Dragos-Valentin Bubu, Designer in Bucharest, Romania
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Dragos-Valentin Bubu

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Bio

A product designer with a background in computer science, Dragos has worked as a multidisciplinary product designer at various creative agencies, startups, and Fortune 500 companies for a decade, including NATO. Most of his experience comes from designing many enterprise software and SaaS web applications. Dragos enjoys creating with intention and helping clients achieve their goals through digital strategy and design.

Portfolio

Work Experience

Product Designer

2021 - PRESENT
ElevenSpace
  • Designed powerful interfaces for dashboard-based mobile and web apps by leveraging the advantages of design systems.
  • Created documentation for design rules and components based on the design system created or maintained.
  • Simplified complex user journeys and information overload based on cognitive psychology, design principles, and research, followed by usability testing to ensure end customers gain maximum value from experience.
  • Created interactive prototypes to validate workflows, user journeys, and success metrics.
Technologies: Figma, Adobe CC, Heuristics, Audits, UX Design, UI Design, Agile UX, Minimum Viable Product (MVP), Mobile Design, Stakeholder Management, Shopify, eCommerce UX, B2C, A/B Testing, SaaS Design, Component Libraries, B2B, Web App Design, Responsive Web Design (RWD), User Experience Design, Data Visualization, User Experience (UX), Design Systems, Dashboard Design, User Interface (UI), Mobile App Design, English, Logo Design, Prototyping, UI Prototyping, UX Prototyping

Lead UI/UX Designer

2021 - 2022
NATO
  • Led an Agile-based UX team and took ownership of creating and maintaining a central design system.
  • Delivered UI/UX interactive prototypes for an AI-driven human resource platform that helped NATO quickly filter candidates and build teams.
  • Collaborated with product development teams on finding solutions in an agile manner, starting from brainstorming ideas, creating wireframes, building interactive prototypes, delivering visual resources, and supervising an implementation process.
Technologies: Figma, Adobe CC, Heuristics, Audits, UX Design, UI Design, Agile UX, Minimum Viable Product (MVP), Mobile Design, Stakeholder Management, eCommerce UX, B2C, eCommerce, A/B Testing, SaaS Design, Component Libraries, B2B, Web App Design, Responsive Web Design (RWD), Website Redesign, User Experience Design, Data Visualization, User Experience (UX), Design Systems, Dashboard Design, User Interface (UI), Mobile App Design, English, Logo Design, Prototyping, UI Prototyping, UX Prototyping

UI/UX Designer

2019 - 2021
Lenovo
  • Collaborated in an agile manner with a product development team to develop new features and cloud software as a service (SaaS) products.
  • Created an internal design system for Lenovo's minimum viable product (MVP) initiatives.
  • Presented walking tours to promote our services to stakeholders, teams, and organizations.
Technologies: Audits, UX Design, UI Design, Agile UX, Minimum Viable Product (MVP), Mobile Design, Stakeholder Management, eCommerce UX, B2C, eCommerce, A/B Testing, SaaS Design, Component Libraries, B2B, Web App Design, Responsive Web Design (RWD), Web Design, Website Redesign, User Experience Design, Data Visualization, Figma, Adobe Photoshop, Design Systems, Dashboard Design, User Interface (UI), Mobile App Design, English, Logo Design, Prototyping, UI Prototyping, UX Prototyping

UI/UX Designer

2017 - 2019
Oracle
  • Worked closely in an agile manner with product development teams on external-facing solutions and custom internal platforms, starting from brainstorming ideas, creating wireframes, building interactive prototypes, and delivering visual resources.
  • Applied design thinking principles and techniques in the process of prototyping demos for strategic applications and business verticals or industries.
  • Held design interviews, mentoring and preparing new team members to familiarize themselves with tools and processes and assume responsibilities when required.
Technologies: Adobe CC, Marvel, Audits, UX Design, UI Design, Agile UX, Minimum Viable Product (MVP), Mobile Design, Stakeholder Management, Shopify, B2C, eCommerce, SaaS Design, Component Libraries, B2B, Web App Design, Responsive Web Design (RWD), Web Design, Website Redesign, User Experience Design, Data Visualization, Adobe Photoshop, Dashboard Design, User Interface (UI), Mobile App Design, English, Logo Design, Prototyping, UI Prototyping, UX Prototyping

UI/UX Designer

2015 - 2017
Magnistudio
  • Clarified requirements with stakeholders and defined challenges, strategies, and goals.
  • Developed prototypes to validate ideas and get more feedback.
  • Delivered high-fidelity, cross-platform, responsive designs.
Technologies: Adobe CC, HTML5, CSS3, Marvel, UX Design, UI Design, B2C, Web App Design, Web Design, Website Redesign, User Experience Design, Data Visualization, Adobe Photoshop, Dashboard Design, User Interface (UI), Mobile App Design, English, Logo Design, Prototyping, UI Prototyping, UX Prototyping

Education

2011 - 2015

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Politehnica University of Buchares - Bucharest, Romania

Certifications

APRIL 2024 - PRESENT

Design System Certified

Awwwards

SEPTEMBER 2023 - PRESENT

Building Better User Experiences with a Product Thinking Approach

Awwwards

JANUARY 2013 - PRESENT

Cisco Information Technology

Cisco

JUNE 2010 - PRESENT

Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English (CAE) C1 Level

University of Cambridge

Skills

Tools

Adobe Photoshop, Adobe CC, Marvel, Adobe Illustrator

Platforms

Figma, Shopify, iOS, Mobile, Web

Languages

HTML5, CSS3

Other

User Experience (UX), Human Interface Design, User Experience Design, Design Systems, Web App Design, Mobile App Design, Dashboard Design, User Interface (UI), Logo Design, Product Design, Mobile UI, Prototyping, UI Prototyping, UX Prototyping, Mobile UX, UI Design, UX Design, Web Design, Data Visualization, Heuristics, Audits, Agile UX, Minimum Viable Product (MVP), Mobile Design, Stakeholder Management, eCommerce UX, B2C, eCommerce, A/B Testing, SaaS Design, Component Libraries, B2B, Responsive Web Design (RWD), Website Redesign, Interactive Prototypes, Visual Design, English, Information & Communications Technology (ICT), App Design, Travel, Booking, Mobile UI Design, Mobile UX Design, Dashboards, Mobile Apps, Web UI, Web Dashboards, Desktop Web Design, Web UX Design, Web App UX, Web UX, Mobile App UI, App UI, App UX, Apps, UX Wireframes, Rebranding, Design, Web UI Design, Data-driven Dashboards, Data-informed Visual Design, Analytical Dashboards, Educational Videos, Mentorship, Mentorship & Coaching, Branding, Social Media, Product Branding, Human Resource Management Systems (HRMS), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Electric Vehicles, Electric, Car Dashboards, UX Strategy, Last Mile Logistics, Transportation & Logistics, Warehouses, Websites, SAP Warehouse Management System (WMS)

Experience

  • Dashboard Design - 11 years
  • User Experience (UX) - 11 years
  • Visual Design - 10 years
  • Web App Design - 10 years
  • User Interface (UI) - 10 years
  • Design Systems - 5 years
  • Figma - 5 years
  • Mobile App Design - 5 years
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