Nikolas Grigoriou, Designer in Athens, Greece
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Nikolas Grigoriou

Verified Expert  in Design

Designer

Location
Athens, Greece
Toptal Member Since
October 11, 2022

Nikolas's professional design path began in 2012 as a web designer specializing in UI. His work experience includes digital agencies, brands, and startups, such as Wedia, Pixual, Vodafone, and Camelot Lottery Solutions. Nikolas has created various skills, including expertise in project innovation, setting user experiences, defining the creative direction, crafting visuals and user interfaces, and building prototypes.

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Portfolio

Work Experience

Product UI Designer

2020 - PRESENT
Camelot Lottery Solutions
  • Created UI design for the Irish National Lottery native app.
  • Designed and maintained the design system of the National Lottery native app.
  • Received All Ireland Marketing Awards, an online channel marketing award 2022 for the Irish National Lottery native app.
Technologies: Figma, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, User Testing, UI Design

Product UI Designer

2021 - 2022
Smiletronix
  • Developed a product UI design for the native app for iOS and Android.
  • Designed and maintained the design system of the native app.
  • Collaborated closely with product owners, business analysts, and developers.
Technologies: Figma, UI Design

Senior UI/UX Designer

2019 - 2020
Vodafone
  • Designed and adapted Vodafone's brand UI design system to meet local market needs.
  • Worked in a team on the HBO launch on Vodafone TV in Greece.
  • Designed and optimized existing acquisition user journeys for high-value customers of Vodafone TV.
Technologies: Adobe Experience Design (XD), Zeplin, InVision Studio

Digital Design Director

2017 - 2019
Pixual
  • Managed the overall creative direction and the user interfaces design.
  • Designed the brand identity on projects where a new visual identity was required.
  • Received Digital Media Awards 2018, such as the bronze award for best outstanding new project and product for a Greece sports portal, 'SDNA Person of the Year 2017.'.
  • Won 2019 Digital Media Awards, like the gold award for the best new entry, the silver award for the best homepage and the best responsive mobile edition for 'Ethnos News Portal,' and the bronze award for the best homepage for 'Newsbomb News Portal.'.
  • Designed experiences, rooting from the personas, the user journeys, and user flows up to the creation of high-fidelity wireframes.
  • Led the design pitch and presentation in client meetings.
  • Built functional design prototypes to showcase the flows and interactions.
Technologies: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Experience Design (XD), Adobe After Effects, InVision

Senior UI Designer

2017 - 2017
ATCOM
  • Researched and designed the website adaptation of Aegean Airlines according to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) standards for visually impaired users.
  • Collaborated with product owners, business analysts, and developers.
  • Researched and redesigned the UI of the Eurobank ATMs.
Technologies: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, InVision

UI Designer

2015 - 2017
Wedia
  • Managed the creative direction and the user interfaces design.
  • Ensured to complete the KPIs for each user journey and the experience on each project.
  • Designed digital marketing campaigns, including landing pages, newsletters, and social media posts.
Technologies: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, InVision

Graphic Web Designer

2014 - 2015
Plaisio Computers
  • Collaborated with the digital content manager, the web campaign specialists, and the web development team.
  • Designed, developed, and framed creative concepts while applying brand identity systems.
  • Created the homepage, category pages, promotional mini-sites, banners, marketing emails and newsletters, campaigns, and weekly offers.
  • Designed branded advertising and supported online marketing visuals and graphics.
Technologies: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator
2011 - 2012

Master of Fine Arts Degree in Communication Design: Graphics & Motion Graphics

Kingston University - Kingston Upon Thames, London, UK

2004 - 2009

Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Audio-Visual Science & Art

The Ionian University - Corfu, Greece

SEPTEMBER 2013 - PRESENT

Apple Certified Professional - Final Cut Pro X, Level One

Apple

MAY 2013 - PRESENT

Apple Certified Professional - Aperture 3, Level One

Apple

MARCH 2011 - PRESENT

Adobe Photoshop Certified Associate

Adobe