Socrates Kolios

Designer

London, United Kingdom

Member since April 4, 2018

Socrates is an NN/g-certified UX/UI designer who's comfortable in both agency and in-house roles and a staunch proponent of user-centered design. Socrates has worked on app projects ranging from the web to mobile and desktop. His work with digital products begins with in-depth research and conceptualization to marketing and full product release and upkeep.

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Portfolio

Digital Design

Krypto
- User Validation Testing
- User Research
- Surveys
- Cryptocurrency
- Web Applications
- Sketch
- Balsamiq Mockups
- Comparable Company Analysis
- UI Design
LD iOS Redesign
- Sketch
- Remote User Testing
- User-centered Design (UCD)
- Balsamiq Mockups
- UX Workshops
- InVision
- Data & Backup Management
- Cloud Storage
- iOS
- User Research
Beau Monde Air
- iOS
- Travel & Leisure
- Digital Branding
- Competitor Analysis & Profiling
- Photoshop CC
- Illustrator CC
- InVision
- Moodboard
CS Design System
- Cloud Storage
- Data & Backup Management
- Web Applications
- Responsive Design
- Design Systems
- Photoshop CC
- Balsamiq Mockups
- UX Workshops
- User Testing
- InVision
- Brand Guidelines
- Omnichannel
CS Native Desktop App
- Native Apps
- Desktop App Design
- Windows
- MacOS
- UX Workshops
- Remote User Testing
- Balsamiq Mockups
- Photoshop CC
- User Task Flows
- Data & Backup Management
LV Full UI Refresh
- Web Applications
- Cloud Storage
- Photoshop CC
- Balsamiq Mockups
- User Surveys
- Heuristic Evaluation
- Comparable Company Analysis
- Ideation Workshops
- Enterprise Software

Employment

UX/UI Designer
2016 - PRESENT
Livedrive
- Enhanced Livedrive's usability across multiple platforms and products.
- Created a UX-oriented culture and introduced user research.
- Designed for both web applications and native (iOS/Android and macOS/Windows) applications.
- Held all inclusive UX workshops and led development teams through multiple stories and projects.
- Developed a design system and core brand guidelines to improve consistency among multiplatform products.
Technologies: Adobe Suite, Sketch, InVision, Balsamiq, HTML5, Sass, Git
Product Designer
2018 - 2018
Upliftr
- Performed user research and user testing to test, iterate and make suggestions for future implementations and improvements.
- Based on the data collected, implemented several design improvements on the UI of the Upliftr web application.
- Designed the content and mockups for Upliftr product website.
- Provided usability solutions to collect, analyze, and follow up on user feedback.
- Created unique assets, based on research, such as lean UX Canvas and UX personas to dictate company direction towards the UX.
- Conducted prioritization workshops to enhance the developer team's agile board.
Technologies: Sketch, InVision, Balsamic, Zeplin
UX/UI Designer
2015 - 2016
We Got POP
- Provided accurate user experience research for POP’s new online desktop application and designed parts of the user interface for their platform.
Technologies: Adobe Suite, Balsamiq, InVision
Web Designer
2013 - 2015
Adtrak
- Managed an array of medium-to-small businesses, from brief to full design and web development.
- Created responsive designs for a range of different industries across the UK including major construction companies and B2B businesses.
- Fully developed, tested, and released responsive web projects; following the latest technologies and web standards.
Technologies: Adobe Suite, InVision, HTML5, Sass, jQuery

Education

Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design
2009 - 2012
De Montfort University - Leicester, England

Certifications

Design strategy: Design thinking for business strategy and entrepreneurship
OCTOBER 2018 - PRESENT
University of Sydney
NN/g UX Certification
APRIL 2017 - PRESENT
Nielsen Norman Group

Experience

Adobe Creative Suite8 years
Heuristic Evaluation4 years
Digital Product Design4 years
Responsive UX Design4 years
User Interface (UI)4 years
Remote User Testing3 years
Lean UX2 years
Sketch2 years

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite
Sketch

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