Ivan Škoro
Verified Expert in Design
Designer
Zagreb, Croatia
Toptal member since November 19, 2020
Ivan is a product designer with expertise in UI and UX. He solves real problems for real users across all touchpoints. His insightful approach enabled a struggling fintech app to become one of the biggest players on the Croatian scene with over 100,000 users and €13 million per year in transactions, growing the userbase by 1,000% and weekly user events by 360%. Ivan's strengths include evaluating business needs, defining products, and overseeing their implementation to grow businesses.
Portfolio
EV Hypercar Infotainment Design
Work Experience
Freelance Product Designer
Freelance | Toptal Clients
- Designed a fintech iOS and Android app with over 100,000 active users.
- Defined and managed design in all project phases—from initial kickoff to the final design review.
- Participated in handover and oversaw implementation and roll-out of features and products.
- Designed the information architecture, wireframes, and detailed prototypes for web and mobile projects.
- Implemented design processes and administrative workflows.
- Created several branding concepts for startups and corporate clients.
- Tested various design solutions with low- and high-fidelity prototypes.
- Designed mobile and web apps for corporate and startup clients.
- Led a team of two designers through design and implementation of a new design process and multiple product features.
Senior Product Designer
Fresh Energy
- Created two hardware-based digital products, which opened new business opportunities.
- Designed and oversaw the implementation of a complete brand solution.
- Designed and maintained a white-label product used by 10,000+ users across 5+ brands and three platforms.
- Established design processes and promoted collaboration with other departments by conducting design workshops and design sprints.
- Followed up through product implementation and release—and iterated based on user testing results.
- Designed an administration back-office solution for managing users and hardware.
- Fulfilled business needs by designing features aimed at increasing recurring revenue.
- Designed in a multidisciplinary team with product owners, developers, and data scientists.
- Led and facilitated design sprints to ideate new products and features.
UX/UI Designer
Infinum
- Designed 15+ projects for corporate clients and startups across the world.
- Applied user-centered design through research and testing.
- Defined and optimized internal design processes leading to quicker turnaround for the design team.
- Closely collaborated with developers during implementation.
- Developed a number of interactive prototypes for user testing.
- Designed iOS and Android apps for a member of Erste Group Bank AG.
- Lectured and mentored four students over a six-week period at a digital design course organized by Infinum.
- Designed illustrations and animations for multiple products.
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Informatic Design in Digital Design
Zagreb University of Applied Sciences - Zagreb, Croatia
Skills
Tools
Figma Prototyping, Sketch, InVision, Adobe Illustrator, Marvel App, Principle, Zeplin
Platforms
iOS, Android, Figma
Industry Expertise
Banking & Finance, Games, Automotive
Other
User Experience (UX), User Interface (UI), Product Design, Mobile Design, Web Design, UX Testing, UX Design, UI Design, User-centered Design (UCD), Mobile App Design, Mobile App UI, iOS UI Design, Google Material Design, Responsive Web Design (RWD), High-fidelity Wireframes, Human-centered Design (HCD), Prototyping, UX Research, Service Design, Design Systems, Agile UX, Mobile UI, Web App UX, Animation, Desktop Web Design, Web UI Design, Design Thinking, Design, Typography, Print, User Testing, Fintech, Referrals, Scanning, Payment Networks, Branding, Electric, Senior Users, Infotainment, Augmented Reality (AR), Interior Design, Dashboards, Graphs, Smart Parking, Mobile Wallet, 3D Scanning, Rentals, Landing Page Design, Car Dashboards, Electronic Sensors, Telemetry, Mobile Game Design, Onboarding, SMS, User Journeys, Human-machine Interface (HMI), Kids & Families, Data Visualization, User Flows, Personas, Dashboard Design, Web App UI, Mobile Games
Experience
- Product Design - 9 years
- User Experience (UX) - 9 years
- User Interface (UI) - 7 years
- UX Research - 6 years
- Mobile Design - 6 years
- Human-centered Design (HCD) - 5 years
- Prototyping - 5 years
- UX Testing - 5 years
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