Maria Orlova
Verified Expert in Design
Designer
Rishon LeTsiyon, Israel
Toptal member since July 3, 2022
Maria is a UI/UX digital designer with nine years of experience creating websites, mobile and desktop applications, and design concepts for social networks and other digital products. She created 30+ adaptive websites and mobile applications for American, Russian, and Israeli markets and won 14 tenders while working in digital agencies. Maria has an agile mindset that helps her find the best ways to contribute to a company's success, taking the initiative and striving for outstanding results.
Experience
- Digital Design - 9 years
- Visual Design - 9 years
- Digital - 9 years
- Mobile - 6 years
- Product Design - 3 years
- User Experience (UX) - 3 years
Portfolio
Product Design and UI for an App That Helps Volunteers Track Work Records
Product Design and UI for a Food Delivery Platform
UI/UX Design for Desktop and Mobile Website for Healthy Drinks
Work Experience
UX/UI Generalist Designer
Entrepreneur
- Worked from scratch to launch the UI/UX design for a big Israeli food delivery platform, a USA volunteering platform, and USA medical centers.
- Created adaptive websites for brands such as Bayer, Hasbro Games, and Faberlic.
- Won four tenders with my design concepts for different creative agencies, working with Restore, Mondelez, Klinskiy, and Samsung. Proceeded with the implementation of these design concepts.
- Developed and released social media design concepts for 20+ brands.
Senior Digital Designer
BBDO Worldwide
- Developed strategies for brand representation on media platforms in 10+ tender offers.
- Won five web development tenders with my design concepts for Bayer projects, Dr.Oetker, Get Taxi, and Bell's.
- Created and implemented user experience and interface design for multiple websites.
Art Director | Senior Digital Designer
Digital Ape
- Developed strategies for brand representation on media platforms for big international brands such as Yota, Nutella, and TicTac.
- Worked on digital media creative concepts and adaptive web design for local and international brands such as Borjomi, Yota, and Nutella.
- Participated in creating tender proposals for potential clients.
Digital Designer | Design Director
Socialist
- Managed the design department coordinating five in-house designers and leading communication with freelance designers.
- Presented results of the department's work on client meetings.
- Developed strategies for brand representation on media platforms.
- Created social media visual content for big international brands.
- Built the UI/UX of web applications for Socialist's clients.
- Collaborated with big international brands such as Ferrero, Mondelez, Beeline, Jacobs, Nutella, and Nivea.
Education
Master's Degree in Sociology and Psychology of Management
State University of Management (SUM) - Moscow, Russia
Certifications
Digital Product Design: UX/UI
UX Academy
JavaScript Basics
Moscow Coding School
Art Direction
British Higher School of Art and Design
Skills
Tools
Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe After Effects, Sketch, Miro, Principle, Adobe InDesign, Cinema 4D, InVision
Platforms
Figma, Mobile, Dovetail
Languages
Charity
Other
Digital, Visual Design, Identity, Digital Design, Sociology, User Interface (UI), Prototyping, Digital Product Design, Web Design, Mobile Apps, Mobile App UI, Web UI Design, Desktop Web Design, Mobile Web Design, Desktop App Design, Web App Design, Web App UX, Responsive Web Design (RWD), UI Design, Websites, Mobile UI Design, System Design, Responsive UI, Web App UI, Web UI, Web UX, eCommerce, Graphic Design, Social Media Design, Mobile Design, Mobile App Design, Design Systems, Mobile UI, App Design, Responsive Design, Google Material Design, iOS Design Guidelines, Component Libraries, Branding, Social Media, User Experience (UX), Illustration, Animation, Product Design, Art Direction, Scripted Animation (JavaScript), Quantity Surveying, Quantitative Research, Web UX Design, UI Animation, UX Design, Website Builders, Psychology, User Psychology, Excel 365, eCommerce UI, User Interviews, Mobile Applications, Healthcare IT, Healthcare Services, Foodtech, Delivery, Art, Nutrition & Supplements, Women's Health, Medicine
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