Javier Amate

Designer

Helsinki, Finland

Member since January 11, 2016

Javier has more than 15 years of experience designing cross-platform services for the web, mobile, and wearables. He's worked for companies with a national and international presence like Rovio, Nokia, Konecranes, Pfizer, Finnair, Nokia Technologies, and Microsoft. His specialties are UX/UI design, service design, team leading, information architecture, interaction design, UX research, wireframing, interactive prototyping, and user testing.

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Digital Design

Social Video Platform
- Video Platforms
- Social Media Platforms
- App UI
- UX Design
- Mobile
- Mobile Apps
- Mobile App Design
- Social Media Apps
- iOS
- Android
Smart Carnival | Dunk Tank
ToonsTV App
- Mobile Game UX
- Video Platforms
- In-game Design
- Kids & Families
- Game Design
- Over-the-top Content (OTT)
- Smart TV
- Android App Design
- iOS App Design
Golf Carts For Sale | Website
- eCommerce UI
- eCommerce UX
- UI Design
- UX Design
Overhead Cranes Industry
- Responsive
- UX Audits
- Information Architecture (IA)
- UI Design
- Service Design
Match Made in Hel Campaign
- Responsive
- User Flows
- Marketing Campaign Design
- Social Media Campaigns
Metso
Fund Manager
- Capital Markets
- Venture Capital
- Investment Banking
- UX Design

Employment

Senior UX Designer for Toons.tv
2016 - PRESENT
Rovio
- Worked on a Finnish tech leader company's website renewal.
- Acted as the lead UX designer of a team of graphic designers and developers that was ultimately responsible for the project.
- Worked in tandem with stakeholders and designed the new company website.
Technologies: Sketch, OmniGraffle, Adobe Photoshop
UX and Interaction Designer
2013 - 2016
Mirum Agency — Activeark JWT
- Designed the campaign for Finnair and Finavia to promote the Helsinki airport as the best transfer connection between Europe and Asia. The campaign won the Best of Finnish Advertising and Design Awards in 2015; the site is matchmadeinhel.com.
- Redesigned the international website for one of the world's biggest crane manufacturers. The client wanted to redesign their website and make it fluid. The company has local sites for more than 50 countries and had to ensure that the new templates would match the needs of all the different sites with different content.
- Designed the mobile world congress site for a market-leading mobile tech company.
- Worked with Agile and Scrum methodologies.
Technologies: Sketch, OmniGraffle, Photoshop, InVision

Education

Bachelor of Science degree in Business Information Systems
1996 - 1998
University of Wales Institute - Cardiff, Wales
Higher education diploma in Computing
1993 - 1996
University of Wales Institute - Cardiff, Wales

Experience

Conceptual Design15 years
UX Design15 years
UI Design15 years
User Experience (UX)15 years
User Interface (UI)15 years
Sketch15 years
Adobe Photoshop14 years
InVision10 years

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