Maria Duvidzon

Designer in Montreal, QC, Canada

Member since March 11, 2022

Maria is a product and UX designer currently based in Montréal, Canada. She likes finding elegant solutions to complicated problems and enjoys collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams. Having moved from digital marketing to product design, Maria firmly believes in lifelong learning and pursuing her curiosities.

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Portfolio

Digital Design

Design System for FutureFit AI
- Design Systems
- UX
- UI
- Figma
- Notion
- Web Dashboards
- Mobile UX
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Career Coaching
- Job Boards
- Job Search Sites
- Planning
- To-do Lists
- Tracking
- UX Design
- User Experience (UX)
- UI Design
- Product Design
- Web Applications
- Web App Design
- Responsive Web Design (RWD)
- Web App UX
- Web App UI
- UX Audits
- High-fidelity Mockups
- User Research
- User Journey Maps
- Prototyping
- Communication
- Dashboard Design
- App Design
- Interactive Prototypes
- SaaS
- Dashboards
- High-fidelity Prototypes
- SaaS Design
- User Interface (UI)
- Web UI Design
- UI Components
- UI Style Guides
- UX Strategy
- Visual Design
- UX Wireframes
Platform Redesign for a French Consultancy
- UX
- UI
- Wireframing
- Heuristic Analysis
- Prototyping
- User Personas
- User Journeys
- Information Architecture (IA)
- IT Recruitment
- Job Search Sites
- IT
- Dashboard Design
- UX Design
- User Experience (UX)
- UI Design
- Product Design
- Web Applications
- Web App Design
- Responsive Web Design (RWD)
- Web App UX
- Web App UI
- UX Audits
- High-fidelity Mockups
- User Journey Maps
- Personas
- Communication
- Active Listening
- Growth
- B2C
- App Design
- Interactive Prototypes
- SaaS
- Dashboards
- High-fidelity Prototypes
- SaaS Design
- User Interface (UI)
- UI Components
- UX Strategy
- Visual Design
- UX Wireframes
Redesign of the Editing Experience for Venngage
- B2C
- Figma
- Templates
- UX
- UI
- Product Design
- Product Owner
- CSS
- Graphic Design
- Customization
- Diagrams
- UX Design
- User Experience (UX)
- Design Thinking
- Web Applications
- Web App Design
- Responsive Web Design (RWD)
- Web App UX
- Web App UI
- Wireframing
- High-fidelity Mockups
- User Research
- Jobs to be Done (JTBD)
- User Journey Maps
- Prototyping
- User Journeys
- Communication
- Active Listening
- Interactive Prototypes
- SaaS
- High-fidelity Prototypes
- SaaS Design
- UI Components
- UX Strategy
- UX Wireframes
Customizable Icons for Venngage
- UI
- UX
- Product Owner
- Product Design
- User Research
- Design
- Templates
- Icon Sets
- DEI (Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion)
- Graphic Design
- UX Design
- User Experience (UX)
- Design Thinking
- Web Applications
- Web App Design
- Responsive Web Design (RWD)
- Web App UX
- Web App UI
- Wireframing
- High-fidelity Mockups
- Jobs to be Done (JTBD)
- User Journey Maps
- Prototyping
- User Journeys
- Communication
- Active Listening
- B2C
- SaaS
- SaaS Design
- UX Wireframes
Travel Inspiration App for Avoy Travel
- UI
- UX
- User Personas
- MVP Design
- Wireframing
- Mockups
- Usability Testing
- Travel
- Startups
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Social
- UX Design
- User Experience (UX)
- UI Design
- Web Applications
- Web App Design
- Responsive Web Design (RWD)
- Web App UX
- Web App UI
- High-fidelity Mockups
- User Journey Maps
- Personas
- Prototyping
- User Journeys
- Communication
- Growth
- Mobile UX Design
- Mobile UI Design
- B2C
- App Design
- Interactive Prototypes
- High-fidelity Prototypes
- User Interface (UI)
- UX Strategy
- Visual Design
- UX Wireframes
Art Lovers Mobile App Concept | Where Art Though
- Mobile UI
- Mobile UX
- UX
- UI
- Usability Testing
- Concepting
- Wireframing
- User Flows
- Prototyping
- Art
- Museums & Exhibits
- Mobile
- Image Recognition
- UX Design
- User Experience (UX)
- UI Design
- High-fidelity Mockups
- User Research
- Personas
- User Journeys
- Communication
- Mobile UX Design
- Mobile UI Design
- B2C
- App Design
- Interactive Prototypes
- High-fidelity Prototypes
- User Interface (UI)
- Visual Design
- UX Wireframes

