Emil Milanov, Designer in Novi Sad, Vojvodina, Serbia
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Emil Milanov

Verified Expert  in Design

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Location
Novi Sad, Vojvodina, Serbia
Toptal Member Since
November 2, 2015

Emil is a UX and UI designer who helps companies grow gracefully from a startup to a product company. He treats design as a system to scale. He loves creating front-end frameworks which allow scaling for a number of developers. He's here to work with people who have strong integrity and a crystal clear understanding of the thinking behind their ideas; where he can work on products that he can contribute to and personally grow from.

User Experience (UX)Web DesignUI DesignResponsiveAdobe PhotoshopiOSSketchInteractive PrototypesUser Interface (UI)UX DesignIcon DesignProduct DesignInterface DesignFront-endiOS App Design

Portfolio

Work Experience

Founder | UX/UI Designer

2014 - PRESENT
nLight.co, Interface Design Studio
  • Designed products for web applications and web sites.
  • Worked with one-man band startups to companies whose products are used by more than 10,000 people on a daily basis.
  • Founded this company after almost a decade and a half of experience. This seemed like a natural way to show commitment to what I do and illustrates my ambition to grow from a freelance consultancy to an enterprise that is a little bit bigger than myself.
  • Worked with people who have strong integrity and crystal clear understanding behind their ideas and products.
Technologies: GitHub, Git, CodeKit, Grunt, Sass, Less, jQuery, Bootstrap, CSS, HTML, Sketch, Adobe Photoshop

Lead UX/UI Designer

2014 - PRESENT
Rendered Text
  • Redesigned the UX and UI for SaaS products, and led the continuous integration platform SemaphoreCI.
  • Created the UX and UI for new product features.
  • Created the front-end development strategy that allows scaling for a number of developers.
  • Learned to treat design and code as system that scales.
  • Learned that sometimes uniqueness has to be sacrificed for consistency.
Technologies: Grunt, Sass, Less, CSS, Adobe Photoshop, Sketch

Interface Designer | Front-End Developer

2011 - 2014
Vim Interactive
  • Designed the user interfaces for web sites and web applications.
  • Converted designs into valid HTML and CSS code.
  • Performed WordPress integrations.
Technologies: WordPress, CodeKit, Grunt, Sass, Less, CSS, HTML, User Interface (UI), User Experience (UX)

Web Designer

2002 - 2013
Rockstar New Media
  • Designed things for web.
Technologies: WordPress, JavaScript, CSS, HTML, UX Design, UI Design, Adobe Photoshop

Front-End Developer

2007 - 2009
Minggl
  • Worked on the front-end development for the SASS product.
Technologies: JavaScript, CSS, HTML

Creative Director

2006 - 2007
Implementek
  • Was responsible for the user interface design and front-end coding.
Technologies: CSS, HTML, UI Design, Adobe Photoshop
1999 - 2013

Master's Degree in Marketing, Economics, and Business

University of Belgrade Faculty of Economics - Belgrade, Serbia

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