Karim Balaa
Designer
Ottawa, ON, Canada
Member since October 8, 2015
For the past decade, Karim has been working in the industry and that combined with his innate eye for design means he can bring a lot to the table. His main expertise lies in UI/UX and product/interaction design. Karim likes to think of himself as a problem solver who carefully chooses the best tool to implement the right strategy, design, and interaction for his client.
Karim is now available for hire
Employment
- Freelance UI/UX and Product Designer2006 - PRESENTFresh Contrast
- Worked with several startups to help them grow while establishing a strong design foundation behind the company.
- Designed wireframes to help establish what the website/product should do and behave.
- Worked as a visual and interaction designer to help bring wireframes to full visual designs and any interactive pieces.
- Created designs as a UI/UX designer with Nokia's digital marketing team.
Technologies: Adobe Photoshop, Sketch, InVision, Illustrator, After Effects - Senior Web Designer2013 - 2015Halogen Software
- Redesigned the corporate website and online brand.
- Designed custom landing pages and ran A/B tests to help figure out what works best for our audience.
- Designed a series of banner ads.
- Created social media assets to promote our content.
- Wireframed and sketched out new ideas for web apps.
Technologies: Adobe Photoshop, Sketch, Illustrator - Senior Designer2012 - 2013bv02
- Redesigned the corporate website.
- Fleshed out wireframes to full fidelity visual designs.
- Designed a web presence for a large museum with several templates and functionality.
- Created strategies for new clients to help identify areas that we could improve and implement meaningful digital solutions.
- Worked on a large insurance company's web presence by redesigning the corporate site as well as several microsites.
Technologies: Sketch, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects - Creative Director2009 - 2013Mediavanta
- Designed several websites for small- to medium-sized businesses and helped identify their personas and goals.
Technologies: Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects - Senior Designer2008 - 2009Launchfire Interactive
- Created advertising gaming web campaigns for Fortune 500 companies.
- Worked with Dell and Microsoft to create a campaign to help create a buzz around their new product by creating a social web-based game.
Technologies: Photoshop, After Effects
Education
- Diploma degree in Interactive Multimedia2004 - 2006Algonquin College - Ottawa Canada
Experience
- Adobe Illustrator10 years
- Adobe Photoshop10 years
- HTML/CSS7 years
- Responsive4 years
- Product Design4 years
- Adobe After Effects3 years
- User Flows2 years
Tools
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe After Effects
