Badr Abou El Anouar
Verified Expert in Design
Designer
Barcelona, Spain
Toptal member since January 18, 2021
Badr is an awarded senior designer and UI mentor based in Barcelona. In his 14 years of experience in the design field, he has delivered more than 114 successful design projects in the US, Western Europe, and the Middle East. In the last five years, he's served as the lead designer of Kolaps, a multilingual branding and UI/UX agency based in Barcelona and Beirut. He has worked with clients like UNIDO and received multiple awards from CSS awards, Awwwards, Muzli, and Mindsparklemag.
Portfolio
Work Experience
Lead User Interface Designer
Hoo Koo E Koo
- Collaborated with top-tier companies to drive transformation, activation, and outstanding performance, leading diverse teams to overcome various business and experience challenges.
- Partnered with Hank Henk Rogers (known for Tetris) on an exciting new energy project coming soon.
- Participated in projects that disrupt markets, provide a leap in human experience, and move towards a more sustainable existence on this planet.
Instructor Advisory Board
CareerFoundry
- Collaborated closely with the team at CareerFoundry to support them in their decision-making processes and projects that enhance the student and instructor experiences.
- Explored UI design techniques with them to set the perfect scene for creating rich and evocative stories and reviewed and approved the final results.
- Helped more than 80 students create a compelling portfolio and made sure they were prepared mentally and professionally for the real world.
- Managed the tutors and followed up with them on the student's progress. Based on the result of each achievement, I introduced new adjustments for them, whether at a technical or pedagogical level.
Lead Designer
Kolaps
- Delivered more than 110 successful design projects in the US, Western Europe, and the Middle East.
- Created brand strategies, visual identities, and brand design systems.
- Delivered award-winning website designs and mobile application designs.
- Managed and led my design team by fostering a culture of innovation and teamwork, seeking new methodologies and good practices. Oversaw the quality, creativity, and delivery of the projects.
- Participated in recruiting and hiring new designers and mentoring new interns.
- Participated in new business development activities of the agency and helped with its expansion into new markets.
Art Director
Zatro
- Developed a young and successful eCommerce brand in a startup environment.
- Built brand guidelines, designed all the Online/Offline communication, and created a responsive commerce website from sketch to development and launch.
- Created the product photography style, look, and feel and supervised all the shooting to ensure that the brand's aesthetic, message, and values are effectively express.
- Managed the development team and make sure the result reached matches the quality of the design handed off pixel by pixel.
UI and UX Designer
STMOL, S.L.
- Improved the website’s traffic, ranking, and usability and create an emotional connection with the users to deliver better communication and content.
- Uplifted the visual design of the website's components to enhance brand visibility and promote consistency on the different platforms.
- Collaborated with the development department to reduce bounce rate and improve the SEO by optimizing the content and imagery for relevance using Google Analytics.
Art Director
Outlets y ofertas Online, S.L.
- Helped create an eCommerce website of online coupons, designing different proposals, and conducting user research and testing in a startup environment.
- Participated in brand strategy framework and helped build the main elements:. brand core, brand positioning, and brand persona.
- Participated in content creation sessions, along with external training, to improve the photographic art direction of the brand's imagery.
Web Designer, Game Producer
STMOL, S.L.
- Created and produced educational flash games, collaborating with different illustrators, and under the supervision of my internship tutor.
- Designed websites and discovered practical methodologies of how to approach the project.
- Collaborated with the development department, made a detailed and impeccable handoff, and used shared vocabulary to improve our communication.
- Learned how to become a team player and an efficient member of a design and production team.
Education
Course With Pepe Gimeno in Laws Of Visual Perception
domestika.org - Barcelona, Spain
Diploma in Graphic Design for Advertising
ESERP, Barcelona - Barcelona, Spain
Certifications
Laws of Visual Perception
Domestika.org
Corporate Visual Identity Speciality
Seeway, Barcelona
Digital Typography Design
IDEP, Barcelona
Skills
Tools
Sketch, Figma, Adobe XD Design, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Trello Development, Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Creative Suite Design, InVision, Slack Development, Zeplin Design, Asana, Google Sheets Development, Adobe Lightroom, Google Analytics, Adobe Creative Suite Design, Adobe Creative Suite Design, Adobe Illustrator
Languages
Visual Design, ActionScript 2, ActionScript 3, Arabic
Platforms
Web Design, Mobile App Design, iOS Design, Android Design, Desktop, Dropbox Development
Industry Expertise
Technology, Real Estate, Sports, Professional Services, Consumer Products, Fashion & Beauty, Luxury Goods, Marketing Design, Investments, Music
Other
Graphic Design, Branding, Typography, Corporate Identity, Visual Identity Design, UX Design, Brand Identity Design, Visual Design, Creative Methods, Brand Design, Web Design, Web Design, UI Design, Design Systems, Web UX Design, Print Design, Collateral Design, E-commerce Website Design, Art Direction, Production, Print Design, Digital Brand Identity, Mobile App Design, Mobile Apps, UX Design, Desktop App Design, Web UI Design, Atomic Design, Digital Product Design, Wireframing, Wireframe to Product, UI Design, UX Design, Logo Design, Rebranding, Design, Mobile App Design, Product Design, Mobile App Design, Design Leadership, User-centered Design (UCD), Prototyping, UX Strategy, Infographics, Responsive Web Design, Discovery Workshops, UX Wireframes, Stakeholder Interviews, Mobile App, Web App Design, Brand Design, Brand Design, Landing Page Design, Presentation Design, Marketing Design, Direct to Consumer (D2C), Growth Marketing, E-commerce Website Design, Funding Presentations, Pitch Presentations, Client Presentations, Presentations, Investment Presentations, App UI, App UX, Graphic Design, Logo Design, Web Design, Fintech Design, Layout, Mobile UI Design, Mobile UX Design, Landing Pages, B2C, Color Palettes, Banner Design, Social Media Design, Video Games, Mobile App Design, UX Design, Dashboard Design, Brochure Design, Startup Development, Brand Design, Letterhead Design, Printing Materials, Brand Strategists, Leadership, Native Mobile Apps, UI Design, UX Design, B2B Design, Fintech Development, Ad Design, Gamification Design, Style Guides, User Flow Design, Email Design, Mockups, User Journeys, Competitor Analysis, Strategic Planning, Workshops, Best Practices in Design, Dashboard, Responsive Web Development, MVP Design, Virtual Coaching, Brand Development, Naming, Content, Verbal Identity, UX Design, UX Design, User Research, UX Design, Conversational UI, Conversational UX, Conversational Design, SaaS Design, AI Design, FontLab, Font Design, Design Language, Dropbox Paper, Analytics Development, Content Management Systems (CMS), UI Design, Responsive Design, Web UI, Animated Interactions, Newsletter Design, Graphic Design, Packaging, Print Production, Digital Agencies, Icon Design, Company Naming, Business Planning, Business Research, Art History, Digital Typography, Web Content, Photography, Copyright, Graphic Design, UI Design, E-commerce UX Design, E-commerce Development, Digital Marketing, AI Design, Mobile App, UI Design, UI Toolkits, Responsive Web Design
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