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Location
Hamburg, Germany
Toptal Member Since
January 17, 2017
Natalija is an art director and digital UX designer based in Hamburg, Germany. For over 12 years now, she has provided designs for companies, brands, and businesses to improve their presence in the digital world. She has worked with well-known brands such as Samsung, BMW, Nickelodeon, Hyundai, Comedy Central, E.ON, PwC, and more.
Portfolio
Work Experience
Art Director
2015 - 2017
Shift Agency
- Worked on the concept development, user experience design, user interface design, benchmark analyses, and brand development.
- Created conceptual and visual platforms for Hyundai news.
- Designed for web projects for PWC (PricewaterhouseCoopers AG) company which included campaigns, landing pages, web pages, and infographics.
- Worked as an art director and UX designer for an educational platform that gave facts about Germany.de.
- Created VR ideas and a mobile UI design for a pitch for the BMW 7 Series pop-up showroom.
- Crafted the UX/UI for a digital magazine about sustainability in the future development of a city's platform for Union Investment Real Estate.
Technologies: Sketch, InVision, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop
Lead Visual Designer (Freelance Contractor)
2014 - 2015
Viacom, Berlin
- Led the UX/UI design on the South Park app for online and offline watching television episodes (iOS and Android).
- Created a Nickelodeon app for 3 different target groups (kids, teenagers, and parents); the platform offers the option of playing games, watching videos, and giving full control over the content to the parents.
- Adapted and improved the responsive design for the Viva app—specifically for listening to music and looking over charts.
Technologies: InVision, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop
Lead Visual Designer (Freelance Contractor)
2013 - 2014
Torben, Lucie und die gelbe Gefahr (TLGG), Berlin
- Designed a global web campaign focusing on the pleasures of driving a BMW. It’s a hub-based platform created from social network content shared by BMW driver stories.
- Crafted designs for a web portal that showcased the latest news and events for E.ON—one of the biggest companies in the energy and gas industry.
Technologies: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop
Art Director | Product Designer
2012 - 2013
aklamio, Berlin
- Created the full visual appearance of a startup based on referral marketing.
- Worked on responsive web pages, newsletter, banners, plugins (cash bar), and more.
Technologies: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop
Founder | Art Director
2010 - 2012
Fish & Rabbit Agency
- Designed web pages, layout design, wireframes for small businesses, and more.
- Worked for notable clients and projects such as: Samsung, Microsoft Surface, Polaris Gym, Fer Project Agency, MYS Yachting, McKinsey & Company's Facebook app, and more.
Technologies: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop
Junior Designer
2008 - 2009
Saturized Digital Design Agency
- Gained my first experience in creating web page designs and layout designs for various projects.
Technologies: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop
Education
2005 - 2010
Master's Degree in Graphic Communication
University of Novi Sad, Academy of Arts - Novi Sad, Serbia
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