Niklas Quitzau, Designer in Copenhagen, Denmark
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Niklas Quitzau

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Location
Copenhagen, Denmark
Toptal Member Since
April 23, 2018

Along with a master’s degree in IT from the Copenhagen Business School, Niklas has several years of hands-on experience in UI and UX. He specializes in mobile apps, high-quality visual design, and scalable design systems. His past clients include NATO's Anders Fogh Rasmussen through his own agency to the leading sports-tracking company, TrackMan.

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Work Experience

Senior Product Designer

2019 - PRESENT
TrackMan
  • Designed golf-tracking software for both professional golfers and pro-golf clients, including the design of both the native iOS apps and Windows apps.
  • Built, maintained, and developed multiple design systems and UI kits.
  • Managed stakeholder involvement and management during all phases of projects.
  • Collaborated closely with developers throughout product development.
  • Served as the lead designer on consumer and pro golf applications in a team of three designers.
  • Created user stories and facilitated backlog groomings with POs and engineers.
  • Drove the process of migrating design systems and UI kits as well as production processes to Figma from Sketch.
  • Conducted design reviews and feedback sessions with fellow product designers.
  • Was appointed interim head of UI/UX and subsequently design lead, participating in team and product strategies.
Technologies: ProtoPie, Teams, Microsoft, Slack, Trello, Azure DevOps, Flinto, Marvel, Lottie, Adobe After Effects, Zeplin, InVision, Sketch, Figma

UX/UI Designer — Trading Platforms

2019 - 2019
Saxo Bank
  • Designed a trading platform built in React for non-professional investors, including a web platform and iOS and Android apps.
  • Contributed to concept development, translating business objectives to tangible concepts.
  • Designed and tested interactive prototypes in both Figma and ProtoPie.
  • Spearheaded the development of design system management in Figma, including creating components based on existing React components and vice versa.
  • Managed stakeholder involvement during all phases of projects.
  • Collaborated with developers, including hand-off, testing, and QA.
Technologies: Trello, Slack, Azure DevOps, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, InVision, Figma, Sketch

UX/UI Designer

2016 - 2019
Bright
  • Identified and translated client problems, goals, and objectives into technical specifications and ready-to-implement solutions and project plans.
  • Facilitated strategy workshops for identifying business problems and ensured stakeholder alignment.
  • Planned and executed live UX workshops in order to identify and establish user flows, information architecture, and technical requirements as well as developed prototypes in co-creational and sprint-like processes with clients.
  • Worked on UX, UI design, and interaction design.
  • Communicated solutions using rapid interactive prototyping.
  • Collaborated with external front-end and back-end developers.
  • Developed the front end.
  • Managed projects with agile processes.
Technologies: Trello, Slack, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, InVision, Figma, Sketch

UX/UI Designer

2014 - 2016
Iconic CPH
  • Designed both the UX and UI on several projects.
  • Communicated solutions through both low- and high-fidelity prototyping.
  • Converted designs to functional code through front-end development.
  • Managed and facilitated workshops as well as project management to oversee production processes.
  • Helped clients define business problems, goals, and objectives.
Technologies: Trello, Slack, Git, Bootstrap, JavaScript, CSS, HTML, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, InVision, Sketch

Web Designer

2012 - 2014
Quitzau & Co
  • Created UX/UI designs.
  • Built prototypes.
  • Developed the front end.
  • Configured and customized WordPress and other CMS systems.
  • Improved clients' existing websites and web apps in terms of UX, UI, performance, and additional features.
Technologies: Git, Bootstrap, JavaScript, CSS, HTML, InVision, Sketch, Adobe Creative Suite
2014 - 2017

Master of Science (MSc) Degree in Business Administration and Information Systems (E-business)

Copenhagen Business School - Copenhagen, Denmark

2012 - 2014

Bachelor's Degree in Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Copenhagen Business Academy - Lyngby, Denmark

2010 - 2012

Academic Profession (AP) Degree in Multimedia Design

Copenhagen School of Design and Technology - Copenhagen, Denmark

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