Marc Nuijten, Designer in Antwerp, Belgium
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Marc Nuijten

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Designer

Location
Antwerp, Belgium
Toptal Member Since
November 30, 2021

Marc is a skilled designer with 10+ years of experience in graphic, digital, and front-end design and WordPress development. He has delivered challenging projects for startups, established companies, and organizations locally and internationally. Marc co-founded a company, organized two crowdfunding actions, led investor meetings, oversaw technical development, and redesigned the official website of Antwerp. Roles have included: Owner, co-founder, CTO, lead designer, and UI/UX designer.

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Portfolio

Work Experience

Owner and Lead Designer

2008 - PRESENT
Birdseye Design
  • Designed mobile banking applications for the financial industry.
  • Redesigned the website for De Morgen, Flanders' second-largest newspaper.
  • Redesigned the official website of the city of Antwerp.
Technologies: Web Design, UX Design, Web Development, Graphic Design, Editorial Design

Co-founder and CTO

2016 - 2021
Charlie Magazine
  • Co-founded the company, organized two crowdfunding actions, and led investor meetings. Functioned as CTO for the company and oversaw all technical developments and projects.
  • Designed the brand (logo and brand guides) for Charlie Magazine and designed and developed a custom WordPress magazine site.
  • Managed the site's subscriptions and user base and was the point of contact for any issues with subscriptions. Managed the shipment of printed magazines to our subscribers.
Technologies: Sketch, WordPress, Trello

UX/UI Designer

2017 - 2018
BNP Paribas Fortis
  • Served as lead UI/UX designer for an investment application for the bank's Wealth clients.
  • Created wireframes and high-fidelity mockups for the application screens based on stakeholder input and project owner briefings.
  • Organized user research and A/B testing on delivered wireframes and mockups.
  • Organized and led numerous meetings with stakeholders, both project owners and development teams.
Technologies: Sketch, Zeppelin, Apple Keynote

Front-end Designer

2015 - 2017
Digipolis
  • Designed the visual language for the city of Antwerp's website.
  • Created high-fidelity mockups for all screens in collaboration with the UX team.
  • Designed and developed a digital site guide mini-site with all visual guidelines for the city website and affiliate websites.
  • Developed the style guide mini-site and basic stylesheets and templates for site components.
Technologies: Illustrator CC, Sketch

Front-end Designer

2014 - 2015
TestAankoop
  • Designed a logo and brand guidelines for the Renergy project.
  • Designed user interfaces for the Renergy project, a consumer-facing forum on renewable energy solutions.
  • Developed HTML/CSS templates for the user interfaces for the Renergy-project, including an interactive, illustrated calculator for renewable energy solutions for the common household (e.g., pellet stoves, heat exchangers, etc.).
Technologies: Adobe Fireworks, Illustrator CC
1999 - 2001

Certificate in Systems Analysis and Programming

Syntra - Antwerp, Belgium

1993 - 1997

Bachelor's Degree in Communications

College of the Province of Antwerp (Plantijn Hogeschool) - Antwerp, Belgium