Mikasa Sonnenberg

Designer in Johannesburg, South Africa

Member since January 24, 2019

Mikasa has over a decade of experience with branding—working on numerous startups from restaurants, clothing stores, sustainable businesses, and more. She has been a part of one of South Africa's largest financial institutions, Standard Bank, for more than five years working as one of the senior product designers creating designs for iOS, Android, and web products. She is meticulous and passionate and works with a user-centered design approach.

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Portfolio

Digital Design

Gautrack Travel App
- Travel & Leisure
- UI Design
- UX Design
- Sketch
- App UI
- Scanning
- Digitization
- Time Tracking
International Banking
- Banking & Finance
- Financial Design
- Client Management
- UX Design
- UI Design
- User Flows
ChatBot | Make a Claim
- Chatbot Conversation Design
- iOS
- Web
- Scalable Application
- UI Design
- UX Design
- Photo Uploads
- Flow
- Feature-driven Development (FDD)
- Insurance
- Financial Services
- Fintech
No Paper Work Insurance Policy
- UI Design
- UX Design
- Flow
- Wireframing
- User Journey Maps
- User
- User Needs
- Fintech
- Insurance
- Health Policy
Ice Cream Sunday Pop-up Event Graphic Design
- Graphics
- Design
- Layout
- Creative Thinking
- Themes
- Marketing
- InDesign CC
- Photoshop Design
- Photoshop CS5
- Photography
- Branding
- Logo Design
Graphic Design
- Graphic Design
- Logo Design
- Brand Design
- Branding
- Illustrator CS6
- Photoshop CS6
- Adobe
- Packaging
- Mockups

Employment

Design Lead
2013 - PRESENT
Standard Bank
- Worked as a UI and UX designer and was responsible for the insurance products (iOS and Android) including creating a fully digital claims process from beginning to end.
- Designed a payback/settlement feature for motor and vehicle assets lending products.
- Migrated an independent staff-facing, client management features into the digital banking platform for international offshore banking.
- Worked with a team establishing the design system for the bank.
- Ran multiple user tests including qualitative and quantitative, AB testing, and validation testing.
- Led the design of a robust customer web platform.
Technologies: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, InVision, Sketch
Freelance Graphic Designer and Photographer
2010 - 2013
Freelance
- Designed multiple brand identities resulting in branding and corporate guidelines.
- Crafted print collateral including logo designs, color theories, packaging, and brochures.
- Photographed food for Easyfood magazine based in Ireland.
- Photographed and designed Jade Corporate Clothing's fashion brochure.
- Worked on product, food, people, and travel photography,.
Technologies: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign
Senior Graphic Designer
2008 - 2010
Global Mouse
- Produced campaigns for Discovery Health; these included designs for the layout, posters, banners, and for the web.
- Led photoshoots for campaigns.
- Created concept designs.
- Crafted activation and packaging designs.
Technologies: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign

Education

Diploma in Graphic Design
2008 - 2010
City Varsity - Johannesburg, South Africa
Diploma in Photography
2006 - 2008
National College of Photography - Johannesburg, South Africa
High School Diploma in Arts
2000 - 2004
National School of the Arts - Johannesburg, South Africa

Certifications

Professional Photography
DECEMBER 2007 - PRESENT
National College of Photography
Express Course
JULY 2006 - PRESENT
National College of Photography
Intermediate Course
JUNE 2006 - PRESENT
National College of Photography

Experience

Graphic Design11 years
Layout Design11 years
Branding11 years
Adobe InDesign11 years
UX Design5 years
App UI5 years
Wireframing5 years
iOS5 years

Tools

Adobe InDesign

Location

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