icons, characters, and illustrations for websites and applications.
- Conducted user research, prototyping, and product development using Figma, in collaboration with developers.
- Owned the interface design, user flow mapping, and overall user experience.
- Contributed to the brand development of multiple companies and products.
- Developed brand guidelines, logos, promotion and marketing materials, social media content, and animations.
Game Designer
Qene Tech
- Created and documented the gameplay mechanics for free-to-play mobile games.
- Wireframed UI/UX layout concepts for mobile devices with Adobe XD and Illustrator.
- Designed and created 3D game assets and environments following the environmental design approach.
- Collaborated with the art director and developed the concept art for a mobile game.
Architect
BELETE BIRHANU Consulting Architects and Engineers PLC
- Contributed to interior and exterior architectural designs.
- Created 3D visualizations for architectural and environmental designs.
- Collaborated with other designers to create concepts, sketches, working drawings, 3D visualizations, and presentations.
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Architecture
EIABC - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Skills
Tools
Adobe Experience Design (XD), Figma, ZBrush, Adobe Illustrator, Sketch, Blender, Illustrator CC, Photoshop CC, Substance Painter, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Animate, Arch Viz, Autodesk CAD/CAM, ARCHICAD, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe Photoshop, InVision, Unreal Engine, 3ds Max
Industry Expertise
Architecture, Marketing, Augmented Reality (AR) Design, Advertising
Platforms
Android, iOS, Webflow, Web
Other
Motion Graphics, 3D Modeling, Multimedia, Multimedia Design, Animated Videos, Ad Design, Unity Game Assets, Illustration, 3D Art, Visual Design, Game Art, User Interface (UI), UX Wireframes, UX Prototyping, Mobile UI, Website Redesign, Web UI, Animation, Websites, Character Design, UI Design, UX Design, Graphic Design, Branding, Motion Design, 3D Animation, Web Design, Marketplace Design, 3D Design, Set Design, Logo Design, Video Editing, User Journeys, User Experience (UX), Web App UX, Web App Design, Responsive Web Design (RWD), Game Design, UX Flows, Promotional Videos, Creativity, Visual Art, Visual Concepts, Digital Creative Direction, 3D Games, Concept Art, Printing Materials, 3D, Mobile App Design, Mobile Game UX, Mobile Game Design, Mobile Games, Mobile UX, Mobile UX Design, Mobile Design, Usability Testing, Mobile Game UI, Social Media, 3D Architecture, Design, Interior Design, 3D Interior Design, Interior 3D Modeling, Product Design, Design Thinking, Unity, Notion, Mobile UI Design, Game Assets, A/B Testing, User Research, User Interviews, User Surveys, Prototyping, Sketching, UX Sketching, Responsive UI, Responsive UX Design, Landing Page Design, Dashboard Design, Mobile Mockups, Web Page Mockups, Design Systems, Hiring, Hiring Process Development, Creative Talent Recruitment Industry, UI Prototyping, Freelancing, Graphics, Chess.js, User Flows, Wireframe to Product, Finance, Personal Finance, UX Branding, Product Branding, Graphs, Responsive, Icon Design, App Icon Design, Information Architecture (IA), Emergency & Urgent Care, Texturing, PBR Workflow, Art, Environmental Design, 3D Character Modeling, eCommerce UX, Documentation, Videos, 3D Walkthroughs, 3D Rendering, 3D Visualization, Rendering, Art Books, Decentralization, Scenarios, Pencil Sketches, Midjourney, AI Design, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Virtual Reality (VR), Realism, Unreal Engine 5, Character Animation, Marketing Design, Vectorization
Experience
Tools
How to Work with Toptal
Toptal matches you directly with global industry experts from our network in hours—not weeks or months.
Share your needs
Choose your talent
Start your risk-free talent trial
Top talent is in high demand.
Start hiring