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Designer
Location
Cardiff, United Kingdom
Toptal Member Since
February 21, 2022
Nice is a full-stack designer with 8+ years of experience conceptualizing engaging designs and bringing design solutions to a wide range of products with cross-functional teams. She delivers end-to-end design projects and excels in creating user-centered, data-driven solutions; designing aesthetically delightful user interfaces; ensuring usability best practices are implemented in products; and creating and testing high-fidelity wireframes and prototypes.
Work Experience
Product Designer
2022 - PRESENT
Spotify
- Worked as a product designer for the experimentation platform at Spotify. My mission was to introduce a designer's point of view to an engineering-based domain by arranging workshops and organizing research studies.
- Analyzed and presented the data gathered from the research.
- Created and facilitated design workshops with stakeholders, created high-fidelity wireframes, multiple concepts for design problems, prototypes for engineers, and user studies.
Technologies: Figma, Google BigQuery, Looker, Miro, Competitive Analysis, Agile UX, Rapid Interactive Prototyping, Interactive Prototypes, Product Design, Prototyping, User Journeys, Web App Design, Design Workshops, User Workshops, Digital Project Management, Component Libraries, User Interviews, Design Thinking, B2B, SaaS, Customer Journeys, Data Visualization, MVP Design
Mentor
2019 - PRESENT
Userspots Academy
- Prepared and conducted educational programs about UX and UI principles for organizations and individuals.
- Mentored and guided 200+ students over the course of three years.
- Planned and conducted audits for small organizations about their apps, websites, or products.
Technologies: Figma, Apple Keynote, Miro, Design Systems, Mockups, Competitive Analysis, Design Leadership, Design Workshops, Design Thinking, Customer Journeys, iOS, MVP Design
Senior Product Designer
2021 - 2022
The FACEIT
- Acted as a senior product designer at FACEIT—the leading competitive gaming platform for popular games like CS:GO, TF2, and Rocket League—arranging workshops and organizing research studies.
- Organized and conducted user interviews and analyzed and presented the data from research.
- Created high-fidelity wireframes and multiple concepts for the design problem.
- Organized and facilitated design workshops with stakeholders and helped create a data-driven product environment.
Technologies: Figma, Discord, Storybook, Miro, B2C, Competitive Analysis, Agile UX, Responsive Design, Design Leadership, Rapid Interactive Prototyping, Interactive Prototypes, Product Design, Prototyping, User Journeys, Digital Project Management, Design Thinking, Responsive Web Apps, Games, Customer Journeys, iOS, iOS SDK, MVP Design
Product Designer
2020 - 2022
Twin Science & Robotics
- Increased the global retention rate by 100% within a few months.
- Designed and shipped five new features in one year based on data-driven decisions.
- Released a subscription plan to drive growth and achieved a trial-to-conversion rate of 45%.
- Ran A/B tests for new users and increased their activation rate by 50%.
- Created and helped to maintain a design library with 400+ elements.
Technologies: InVision, Sketch, Figma, Zeplin, Photoshop CC, Illustrator CC, After Effects CC, Design Systems, Mockups, B2C, Competitive Analysis, Agile UX, Rapid Interactive Prototyping, Interactive Prototypes, Product Design, Prototyping, User Journeys, Design Workshops, Digital Project Management, Design Thinking, Customer Journeys, iOS, iOS SDK, MVP Design
UX/UI Designer
2018 - 2020
Userspots
- Created UI/UX designs for ten responsive web projects.
- Created UI/UX design for five native mobile applications.
- Won a #1 prize for the AXAFit app from the PSM Awards in the Innovative Customer Interaction and Experience category.
- Conceptualized and led design workshops with client teams to improve design outcomes.
Technologies: InVision, UI Principles, Web UX, App UX, Figma, Sketch, After Effects CC, Illustrator CC, Photoshop CC, Principle, Zeplin, Adobe, Mobile App Design, Design Systems, Mockups, B2C, Competitive Analysis, Responsive Design, Rapid Interactive Prototyping, User Workshops, Design Thinking, Customer Journeys, iOS, iOS SDK
Digital Art Director
2017 - 2018
Contentus
- Created 30 infographics in one year for international clients, which have had 20,000 visits.
- Conceptualized and drew custom illustrations for key brand visuals.
- Conducted the end-to-end design process for two complex eCommerce websites.
Technologies: Illustrator CC, Photoshop CC, Adobe Experience Design (XD), After Effects CC, Design Systems, Mockups, B2C, Responsive Design
Digital Art Director
2014 - 2016
Rework Agency
- Conducted the end-to-end design process for two complex eCommerce websites.
- Built ten brand identity guidelines with complete coverage of typography and colors elements.
- Created social media visual concepts for 15 international clients.
Technologies: Photoshop CC, After Effects CC, Illustrator CC, InVision, Sketch, Zeplin, Design Systems, Mockups, B2C, Responsive Design
Education
2008 - 2012
Bachelor's Degree in Visual Design
Yildiz Technical University - Istanbul, Turkey
Certifications
JANUARY 2022 - PRESENT
UX Research
JANUARY 2022 - PRESENT
EF Standard English Test (EF SET) (94/100, C2 Proficient)
EF SET
JANUARY 2022 - PRESENT
Agile Foundations
JANUARY 2018 - PRESENT
Mobile User Experience
Interaction Design Foundation
NOVEMBER 2017 - PRESENT
User Experience (UX): The Ultimate Guide to Usability and UX
Udemy
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