Sam Nissinen

Designer

Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, Romania

Member since September 7, 2017

Sam is a full-stack designer who's spent the past nine years occupying both production and executive design roles with extensive experience taking full ownership of design projects. Focusing on UX, research, UI, interactions, he's also very comfortable with copywriting and branding. Having worked with both startups and enterprise clients during his career, Sam always keeps the bigger picture in mind when working on a project.

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Portfolio

Digital Design

Social Adventures App Prototype
- Interaction Design (IxD)
- Sports
- Social
- Marketplace
- User Interface (UI)
- User Experience (UX)
- Sketch
- Principle
- Prototyping
- User Flows
- Outdoors & Nature
Fitness Sessions On-demand Mobile App
- User Experience (UX)
- User Interface (UI)
- Interaction Design (IxD)
- Animation
- Web Design
- Responsive
- Webflow
- Responsive Web Design (RWD)
- Branding
- Logotype
- Writing & Editing
- Product Management
- Project Planning
- Sitemaps
- Fitness
- Health
- Marketplace Platforms
- Mobile
- Exercise & Fitness
- Booking
Gamified Mobile Payments App Prototype
- Gamification
- Interaction Design (IxD)
- Branding
- Project Management
- User Flows
- Sketch
- iOS
- Mobile
- User Testing
- Idea validation
- User Experience (UX)
- User Interface (UI)
- Principle
- Fintech
- Mobile Payments
- Rewards Programs
- Marketplace
- Loyalty Programs
- Hospitality
Ride-sharing App for Women
- User Experience (UX)
- User Interface (UI)
- Web Design
- Mobile
- Android
- iOS
- Interaction Design (IxD)
- Branding
- Logo Design
- Product Management
- Project Management
- Logotype
- Ride Sharing
- Marketplace
- Transportation & Shipping
Responsive Website and App Concept for an Insurtech Company
- Web Design
- Responsive Web Design (RWD)
- Writing & Editing
- Branding
- Logotype
- Concepting
- Mobile Design
- iOS
- Insurance Technology (Insurtech)
- User Experience (UX)
- User Interface (UI)
Responsive eCommerce Website for a Premium Vitamin Brand
- eCommerce
- Web Design
- Branding
- Responsive Web Design (RWD)
- Health
- Nutrition & Supplements
- Vitamins
- Minerals
- Elegant Themes
- User Experience (UX)
- User Interface (UI)
- Online Shopping
- Health & Wellness
- Figma

Employment

Founder
2017 - 2019
Foundium
- Created a rapid idea validation program designed to generate real market feedback.
- Helped tens of founders to test their ideas.
- Analyzed data gathered from website usage, advertisements, and general feedback.
- Handled all of the design, branding, and marketing for the business.
- Worked on both digital products and retail ideas.
Technologies: Figma, InVision, Photoshop, Sketch, Principle, UXPin, ProtoPie, Webflow
Co-founder | Chief Design Officer
2015 - 2017
Hyper
- Worked as part of a founding team that bootstrapped the company from 0 to $1.5 million revenue in 18 months.
- Hired and managed a team of 20 onsite individuals and 40+ remote designers; also set up an offshore office. Reviewed over 500 candidates and interviewed over 100.
- Fully designed Kubo and did all the UX, branding, and design concepts for Shebah; both projects won Gold in the World Tech Design Awards.
- Prototyped over 25 ideas.
- Worked with over 50 founders to validate their ideas.
- Conceptualized, created workflows for and managed the strategy and execution of a pre-revenue prototyping and capital raising program.
Technologies: InVision, Photoshop, Figma, Sketch, Principle, ProtoPie
Lead UX Designer
2015 - 2015
Metaverse Makeovers
- Worked on UX, UI, and interactions for a beauty app in the augmented reality space.
- Created interactive prototypes to test out various UX solutions.
- Worked with the Chinese market in mind as this was the intended target market.
- Produced full designs for a MVP.
- Continued consulting after the initial MVP designs were delivered.
Technologies: Sketch, InVision, Pixate
Lead UX Designer
2015 - 2015
Versent | MyBudget
- Led the UX for the creation of MyBudgets internal digital tools.
- Traveled onsite to conduct research and perform user interviews.
- Observed the organizations current processes in order to create new tools for them to adopt.
- Attended meetings directly with stakeholders to understand requirements and current problems.
- Prototyped solutions and tested prototypes with real users.
- Documented progress and insights.
Technologies: Sketch, InVision, UXPin
Creative Director
2014 - 2014
LOKE Digital
- Managed all of the product design and brand-related work for all of LOKE's organizations and products including Boogiespot and Aston Club.
- Led a small design team and remote team members.
- Collaborated with CTO to build LOKE's next-generation mobile payment and loyalty products.
- Created the Aston Club brand.
- Redesigned the Aston Club mobile app and POS solution for merchants.
Technologies: Sketch, Pixate, Photoshop, InVision, UXPin
Head of Product
2012 - 2014
LOKE Digital
- Managed all of the product design and branding within the organization.
- Directly managed a small design team.
- Worked with CTO to build LOKE Digital's next-generation payment gateway.
- Conceptualized and designed LOKE's new white-labeled payments and loyalty app solution.
- Fully designed LOKE Digital's new standalone mobile payments app, Aston Club.
Technologies: Sketch, Photoshop, InVision, Pixate
Lead Designer
2012 - 2012
LOKE Digital
- Oversaw all of the design-related work for LOKE's marketing CRM, Boogiespot.
- Led all of the brand work for all of LOKE's products.
- Managed two developers working on Boogiespot.
- Implemented all of the UX and UI work for Boogiespots white-labeled mobile app product.
- Conducted research and user testing.
Technologies: Photoshop, InVision

Experience

User Interface (UI)9 years
User Experience (UX)9 years
Web9 years
Interaction Design (IxD)7 years
Gamification7 years

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