Lukas Kovac
Verified Expert in Design
Designer
Košice, Košice Region, Slovakia
Toptal member since November 20, 2024
Lukas is a highly skilled designer with over 10 years of experience leveraging design elements to craft impactful, engaging, and captivating visual solutions. His passion for design started in childhood when he would turn random Lego pieces into unexpected shapes, always experimenting and pushing boundaries. Over the years, Lukas has built a diverse portfolio, collaborating with clients worldwide to bring bold ideas to life with creativity and clarity.
Portfolio
Elevating Energy Storage Pioneers: A Strategic Identity for a Powerful Evolution
Logo Design for International Light and Art Agency
Urban Guide for Parents
Unconventional Coffee Spot Identity and Naming
Wine Festival Identity Revised
Logofolio
Animal Litter Packaging Redesign
Work Experience
Senior Illustrator
Toptal
- Served as an illustrator and core team member at Toptal for six years, during which I was promoted to senior illustrator, which expanded my responsibilities to include covering for the lead illustrator, managing the team, and overseeing all project tasks.
- Managed multiple projects, effectively balancing client feedback and strict deadlines to ensure timely delivery.
- Streamlined visual development by integrating various AI tools, including Midjourney.
- Designed multiple storyboards for animated videos, boosting brand promotions and strengthening clients' conference presence.
Illustrator
Toptal
- Illustrated over 200 technical articles, simplifying complex content and enhancing reader engagement.
- Created custom illustrations, infographics, and icons to communicate technical information clearly.
- Helped maintain consistency across Toptal's content library.
Visual Identity Designer
Phil Pallen
- Created comprehensive brand identity guidelines for multiple clients of Phil Pallen, encompassing color palettes, typography, brand voice, tone, and other essential visual and verbal assets to ensure consistent and impactful brand representation.
- Designed a logo and brand for Dinesh, combining symbols to reflect his intellectualism, with custom icons and vibrant navy and purple accents.
- Crafted a modern brand identity tailored to a client’s goals, including a refined logo, cohesive color palette, and versatile assets for impact across digital and traditional platforms.
Multidisciplinary Designer
Gooten
- Designed a wide range of assets, including UI, newsletters, illustrations, and merchandise, ensuring cohesive visuals across digital and physical platforms.
- Created a series of merchandise designs for U.S. sports clubs and college schools and designed fine art and T-shirt prints for the Gooten brand, enhancing the brand's identity.
- Designed a series of illustrations for blog posts, including cover illustrations, internal visuals for charts, graphs, and other solutions based on requests.
Skills
Tools
Illustrator CC, Photoshop CC, Adobe Illustrator
Platforms
Figma
Other
Logo Design, Visual Identity, Graphic Design, Company Naming, Editorial Illustration, Vector Illustration, Branding, Newsletter Design, Custom Logos, Merchandise, Naming, Brand Design, Brand Identity, Infographics, Visual Design, Social Media Design, Marketing Design, Print Design, UX Design, Web Design, Illustration, Icon Design, Conceptual Design, Copywriting, Iconography, Logotype, Packaging
Experience
- Visual Design - 12 years
- Graphic Design - 10 years
- Visual Identity - 10 years
- Vector Illustration - 10 years
- Illustration - 10 years
- Logo Design - 10 years
- Infographics - 8 years
- Social Media Design - 4 years
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