María José Corino, Designer in Cupertino, CA, United States
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María José Corino

Verified Expert  in Design

Designer

Location
Cupertino, CA, United States
Toptal Member Since
July 25, 2016

Maria Corino is a product designer with experience in UX and UI as well as a branding specialist. She has experience across many industries, including technology, eCommerce, finance, and social media. She is focused on providing engaging and successful experiences for different audiences and improving brand strategies. Maria's past clients include Microsoft, McKinsey & Company, Verizon, BNP Paribas Cardif, and many more.

Portfolio

Work Experience

Product Designer

2019 - PRESENT
Credit Card Insider (via Toptal)
  • Redesigned the entire website.
  • Researched and provided competitive analysis, expert review, and user interviews.
  • Built high-fidelity wireframes and mockups.
Technologies: RealtimeBoard, Zeplin, InVision, Sketch

UX Designer

2017 - PRESENT
Coorva
  • Designed and consulted on user experience matters.
  • Designed an internal platform for product management.
  • Designed an educational platform.
Technologies: InVision, Sketch

Official Design Judge

2017 - PRESENT
CSS Design Awards
  • Served on the judging panel to evaluate the design, innovation, and user experience of some of the best websites in the world.
Technologies: CSS

UX/UI Designer

2018 - 2019
Opencare (via Toptal)
  • Redesigned or designed several landing pages to increase conversions and proof several hypotheses about user behavior.
  • Conducted user testing.
Technologies: Sketch

Product Designer

2018 - 2019
Refound (via Toptal)
  • Designed a responsive e-learning platform to support refound workshops.
  • Designed a mobile web to reflect on having difficult conversations in the work environment.
Technologies: Zeplin, InVision, Sketch

Freelance UX Designer

2017 - 2019
Microsoft
  • Designed several websites to promote Microsoft and Office tools, showing its value in different business areas as well as how they improve team building, collaboration, and even online security.
Technologies: InVision, Sketch

UX Consultant

2017 - 2019
Possible
  • Designed websites and communication strategy for clients like Microsoft, Gervais, and A1 Digital.
Technologies: Zeplin, Adobe Photoshop, InVision, Sketch

Product Designer

2018 - 2018
Beaver Hunch
  • Provided UX/UI design for a website designed for users to browse, invest in, and manage properties.
Technologies: Zeplin, InVision, Sketch

UX Designer & Consultant

2018 - 2018
Making Sense
  • Designed a web app for Opya, an internal chat tool similar to Slack but customized for occupational therapists in California.
Technologies: InVision, Sketch

UX Designer

2018 - 2018
Stride (via Toptal)
  • Provided consultation and support for Stride's website and onboarding platform.
Technologies: InVision, Sketch

UX Consultant

2017 - 2018
McKinsey & Company
  • Led the analysis and design team.
  • Defined the roadmap and methodologies to apply.
  • Conducted research and user interviews.
  • Designed wireframes, mockups, and user testing.
Technologies: InVision, Sketch

UX/UI Designer

2017 - 2017
Materiall (vía Toptal)
  • Redesigned the corporate website for Materiall, explaining the business' strengths in an attractive, interactive, and original way.
  • Redesigned pages including Home, About, Blog, and Blog Post.
  • Rebranded and redefined the UI, including a new logo, color palette, branding pieces, and a Keynote presentation to ensure the brand consistency.
  • Started up the process with interviews with the stakeholders and research about the marketplace. A Gannt chart with the process estimation was made to provide the client full transparency of the process.
  • Provided wireframes and mockups, including illustrations and interactive elements for an eye-catching and personal experience.
Technologies: Zeplin, InVision, Sketch, Photoshop CC

UX/UI Sketch App Designer

2017 - 2017
Joyclean (via Toptal)
  • Redesigned screens for an iOS mobile app to hire cleaning companies.
  • Designed avatars for profiles: flat and line illustrations respecting the look and feel of the app.
  • Improved architecture, navigation, and interaction by applying mobile patterns and good practices for the platform.
  • Made UI improvements, including alignment, spacing, defining hierarchies for text, color palette, and iconography.
  • Implemented modals and content organization to provide a clear flow and user interaction.
Technologies: iOS, User Interface (UI), User Experience (UX)

UX Designer

2013 - 2017
Globant
  • Led the user experience design for Mindshare Planning Tools, a global media network engaged in media-focused business planning. The app is for commercial analysis to define the best positioning and communication strategy, defining the best way to invest via advertising.
  • Improved the user experience for Verizon's Enterprise Center, from navigation adjustments to an interface redesign.
  • Designed the user experience for Vaga's new internet project, involved through the whole process from content proposals, interviews, and flow map definition through interface design.
  • Designed the user experience for Wonga, focused on redesigning structures and navigation flows for a financial system that allowed them to manage loans and track payments.
  • Designed the user experience for Amazing Academy, a project involving marketing tools and a mobile app.
  • Made sketches, wireframes, and mockups.
  • Created task flows.
  • Evaluated heuristics and usability.
  • Designed content architecture and site maps.
  • Conducted research.
  • Designed and documented interactions.
  • Ensured that usability best practices were followed.
  • Gathered business requirements and translated them into high-fidelity wireframes and mockups.
  • Worked within an Agile Scrum environment.
  • Prototyped user experience and interface features for apps.
  • Created mobile and responsive designs.
  • Designed content, style guides, and design patterns.
  • Worked directly with developers and testers to realize designs in code.
Technologies: UXPin, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, InVision, Axure, Sketch
2008 - 2013

Degree in Graphic Design

UCAECE - Mar del Plata

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