Ivan Aras
Verified Expert in Design
Designer
Split, Croatia
Toptal member since February 29, 2016
Ivan is a skilled digital product designer with over 12 years of experience specializing in native mobile applications. He currently leads a dynamic design team working on projects across various industries. Ivan has applied his design expertise to esteemed clients, including McKinsey, Kohler Co., and NEOGOV.
Experience
- UI Design - 12 years
- Design - 12 years
- Product Design - 12 years
- Wireframing - 12 years
- UX Research - 8 years
- UX Design - 8 years
- App Design - 7 years
- Startups - 7 years
Portfolio
Pomozi.hr
Work Experience
Head of Design
Aras Digital Products
- Helped clients in defining and designing digital products through phases of discovery, product definition, user experience design, moderated and unmoderated user testing, and user interface design.
- Worked closely with developers to build powerful user experiences.
- Led product and UX designers in conducting discovery phases.
- Managed projects and teams of up to 12 people as a project lead.
Co-founder | Head of Design
Dobartek.Hr
- Managed hiring, mentoring, and leading the design team.
- Oversaw the company’s branding, business development, and core digital products, including iOS, Android, and web apps.
- Collaborated with the board on company scaling and business development.
UX/UI Designer
HR Cloud/NEOGOV
- Designed apps and features for millions of users.
- Worked as part of the development team in delivering SaaS solutions.
- Worked as part of a design team on branding projects.
- Mentored internship students.
- Worked with social media.
UX/UI Designer | Web Developer
HNK Hajduk Split
- Developed visual identities.
- Developed software (web, apps, and so on).
- Designed digital products, merchandise products, internet marketing, and ads.
- Performed community management.
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Design
Agora Collage - Zagreb, Croatia
High School Diploma in Multimedia Design
GOGSS - Split, Croatia
Skills
Tools
Adobe, AI Tools
Languages
HTML5, CSS3, HTML, Less, CSS, JavaScript, PHP
Platforms
MacOS, iOS, Figma, Webflow, OS X, Android, Web
Industry Expertise
Telecommunications
Other
Web Design, UI Design, User Interface (UI), App Design, Design, Branding, Startups, Iterative Design, Digital Product Design, Product Design, UX Design, UX Research, User Interviews, Prototyping, UX Prototyping, B2B, Wireframing, Dashboards, CRM Design, SaaS Design, Early-stage Startups, Workflow, Dashboard Design, Web App Design, SaaS, User Experience (UX), User Research, Web App UI, Software as a Service (SaaS), Design Systems, Web App UX, Remote User Testing, Design Management, User-centered Design (UCD), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Responsive Web Design (RWD), Visual Design, eCommerce, Web Applications, Agentic Frameworks, Conversational AI, Brand Guidelines, Consumer-facing Product Design, Mobile Apps, Innovation, Design Leadership, Component Libraries, User Journeys, Mobile Design, App UX, User Testing, Design Thinking, Rapid Prototyping, Agile, Data Visualization, Design Reviews, Responsive Web Apps, User Journey Maps, Rapid Interactive Prototyping, User Validation, User Experience Design, Usability Analysis, UX Audits, Mobile App Design, iOS App Design, iOS UI Design, App Icon Design, Information Architecture (IA), Interaction Design (IxD), Internal Apps, Conversational UX, Chatbot Conversation Design, Conversational Design, Conversational UI, Large Language Models (LLMs), Voice UI Design, AI Chatbots, AI Prompts, Agentic AI, Chatbots, Complex Application User Interfaces (UI), A/B Testing, Landing Page Design, Landing Page Optimization, Ideation, Stakeholder Management, AIOps, AI Design, Artificial Intelligence Product Manager, CRM, AI-powered Product Design, Desktop App Design, AI Design, AI-assisted Development, AI-enabled Applications, AI-assisted Prototyping, AI-assisted UX, AI Workflow, AI-generated Code, Component Design, Reusable Components, Conversational UI Design, UI Components, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), Journey Mapping, Conversational Interfaces, Accessibility, AI-driven Insights, Stakeholder Management, Component-based Design, AI-generated Assets, Customer Experience, Customer Experience (CX) Design, Service Design, Accessible Design, Stakeholder Communication, WCAG 3, WCAG 2, Inclusive Design, Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO), Cursor AI, AI Agents, Large Language Model Operations (LLMOps), MySQL, Content Management Systems (CMS), Native Mobile Apps, Business to Business (B2B), Responsive Design, Web Audio, Audio, Healthcare IT, Healthcare Software, Development, IT Consulting, Consulting, App UI, Multimedia Design
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