
Miriam Nabinger
Verified Expert in Design
Designer
Vienna, Austria
Toptal member since September 13, 2021
Miriam has been creating inclusive products since 2015, leading projects for big companies like IBM to startups. As a designer and digital accessibility consultant, she sees it as her role to simplify the user experience by making it accessible to everyone and creating experiences that users will love. Miriam's passion is teaching inclusive design and accessibility and best practices for the design system.
Portfolio
Work Experience
Product Designer | Digital Accessibility Specialist
Self-employed
- Created wireframes for complex B2B and enticing B2C applications in healthcare, finance, transportation, eCommerce, and IT.
- Helped a healthcare client get to know their service and users better through a series of service design workshops, which led to refining their business case.
- Designed and led multiple user tests for various clients to rapidly test ideas for better user understanding.
- Consulted and designed multiple token-based design systems for companies that required themeable or multi-brand systems. Including training for design teams and developers.
- Generated accessibility and UX audits for websites and applications based on WCAG and UX heuristics. The finalized report included recommendations with design and code examples.
- Held numerous digital accessibility training for diverse product teams, from beginner to advanced levels, to make the digital world a more inclusive place.
UI/UX Designer
IBM Client Innovation Center
- Designed accessible interfaces and experiences for B2C, B2E, and B2B applications.
- Built multiple brand guidelines, including typography, color, and components.
- Designed personas, user flows, and user journeys for applications in the public, eCommerce, transportation, health, and finance sectors.
- Created accessibility learning for all professions internally.
- Coached a team of master's students in the Student Service Design Challenge 2020 regarding design thinking and user-centered design.
- Coached a team with little to no experience in Scrum and improved their commitment, confidence, and understanding of story points.
- Facilitated and planned client design thinking workshops, building the bridge between design thinking and user story generation.
Designer | Front-end Developer
IBM Client Innovation Center
- Built and coded interactive features for websites and hybrid mobile apps.
- Designed accessible interfaces and experiences for B2C, B2E, and B2B applications.
- Created a DesignOps pipeline in a small team for easier handoff.
Graphic Designer | Web Designer
Informance Media
- Built brand identity guides, including colors and typography, logos, and other assets.
- Built interactive, responsive websites with a custom CMS.
- Improved client's website SEO and online marketing strategy.
Education
Diploma in Graphic Design
Higher Graphical Federal Education and Research Institute - Vienna, Austria
Certifications
Scrum Master
Scrum Inc.
Advancing Accessibility
IBM
Accessibility Advocate
IBM
Skills
Tools
InVision, Sketch, Adobe Creative Suite, Google Analytics, ProtoPie, Jira
Platforms
Figma
Languages
JavaScript, TypeScript
Other
Corporate Design, UI Design, UX Design, Wireframing, Web App Design, Product Design, Accessibility, Design Systems, Information Architecture (IA), SaaS Design, Prototyping, High-fidelity Mockups, Graphic Design, Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), App Design, Usability Testing, Chatbots, Web UI Design, B2C, User Flows, B2B, Brand Guidelines, Mobile App Design, UX Architecture, Business Transformation, Business Design, WebApp, AI Design, Business to Employee (B2E), Chatbot Conversation Design, WCAG 2, Document Management, Content Management Systems (CMS), Responsive Web Apps, Newsfeeds, iOS UI Design, News Publications, UI Maps, Google Maps, Universal Design, Redesign, Accessibility Testing, Minimalism, MVP Design, Web Applications, Process Flows, ClickUp, Scrum, Agile, Angular, Ionic, jQuery, React, Vue, Responsive Web Design (RWD), App UI, Web App UX, User Interface (UI), User Experience (UX), Brand Design, Web Design, SaaS, User Testing, User Interviews, Mobile Design, Software as a Service (SaaS), Web App UI, Gamification, Dashboard Design, Data Visualization, Team Leadership, Cross-functional Team Leadership, UX Leadership, Web Accessibility, Inclusive Design, eCommerce, Mobile eCommerce, Mobile UX Design, UX Research, Service Design, UX Flows, Enterprise Design, eCommerce Design
Experience
- SaaS Design - 5 years
- UI Design - 5 years
- UX Design - 5 years
- Prototyping - 4 years
- Product Design - 3 years
- Design Systems - 3 years
- Accessibility - 2 years
- Figma - 2 years
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