Chris Fertu, Designer in Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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Chris Fertu

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Designer

Location
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Toptal Member Since
May 30, 2019

Chris is a UX and UI designer specialized in mobile apps. Using his educational foundation in software engineering and his interest in human-computer interaction, psychology, and design, Chris has worked with dozens of startups and corporations over the past decade. He is looking forward to continuing to design interesting solutions to challenging problems.

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Portfolio

Work Experience

UI/UX Designer

2017 - PRESENT
Toptal Clients
  • Designed an app for short-term loans and cash advances for people that live paycheck to paycheck.
  • Designed an app for food tracking via voice, image recognition and search, and a gamified experience for building healthy eating habits.
  • Designed a professional camera app meant to work with a phone accessory that gives users more control and one-handed operability.
  • Designed interactive prototypes, hundreds of custom icons, social media marketing assets, product presentation websites, and pitch decks.
Technologies: Figma, Sketch, InVision, Miro, Photoshop CC, After Effects CC, Apple Motion, Adobe Experience Design (XD)

UI/UX Designer

2013 - PRESENT
Freelance
  • Worked on over 30 mobile apps targeted at a variety of industries, from games to gastronomy, from finance to fishing.
  • Worked with small startups and large corporations from four continents.
  • Held interviews with founders and project managers.
  • Helped startups with lean canvases and pitch decks.
  • Did market research, defined personas, and refined user flows.
  • Designed wireframes and lo-fi prototypes.
  • Designed full mobile UIs and hi-fi prototypes.
  • Created easy-to-manage assets and assisted developers in their implementation of the designs.
  • Designed logos and brand identity.
Technologies: Miro, Flinto, InVision, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Experience Design (XD), Figma, Sketch

Designer

2011 - 2013
Inatech
  • Designed the UX and UI of an online poker game for iOS, Android, and Facebook.
  • Designed a mobile app for watching satellite television.
  • Designed company websites (HTML/CSS/Wordpress).
Technologies: CSS, HTML, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop

Designer

2008 - 2010
Freelance
  • Designed print and digital marketing assets for an NGO.
  • Designed posters and menus for local venues.
  • Designed the logo and brand of an educational website.
  • Designed a to-do list app for iOS.
Technologies: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator
2005 - 2008

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

"A.I. Cuza" Univeristy of Iasi - Iasi, Romania

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