Magnus Myhre
Verified Expert in Design
Designer
Kolding, Denmark
Toptal member since September 12, 2022
Magnus is a digital product designer with over a decade of experience working at the intersection of brand and product design. Over the years, he has helped multiple startups, agencies, and IT companies build effective, digital, user-friendly solutions that align with their business goals and shape meaningful brands. Magnus has recently designed a solution for the biggest dictionary platform in Denmark, supporting its launch in the primary school market.
Portfolio
Work Experience
Product and Brand Designer
Freelance
- Designed seamless solutions that align with clients' business goals, looking beyond aesthetics by identifying, investigating, and validating problems before creating solutions.
- Created visual identities, apps, websites, and product designs.
- Worked with various clients, helping them define their concepts from early MVP stages to redesigning existing apps, websites, and product designs.
- Developed user stories, user journeys, and wireframes for diverse clients, helping improve their products' user experience.
- Crafted solutions that met end users' needs while helping businesses establish a strong market presence.
Product Designer
Ordbogen A/S
- Developed the entire visual identity, design system, and product design of a new dictionary, ABC Ordbogen. It was launched in March 2021 and is currently used by most of the primary schools in Denmark, with over 300,000 daily searches.
- Led the design process to expand the ABC universe with a new product launch, Ordjagt, which means word hunt. It is a gamified vocabulary training platform with various game types, missions, and rewards.
- Improved the user experience of our products by continuously iterating on different flows and prototypes and regularly partaking in user tests with teachers and students.
- Created user stories, user journeys, and wireframes for various product ideas and improvements.
- Built brand illustrations and animations for the ABC brand to be used in the products and for marketing purposes.
- Helped Ordbogen transition from their existing design tools to Figma. The goal was to introduce Figma as their primary design tool and onboard designers to the importance of building strong design systems in Figma.
Art Director
Crossmind Reklamebureau
- Designed user-friendly landing pages, websites, and digital products that helped our clients reach their business goals.
- Developed strong branding concepts and visual identities.
- Communicated with clients to clarify design expectations and requirements.
- Reviewed and guided designs, concepts, and graphics developed by other designers.
- Presented and pitched design solutions to clients for approval.
- Took projects from concept to final execution within tight deadlines.
- Ideated and executed creative global campaigns for our clients.
- Designed traditional editorial ads, posters, and brochures.
Junior Designer
Crossmind Reklamebureau
- Designed user-friendly landing pages and websites that helped our clients reach their business goals.
- Worked on branding concepts and visual identities and presented design solutions to clients for approval.
- Took projects from concept to final execution, ensuring delivery within tight deadlines.
- Created traditional editorial ads, posters, and brochures.
Part-time Designer
Metropark
- Designed a license-plate identifying app that improves the workflow of traffic wardens by scanning license plates and telling them if parking is allowed.
- Created user stories, user journeys, and wireframes for various product ideas.
- Designed multiple identities for multiple product launches, including colors, typography, logos, and other assets.
- Created traditional print ads, banners, and brochures.
- Outlined websites that communicated the business's unique selling proposition and helped gain new leads.
Skills
Tools
Figma, Illustrator CC, Photoshop CC, After Effects CC, InDesign CC, Sketch, Adobe Experience Design (XD)
Platforms
Web, WordPress
Industry Expertise
Marketing
Other
User Interface (UI), Design Systems, Branding, Visual Identity, Web Design, Landing Page Design, Product Design, Graphic Design, Logo Design, UI Style Guides, Non-fungible Tokens (NFT), Blockchain, Component Libraries, Responsive Web Design (RWD), Web App UI, UI Design, Digital Design, Web UI Design, Websites, Web UI, Crypto, Mobile Design, Image Manipulation, Mobile UI, Marketing Design, Web Platforms, User Experience (UX), Web App Design, Illustration, App Design, Brand Design, MVP Design, UX Design, User Journeys, Wireframing, Visual Design, Mobile App Design, Web UX Design, Web Page Mockups, Web UX, Prototyping, Key Visuals, Mobile UX, Material UI, Animation, Lottie, Brand Guidelines, Strategy, Startups, Dashboard Design, 2D Animation, Gamification, Web App UX, Dashboards, Landing Pages, Web Pages, Job Boards, Job Portals, Conversion Rate, eCommerce, UI Components, Landing Page Optimization, eCommerce UI, Online Shopping
Experience
- Visual Identity - 8 years
- User Interface (UI) - 8 years
- Web Design - 8 years
- Branding - 8 years
- Product Design - 5 years
- User Experience (UX) - 5 years
- Design Systems - 5 years
- Figma - 3 years
Tools
- Figma
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