Ivana Bugarinovic
Verified Expert in Design
Designer
Zagreb, Croatia
Toptal member since October 28, 2021
Ivana is a digital product designer and illustrator with over five years of experience designing engaging and user-friendly interfaces for both desktop and mobile applications. Focusing on design thinking methodologies, she worked as a lead product designer and graphic designer in digital agency environments with small and large teams. As an illustrator, Ivana's style is colorful and symbolic, and she has been working in the publishing, editorial, and advertising industries.
Portfolio
Desktop Application UI
Work Experience
Senior UI Designer
YuLife
- Worked toward improving the current mobile app and designing new features to engage more users and drive their healthy habits with the app.
- Built and improved the app's design system, influencing the illustration and animation guidelines.
- Mentored junior colleagues and enhanced the design process by following the best design thinking practices.
Lead Designer
Pixion
- Designed and developed the company's brand identity, tone of voice, and website while organizing the project's team, strategy, and processes.
- Improved the design process for the primary project using the Agile methodology.
- Organized usability testing for the new features of the mobile app, which has a large user base.
UI/UX Designer
Infinum
- Managed the team and processes on several projects following the strategy and principles of the design thinking process.
- Facilitated discovery workshops with clients in the first phase of the projects.
- Designed user-friendly and mobile-first websites and applications using an end-to-end product design approach.
UI/UX Designer
Human
- Designed and redesigned responsive eCommerce websites.
- Designed the eCommerce web solutions for the leading Croatian companies.
- Created the UI design and illustration concerning different products for several promotional websites of the Croatian biggest food company.
Web and Graphic Designer
Lapis D.O.O
- Developed the company's brand identity and designed the company's promotional website.
- Created visual content and designed several hotel booking websites.
- Built the design and user experience for the IPTV solution in the hotel industry.
Education
Master's Degree in Design and Applied Arts
Faculty of Applied Arts of the University of Arts in Belgrade - Belgrade, Serbia
Certifications
Communicating with Confidence
LinkedIn Learning
Skills
Tools
Adobe Illustrator, Illustrator CC, Adobe Photoshop, After Effects CC, Procreate, Adobe CC, Adobe After Effects
Platforms
Figma
Other
Product Design, Mobile App Design, Prototyping, Digital Illustration, Web UI Design, Illustration, Mobile App UI, Redesign, Responsive UI, Websites, Vector Illustration, Apps, User Interface (UI), Design, UI Design, Mobile UI, UI Components, Lottie, UX Design, Design Thinking, Usability Testing, Animation, Branding, Tone of Voice, Desktop App Design, Design Systems, Web Platforms, Presentations, Accessibility, Mobile Banking, Website Redesign, Identity, Minimal UI, Typography, Gamification, Mobile UX, Digital Product Design, Landing Pages, Web App Design, Brand Guidelines, Presentation Design, Logo Design, iOS UI Design, UX Wireframes, Online Banking, Content Creation, Three.js
Experience
- Illustration - 10 years
- Design Systems - 7 years
- UI Design - 7 years
- Mobile UI - 7 years
- Digital Product Design - 7 years
- Product Design - 7 years
- Figma - 5 years
- Animation - 5 years
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