Employment

Freelance Product Designer
2018 - PRESENT
Freelance
- Worked with Obodo design agency to develop MVPs for small businesses and startups.
- Collaborated with Zoomforth to create microsites for some of the "Big Four" consultancies, adhering to the existing brand guidelines.
- Worked directly with small businesses to develop and execute a design strategy, including a software redesign, design system setup, brand guidelines, UX audit, and more.
Technologies: Butter CMS, Figma, Miro, Product Design, UI, UX, UX Design, User Experience (UX), UI Design, UX Audits, Wireframing, High-fidelity Mockups, Personas, Prototyping, User Journeys, Communication, Active Listening, Growth, Dashboard Design, Web Design, Conversion Rate, Mockups, User Experience Design, Mobile Design, B2C, B2B, B2B2C, App Design, User Interface (UI), Web UI Design, UI Components, UI Style Guides, UX Strategy, Visual Design, UX Wireframes
Product Designer for Learning Management Tool
2022 - 2022
Peppermint
- Worked in a small product team to take the project from zero to one through a full set of medium-fidelity wireframes.
- Collaborated with a UI designer to bring the product to life while keeping in mind the accessibility and low-tech requirements of our demographics, i.e., the middlers.
- Iterated through wireframes and prototypes to find the best e-learning approach for asynchronous community-driven learning.
Technologies: UX Design, UI Design, Product Strategy, Mockups, User Experience Design, B2C, Edtech, Learning, UI Components, UX Strategy, Visual Design, UX Wireframes
Senior Product Designer
2021 - 2022
FutureFit AI
- Built and managed a design system for the whole platform from the ground up.
- Redesigned the end-user platform experience in two months.
- Acted as a user advocate in a multidisciplinary launch committee, ensuring usability and intuitive user experience are our priorities.
- Used behavior psychology principles to develop product loops and encourage positive habit-forming activities.
Technologies: Figma, Miro, Storybook, Notion, Google Docs, Product Design, UI, UX, Web App Design, UX Design, User Experience (UX), UI Design, Design Thinking, Web Applications, Web App UX, Web App UI, UX Audits, Wireframing, High-fidelity Mockups, User Research, Jobs to be Done (JTBD), User Journey Maps, Personas, Prototyping, User Journeys, Communication, Growth, Dashboard Design, Mockups, User Experience Design, B2B, B2B2C, User Interface (UI), Web UI Design, UI Components, UI Style Guides, UX Strategy, Visual Design, UX Wireframes
Product Designer
2019 - 2021
Venngage
- Oversaw more than 13 projects through the end-to-end design process, from discovery and shaping to building and shipping.
- Defined and executed product vision for an innovative, responsive editing experience with MVP version improving the tool's usability by 23%.
- Acted as a product owner and led autonomous multidisciplinary teams to successful feature launches against strict time constraints.
- Conducted user research to inform product decisions, including user interviews, quantitative data analysis, and usability studies.
Technologies: Figma, Sketch, Miro, Google Docs, Google Sheets, Intercom, Mixpanel, Google Analytics, Product Design, Usertesting.com, UserZoom, UI, UX, Web App Design, UX Design, User Experience (UX), UI Design, Design Thinking, Web Applications, Web App UX, Web App UI, Wireframing, High-fidelity Mockups, User Research, Jobs to be Done (JTBD), User Journey Maps, Prototyping, User Journeys, Communication, Active Listening, Growth, Conversion Rate, Mockups, User Experience Design, B2C, B2B, B2B2C, User Interface (UI), Web UI Design, UX Strategy, UX Wireframes
UX Design Intern
2019 - 2019
Avoy Inc.
- Developed the first external version of the web platform.
- Created a feedback loop to inform continuous iterations.
- Established an iterative agile design process for the product team.
Technologies: Sketch, InVision, Zeplin, User Experience (UX), UI Design, Web Applications, Web App UX, Web App UI, Wireframing, High-fidelity Mockups, User Research, Personas, Prototyping, User Journeys, Communication, Growth, Mockups, User Experience Design, Mobile Design, Mobile UX Design, Mobile UI Design, B2C, App Design, User Interface (UI), UX Strategy, Visual Design, UX Wireframes

Education

Master's Degree in Cultural and Creative Industries
2013 - 2014
King's College London - London, United Kingdom
Bachelor's Degree in French and Italian
2009 - 2013
University of Bristol - Bristol, United Kingdom

Certifications

Design Thinking
DECEMBER 2019 - PRESENT
Interaction Design Foundation

Experience

Product Design4 years
Web App UX4 years
UX Audits4 years
UX Design4 years
UI4 years
UX4 years
User Research3 years
Figma3 years

Tools

Figma

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