Karim Balaa

Designer

Ottawa, Canada

Member since October 8, 2015

Karim has been in the industry for 10 years now and can bring a lot to the table. His main expertise has been 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.

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Portfolio

Employment

Freelance UI/UX & Product Designer
Fresh Contrast
2006 - PRESENT
- 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
Sr. Web Designer
Halogen Software
2013 - 2015
- 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
Sr. Designer
bv02
2012 - 2013
- Redesigned the corporate website.
- Brought 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 micro-sites.
Technologies: Sketch, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects
Creative Director
Mediavanta
2009 - 2013
- Designed several website for small to medium sized businesses and helped identify their personas and goals.
Technologies: Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects
Sr. Designer
Launchfire Interactive
2008 - 2009
- 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 Multimedia
Algonquin College - Ottawa Canada
2004 - 2006

Experience

Adobe Photoshop10 years
Adobe Illustrator10 years
HTML/CSS7 years
Responsive Web4 years
Product Design4 years
Adobe After Effects3 years
User Flows2 years

Tools

Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe After Effects

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