Peter Kocur
Designer
Location
Bratislava, Bratislava Region, Slovakia
Toptal Member Since
June 12, 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.
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Work Experience
2012 - PRESENT
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.
Technologies: Drawing, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Sketch
2014 - 2016
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.
Technologies: Adobe Acrobat Pro, Drawing, Sketch, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop
2012 - 2014
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.
Technologies: Drawing, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop
Education
2016 - 2017
Completed 1 Year of Course Work for an AP Degree in Communication Design and Marketing
KEA | Copenhagen School of Design and Technology - Copenhagen, Denmark
2014 - 2016
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
APRIL 2018 - PRESENT
User Research — Methods and Best Practices, with Top 10% Distinction
Interaction Design Foundation
APRIL 2018 - PRESENT
Human-computer Interaction — HCI
Interaction Design Foundation (IDF)
APRIL 2018 - PRESENT
Design Thinking with Top 10% Distinction
Interaction Design Foundation (IDF)
APRIL 2018 - PRESENT
User Experience with Top 10% Distinction.
Interaction Design Foundation (IDF)
