Nimasha Perera
Verified Expert in Design
Designer
Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka
Toptal member since February 7, 2020
Nimasha is a passionate mobile app UI designer and illustrator with 7+ years of experience in the design industry. She has worked for several startups such as ListenField, MiID Cloud, and Arimac Digital as a UI lead and project manager. She is fluent in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, Sketch App, Marvel App prototyping, InVision, and Principle for Mac for UI animations. She specializes in designing UIs for both iOS and Android devices.
Portfolio
Experience
- Adobe - 15 years
- User Experience (UX) - 7 years
- Mobile App UI - 7 years
- Mobile App Design - 7 years
- Prototyping - 7 years
- Sketch - 7 years
- User Interface (UI) - 7 years
- Figma - 2 years
Tools
- Sketch
- Adobe
Work Experience
Senior Product Designer
Dreamten
- Translated ambiguous directives into creative, compelling, and polished designs, and illustrations for new applications, for both mobile and web.
- Produced multiple concepts and prototypes, rapidly; knowing when to apply pixel-perfect attention to detail, and when to make low-fi sketches and prototypes.
- Ensured consistency across products and all their integrations by adhering to the style guides and making updates when necessary, contributing to new market launch efforts for all products and features.
- Communicated and worked closely with clients, ensuring their vision is brought to life, with best-in-class user experience and pixel-perfect implementation.
Mobile App UI Designer and Illustrator
Individual Freelancer
- Collaborated with many individual clients from all around the world and also with companies such as Zookal, MyManu, Netonomy, Vonigo, and The Sofware Practice to work on exciting projects.
- Contributed as the lead UI designer for startups such as ListenField, MiID Cloud, and WeFresh.
Lead Mobile App User Interface Designer
ListenField
- FarmAi was an ongoing project when I merged in and started working with their team as the Lead Mobile App User Interface Designer.
- Designed the mobile/web UIs, icons, and illustration designs, and provided sliced assets to developers.
- Managed and delegated tasks to a junior designer, making sure all tasks allocated per each sprint gets completed efficiently.
Mobile App and Web User Interface and Interaction Designer
MiID Cloud
- Created the user interface and interaction designs for both mobile and web versions of MiID.
- Worked closely with the development team, providing feedback and directions as they were bringing the designs to life through code, making sure a pixel perfect design implementation.
Graphics and Lead User Interface and Experience Designer
Arimac Lanka
- Successfully managed and coordinated design projects from the concept through completion.
- Worked closely with clients to create vision and conceive designs. Consistently met deadlines and client requirements.
- Managed and oversaw projects and other junior designers of the design department of the company as well.
Education
Foundation in Edexcel BTEC HND Diploma in Multimedia Design
AMDT - Academy of Multimedia Design & Technology - Colombo, Sri Lanka
Diploma in Graphic Design and 3D Animation
British Columbia Computer Academy - Nugegoda, Sri Lanka
Certifications
Membership Certificate
The Interaction Design Foundation
Skills
Tools
Sketch, Marvel App, Apple iWork, Adobe, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Experience Design (XD), Zeplin, InVision, Principle, Trello, Slack, Zoom, Skype
Platforms
Figma, Android, iOS, MacOS, Mobile
Industry Expertise
Music, Food, Education
Other
User Interface (UI), User Experience (UX), Mobile App UI, Mobile App Design, Prototyping, Interaction Design (IxD), iPhone, Visual Design, Project Management, Typography, Design, Illustration, Sketching, Digital Painting, Markly, Agriculture, App UI, Educational Games, Learning, Redesign, Icon Design, Streaming, Grocery Delivery, Interface Design, Online Course Design
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