Peter Kocur
Verified Expert in Design
Designer
Bratislava, Bratislava Region, Slovakia
Toptal member since June 13, 2017
Peter Kocur is a brand and product designer specializing in visualizing concepts and ideas which mostly end up in the areas of branding, product design, interactive design, illustration, or anywhere in between. His work is used by worldwide corporations as well as small businesses. He has a theoretical fine arts background and has studied marketing along with six years of experience from agencies, studios, and freelance work.
Portfolio
Beyond Life
Casio Baby-G
Work Experience
Brand and Product Designer | Illustrator
Freelance Work
- Designed the wireframes and the UX/UI for website and mobile applications.
- Designed an app for the biggest festival in Slovakia.
- Created an app design for an O2 operator.
- Designed websites for the Orange Foundation, Reebok, and J&T bank.
- Crafted the identities and branding for both small business and big corporations.
- Designed the visual communication and helped build strategies.
- Designed the storyboard and shooting board for video advertising; for example, Eset Security and Skoda Auto.
- Illustrated various work for websites and applications, as well as editorial design, posters, and illustrations for identities; for example, Orange, Eset Security, and Pohoda Festival.
- Curated an exhibition of work from Atelier of Graphic Design in Moravian Gallery.
- Created the visual identity for the exhibition—consisting of a website, poster, brochure and exhibition design (2,5 meter tall book, grid on the ground).
- Designed posters—creating the whole typeface from concept to usable type, under the supervision of Immo Schneider and Johannes Breyer from Dinamo.us.
Graphic Designer | Illustrator
Milk Design Directors
- Crafted identities and branding for both small business and big corporations.
- Created designs for layouts and covers for various magazines and books.
- Designed wireframes and the UX/UI for websites and applications.
- Designed print designs, posters, stationary designs.
- Illustrated various illustrations for magazines, books, and websites. A notable contribution was a 2-year stint provding editorial illustrations for a medical magazine.
Art Director
Triad Advertising
- Worked on ideas and campaigns for clients—focusing on corporate strategy.
- Led the art direction for online/offline communication and social media as part of the entire campaigns.
- Designed various websites; including the wireframes and mobile apps.
- Created designs for various billboards, city lights, leaflets, and stationery.
- Crafted social media templates including Facebook apps and games.
- Worked on storyboards and shooting boards for TV ads.
Education
Completed 1 Year of Course Work for an AP Degree in Communication Design and Marketing
KEA | Copenhagen School of Design and Technology - Copenhagen, Denmark
Completed 2 Years of Course Work towards a Bachelor's Degree in Atelier of Graphic Design
Brno University of Technology, Faculty of Fine Arts - Brno, Czech Republic
Certifications
User Research — Methods and Best Practices, with Top 10% Distinction
Interaction Design Foundation
Human-computer Interaction — HCI
Interaction Design Foundation (IDF)
Design Thinking with Top 10% Distinction
Interaction Design Foundation (IDF)
User Experience with Top 10% Distinction.
Interaction Design Foundation (IDF)
Skills
Tools
Sketch, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Adobe
Languages
HTML, CSS
Platforms
iOS, Web
Industry Expertise
Marketing
Other
App Design, Illustration, Print, Web Design, Branding, Editorial Design, Editorial Illustration, App UI, User Experience (UX), Corporate Identity, Blockchain, Drawing, Adobe Acrobat Pro, Web UX, App UX, eCommerce Design, Youth, Store Design, Devices, Color Schemes, Minimalism, Identity, Design, Web Illustration, Digital Bookstores, Checkout, Color Palettes, Books, Fundraising, Money, Anti-money Laundering (AML), Wireframing, Crypto, Cryptocurrency, Stock Exchange, Consulting, Agency Websites, Web UI
Experience
- Adobe Illustrator - 9 years
- Adobe Photoshop - 9 years
- Illustration - 8 years
- Web Design - 7 years
- Print - 5 years
- Adobe InDesign - 5 years
- App Design - 5 years
- Sketch - 2 years
Tools
- Sketch
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe InDesign
How to Work with Toptal
Toptal matches you directly with global industry experts from our network in hours—not weeks or months.
Share your needs
Choose your talent
Start your risk-free talent trial
Top talent is in high demand.
Start hiring