Andy Leverenz, Designer in St. Louis, MO, United States
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Andy Leverenz

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Location
St. Louis, MO, United States
Toptal Member Since
February 18, 2022

Andy is a man of many hats. He enjoys bringing ideas to life using all types of artistic mediums. By day, he is a product designer and developer. On the side, Andy is also an entrepreneur and writer. He has created new SaaS-based products, delivered complete marketing makeovers, and taught others to design and code. Andy has created a publication with 100,000+ impressions a month and a YouTube channel with over 18,000 subscribers and over two million views.

Web DesignMockupsProduct DesignUI DesignDesign SystemsWeb App DesignVisual DesignResponsive Web Design (RWD)Interactive PrototypesUser Experience (UX)UX DesignUI ComponentsAdobe PhotoshopAdobe IllustratorSketch

Portfolio

Image of Travel Experience Marketplace project
Travel Experience Marketplace
Design SystemsFigmaWireframingMobileProduct DesignProduct Development+ 31 more
Image of Designer Community project
Designer Community
SketchFigmaHTMLCSSSassJavaScript+ 26 more
Image of Podcast Hosting and Community SaaS project
Podcast Hosting and Community SaaS
Design SystemsFigmaProduct DesignSaaSPodcastingCommunity+ 25 more
Image of Web Design and Development Publication project
Web Design and Development Publication
Ruby on Rails (RoR)Product DesignUI DesignUX DesignWeb DesignGraphic Design+ 26 more
Image of Branding and Marketing Makeover for Family Dental Practice project
Branding and Marketing Makeover for Family Dental Practice
SketchAdobe IllustratorSassCSSHTMLWordPress+ 26 more
Image of Freelance Job Board Application project
Freelance Job Board Application
FigmaRuby on Rails (RoR)Product DesignDesign ThinkingUX DesignMobile UX+ 28 more

Work Experience

Designer and Developer

2010 - PRESENT
Freelance
  • Partnered with mom-and-pop shops and Fortune 500 companies to help propel their businesses forward.
  • Designed and built complete branding pages for small businesses looking for marketing makeovers. This included print media, social graphics, websites, and small applications.
  • Mastered design tools, such as Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Sketch, and Figma, to create impactful designs with scale in mind.
  • Created new products and services designed to earn income on the side. Most products are SaaS-based.
Technologies: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Branding, Coding, Sketch, Figma, WordPress, PHP, Ruby, Ruby on Rails (RoR), CSS, SaaS, SaaS Design, Product Design, Visual Design, Responsive Web Design (RWD), Landing Pages, Analytical Dashboards, Wireframing, Interactive Prototypes, Style Guides, Productivity, Mockups, User Flows, UI Components

Product Designer

2017 - 2019
Dribbble
  • Contributed to an ever-growing designer community by improving ways designers can upload and share screenshots of their work.
  • Rebuilt a complete check-out solution, which enabled the business to earn more profit from its large user base.
  • Designed and helped build a custom CRM solution to assist designers in finding jobs and employers in finding designers. This was a back-end solution for our internal team that enabled a lot of automation to occur.
Technologies: Sketch, Figma, Ruby on Rails (RoR), CSS, Sass, JavaScript, Vue 2, B2B, Gamification, Visual Design, Responsive Web Design (RWD), Landing Pages, Dashboards, Analytical Dashboards, Wireframing, Interactive Prototypes, Style Guides, Mockups, User Flows, UI Components

Lead Designer

2013 - 2016
Xyleme
  • Designed an app that automates internal team education packages distributed to multiple formats such as iOS applications, websites, and print.
  • Led the initiative to build the first design system for use by a team of software engineers.
  • Created guidelines for design, branding, and product-driven decisions to aid in scaling software.
Technologies: Sketch, CSS, Product Design, Design Systems, SCSS, HTML, JavaScript, Web UI Design, UX Design, iOS App Design, iOS UX Design, iOS UI Design, UI Design, Wireframe to Product, Annotated Wireframes, B2B, Responsive Web Design (RWD), Landing Pages, Wireframing, Interactive Prototypes, Style Guides, Mockups, User Flows, UI Components
2009 - 2012

Bachelor's Degree in Graphic Design

Maryville University - St. Louis, Missouri, USA

AUGUST 2017 - PRESENT

Full-stack Web Development Certification

Free Code Camp