Matthew Mandravelis
Designer
New York, NY, United States
Member since March 23, 2016
Matthew is an award-winning product UX/UI designer, advisor, and creative director with more than ten years of hands-on experience in making complex interfaces approachable. He has made a significant impact on international startups and established corporations, for bringing impact via innovation. His mission is to deliver the most efficient, engaging, innovative and high-quality experience with an emphasis on user experience.
Matthew is now available for hire
Employment
- Chief Creative Officer | UX/UI Lead2016 - 2017Generation Y
- Led the design and development teams.
- Worked with a range of clients focusing on mobile apps and web design.
- Met with clients in person and via Skype.
- Presented to clients and stakeholders.
- Worked at all stages in a product's development—from a napkin sketch to a public company.
- Worked fast and was trusted with projects that needed to be under the radar.
- Won nine awards.
Technologies: Sketch, Photoshop, App Demos, InVision, Principle, Keynote, OptimalSort, Chalkmark - Global Director of UX/UI2010 - 2015Airfasttickets
- Led the design and development teams.
- Delivered the most efficient, engaging, innovative experience and pleasing designs (including but not limited to websites and mobile apps) to users whilst ensuring that the key objectives of the brand are met.
- Championed improvements to the user experience within the project teams and disseminating the UX objectives, reasoning, and decisions.
- Presented products and services to the wider business stakeholders by demonstrating how these objectives will and do affect business results.
- Developed concepts, visual design, and copywriting for cross-platform advertising/newsletter campaigns and apparel debuts.
- Created visual style guides and logos for additional micro-websites on tight deadlines.
- Increased company's web traffic by 400% and sales by over 220%.
- Crafted designs that have been awarded/nominated 8 times in a row.
- Designed from scratch a progressive application design in close collaboration with Microsoft.
Technologies: Sketch, Photoshop, App Demos, InVision, Keynote, OptimalSort, Chalkmark - UX/UI Designer | Art Director2010 - 2010inDeals Ltd.
- Wrote all the code.
- Created original designs and received accolades from staff for creativity.
- Provided art direction, section layout, and pre-press on tight daily and weekly deadlines.
- Managed all design and production end-to-end as needed.
- Created responsive designs.
- Crafted user interface designs for web, mobile, and tablet.
- Designed user storyboards and flows.
- Created the content, editorial, and social media.
- Designed the iconography and branding.
- Made annotations, technology specs, and mathematical formulas that make the data sets user-friendly.
Technologies: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator
Education
- Master's degree in Interaction Design2014 - 2016School of Art and Design in Greece - Greece
- Bachelor's degree with honors in Web and Interactive Design2006 - 2008Public College (VTI) - Greece
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications2004 - 2006Public College (VTI) - Greece
Certifications
- Web and Interactive Design CertificationJANUARY 2006 - PRESENTPublic College (VTI)
- Technical Network Engineer CertificationJANUARY 2004 - PRESENTPublic College (VTI)
Experience
- Prototyping10 years
- UX Design10 years
- UI Design10 years
- Web Design10 years
- iOS6 years
- Interaction Design (IxD)6 years
- Android5 years
- Motion & Animation Design3 years
