Luboš Volkov

Designer

Prague, Czech Republic

Member since April 22, 2015

Luboš is Toptal's Lead Product Designer, and along with his team has led all design initiatives at Toptal since 2012. He writes frequently about the design industry, how to optimize design workflows to deliver better results on time, remote collaboration best practices, and more. He is driven both by beauty and business functionality in all of his designs.

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Employment

Lead Visual Designer
2012 - PRESENT
Toptal, LLC
- Responsible for product design, working with a team of four front-end developers on internal core products and side projects. Toptal, funded three years ago in the Bay Area, is the network connecting top developers all over the world with top companies like Airbnb, Axel Springer, Artsy, IDEO, Samsung, and many more. I have never worked in such a great environment before.
Technologies: Adobe
Lead Product Designer
2012 - 2013
Pinerly
- Contributed to the development efforts of a ten-person distributed team, working on Pinerly's social platform. Pinerly was part of a plug-and-play accelerator used by over 500 startups. My job was to take care of every aspect of the product design, both web and mobile.
Technologies: Adobe, Mac
Product Designer
2012 - 2013
Easycore Media, Ltd.
- Solely responsible for product design at a startup based in the Czech startup accelerator Node 5 in Prague. My job was to take care of all of the mobile apps and core product RealPad. This app, for real estate, is fully functional and used in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Russia and many other countries.
Technologies: Adobe, Mac
Freelance Designer
2012 - 2013
Lubos Volkov Design
- After over a year in the Silicon Valley startup world, I decided to work on my own with various clients mostly on mobile products including Hanna Aase from Wonderloop and Amol Salva, co-founder of Virgin mobile, and his web product.
Technologies: Adobe, Mac
Visual Designer
2012 - 2013
Humdinger & Sons
- Worked in cooperation with art director Nicollas Will. We worked together on big projects from UI to branding, providing services for clients such as Mixpanel, Tethr, and Nike.
Technologies: Adobe, Mac

Other Experience

Design Talks: Remote Working as a Digital Nomad Freelance Designer (Publication)
https://www.toptal.com/designers/freelance/design-remote-toptal-talk
We chat with Toptal Design Lead Lubos Volkov—who’s worked remotely his whole career—about tips and strategies for balancing life, work, and the pleasure of a remote setting.

Education

Batchelor's degree in Electromechanics
2007 - 2011
SPŠE Pardubice - Czech Repblic

Experience

User Experience (UX)8 years
Design7 years
Icon Design7 years
User Interface (UI)7 years
Adobe Illustrator5 years
Illustration5 years
Adobe Photoshop5 years
Adobe InDesign5 years

Tools

Adobe Photoshop
Adobe InDesign
Adobe Illustrator