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Location
Warsaw, Poland
Toptal Member Since
February 3, 2016
Julia is a UI/UX designer specializing in mobile and web applications design. She is passionate about creating clean and easy-to-use products. In Julia's opinion, perfection knows no boundaries, but the base of a good interface is a combination of meeting user needs and fulfilling business goals.
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Work Experience
Lead UI/UX Designer
2018 - 2021
C.T.Co
- Designed the corporate management application for a company of 500+ employees, which covers digital document verification, team and budget planning, and company staff administration.
- Built the complete UI kit for the insurance application considering Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG).
- Conducted 1 to 1 interviews, usability tests, card sorting, and CJM workshops with a team and stakeholders.
- Learned basic motion design practices to create release videos of newly built features.
- Took a business analyst role to help the team gather and understand technical requirements.
Technologies: Adobe Experience Design (XD), Adobe After Effects, Sketch, Figma, Usability Testing, Accessibility, User Interface (UI), Responsive Web Design (RWD), Wireframing, User Experience (UX)
Lead UI/UX Designer
2016 - 2018
Forte group
- Worked with a US-based design team on a touch controller for farm machines.
- Designed user-interface solutions in a complex industrial ecosystem.
- Provided solutions for complex tasks such as localization or global, UI-pattern design.
- Performed as a team lead: engaged with product leads to agree on priorities and milestones, tracked the team performance and the quality of delivered designs, helped designers improve, and organized knowledge-sharing sessions.
Technologies: Adobe Experience, Principle, Adobe Photoshop, Sketch, User Interface (UI), Wireframing, User Experience (UX)
Senior UX Designer
2014 - 2016
MeetnGreetMe
- Worked on the customer experience together with business owners.
- Defined user needs and business goals closely with the team and potential clients, transferring them into design specs.
- Designed concepts, sketches, diagrams, storyboards, and initial idea visualizations.
- Designed high-fidelity wireframes, created clickable prototypes, and identified the overall design direction.
- Worked with developers on quality control and design optimization.
Technologies: InVision, Sketch, Flinto, RealtimeBoard, Whiteboarding, Pen & Paper, User Interface (UI), Responsive Web Design (RWD), Wireframing, User Experience (UX)
UI/UX Designer
2014 - 2015
Five Heads
- Met with clients and gathered project requirements.
- Performed research: field interview, questionnaires, competitive analysis and comparative assessment of competitors.
- Produced personas and scenarios.
- Designed information architecture, user flows, and customer journey maps.
- Produced high and low fidelity wireframes and prototypes. Also did rapid prototype testing;
- Produced creative design concepts and sketches.
- Trained, managed, and mentored the work of junior designers.
Technologies: Pen & Paper, Balsamiq, Sketch, InVision, Lucidchart, Adobe Photoshop, User Interface (UI), Responsive Web Design (RWD), Wireframing, User Experience (UX)
Usability Discipline Lecturer
2014 - 2015
Belarusian State University
- Developed lecture content and spoke about usability and the disciplines one should follow.
- Taught private lessons and did workshop organization.
Technologies: Sketching, Apple Keynote
UI/UX Designer
2013 - 2014
Appetite Soft
- Collaborated with clients.
- Produced high and low fidelity wireframe designs.
- Worked with developers on the front-end, back-end, and on the iOS/Android development.
- Defined the information architecture, navigation, and visual design.
Technologies: Lucidchart, Balsamiq, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, User Interface (UI), Responsive Web Design (RWD), Wireframing, User Experience (UX)
UI Designer
2011 - 2013
Freelance Work
- Collaborated with clients and gathered project requirements.
- Designed web site navigation architecture.
- Produced creative design solutions for client’s websites and also did icon design.
Technologies: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, User Interface (UI), Responsive Web Design (RWD)
Education
2008 - 2013
Specialist Degree in Informatics (Web Design and Computer Graphics)
Belarusian State University - Minsk, Belarus
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