Stefan Eduard Bulai
Verified Expert in Design
Designer
Bucharest, Romania
Toptal member since November 3, 2022
Eduard worked in different design and development roles, which allowed him to gain an edge as a digital product designer with solid development skills. He worked with clients in various industries and helped them improve the user experience of their products while sustaining business growth. Eduard is keen on crafting and maintaining design systems, building user-friendly experiences for mobile and web products, and providing seamless integration with developers' workflows.
Portfolio
Work Experience
Product Designer
Groupe Renault
- Planned, designed, and maintained the principal design system across Renault Group products.
- Improved the user experience across seven different products developed by the finance hub and used by users and suppliers.
- Conducted various workshops with stakeholders and led developers to align on the business brief and common approaches for all products.
Digital Product Designer and Web Developer
Freelance
- Collaborated with individuals and teams of 5-15 people on 10+ projects across 10+ industries.
- Delivered UI/UX for each client's products, returning at least three times the investments.
- Established the design architecture of products using user flows, screen flows, wireframing, and many more.
- Delivered UX exercises such as surveys, competition analysis, UX direction planning workshops, user personas, and user journeys.
- Built high-fidelity designs and prototypes, complex design systems, and branding guidelines.
- Developed websites using a common CMS such as WordPress and custom websites with Strapi for the back end and Vue for the front end.
UI/UX Manager
Kooperativa 20
- Designed over 32 web and mobile products serving various industries and purposes. Each design was accompanied by multiple iterations.
- Built 10+ brand identities and design systems from scratch and provided logotypes, fonts, colors, and tone of voice.
- Managed the relationship with 15+ clients of the agency and established satisfied and long-term relationships with them.
- Supervised a team of two designers and four developers and assisted each one of them in the design or development process.
- Developed 10+ custom websites using content management systems such as WordPress and plain ones using PHP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and jQuery.
Full-service Designer and Developer
Woobble
- Solved complex challenges for clients in 8+ different industries.
- Managed 5+ projects from A to Z, including kick-off sessions, auditing current problems and products, designing features and whole projects, publishing the products, and tracking and analyzing the success.
- Designed and built websites for multiple clients and the agency itself.
Board Member | Project and Marketing Manager
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- Started as a graphic and web designer and was promoted to marketing manager of the NGO. Served as the project manager leading a project and creating a completely new one. Became a board member.
- Managed 70+ volunteers aged 15-25 who were split into 5+ departments. Planned individual growth paths for each one of these volunteers.
- Brought over €2,000 from various funding sources and partnerships; the money was needed to implement two projects and bring 10 trainers and speakers to the city.
- Led projects impacting over 100 high school students and oversaw marketing efforts reaching over 8,000 teenagers.
- Developed collaborations and partnerships with over 15 partners, of which four were international, eight national, and three local.
- Signed strategic partnerships for the evolution of the way of working, for example, with the Planable startup or the ClickUp tool.
- Developed and maintained the NGO's brand along with 5+ more individual branding systems for each project we had.
- Ensured processes of innovation and autonomy development for the association's members.
- Established and implemented the association's development strategy.
UX/UI Designer
Creative Motion
- Conducted and attended design sprint workshops for validating new products.
- Designed two mobile applications for productivity and road safety for children.
- Helped the company in the business processes to gain new clients and improve workflows.
- Designed one web application serving as a directory of local food trucks.
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration
Academy of Economic Studies - Bucharest, Romania
International Baccalaureate (IB) in Computer Science
Theoretical High School Danube - Galati, Romania
Certifications
Sketching for UX Designers
Udemy
Google Analytics Power User
Data Studio Certification
Google Tag Manager Fundamentals
Google Analytics Individual Qualification
Advanced Google Analytics
Beginner Google Analytics
User Experience (UX): The Ultimate Guide to Usability and UX
Udemy
CAE
Cambridge University Press & Assessment
European Computer Driving License (ECDL)
ICDL Certification
Digital Marketing
Young Trainer
Școala de Valori
Skills
Tools
Miro, Sketch, InVision, Final Cut Pro, Adobe Experience Design (XD), Maze, ProtoPie, Principle, Google Analytics, Google Optimize, Microsoft Office, Mailchimp, Photoshop CC, Illustrator CC, Hotjar, Zeplin, Google Sheets, SendGrid
Languages
HTML, JavaScript, C++, PHP, CSS
Platforms
Figma, WordPress, Shopify, Webflow, DigitalOcean, Firebase
Industry Expertise
Human Resources (HR), Retail & Wholesale, Health, Marketing
Other
Web Design, User Experience (UX), User Interface (UI), Product Design, Design Systems, Android UI Design, iOS UI Design, UI Design, Websites, Visual Design, App UI, App UX, Web App Design, Web App UI, Web App UX, UI Components, UX Research, Interactive Prototypes, High-fidelity Mockups, High-fidelity Prototypes, Responsive Web Design (RWD), Graphic Design, jQuery, Branding, Prototyping, Strapi, Vue, Mobile Design, UX Design, SaaS, UX Audits, App Design, Dashboards, Mobile App Design, Dashboard Design, Landing Page Design, Mobile UI Design, Mobile UX Design, Bootstrap, Data Visualization, Shopify Design, Shopify Customizations, Shopify Theme, Brand Design, Logo Design, Framer, B2C Marketing, Optimization, Entrepreneurship, Business Strategy, Business Law, Business Technology, Statistical Modeling, Databases, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Ethics, Law, Change Management, Innovation, Econometrics, Investment Strategy, Management, Decision Modeling, Social Impact, Algorithms, Software, Google Tag Manager, Google Data Studio, Public Speaking, Training, Workshop Facilitation, Digital Marketing, English, Usability, Sketching, UX Sketching, ClickUp, Google Drive, Node.js, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Project Management, Design Thinking, Design Sprints, Mobile UI, B2C, Database Design, B2B, Employment, Hiring, Job Boards, Job Portals, Business to Government (B2G), Podcasting, Digital Product Design, K-12 Education, Target Markets (Parents), School, Community, Card Payments, Registration & Sign-up, Admin Panels, Workshops, Database Management, Database Management Systems (DBMS), IT, Cloud, Company Databases, Software as a Service (SaaS), Relational Databases, APIs, User Roles, User Permissions, Pipes & Filters Architecture, Transactional Emails, Digital Office, Scanning, Maps, Speech Recognition, News, Newsfeeds, Radio Stations, Audio, Food Ordering, Food Delivery Services, Rewards Programs, Referrals, Furniture Design, Gardening, Outdoor Design, Medicine, Blogs, Articles, Veterinary Medicine, Digital Resources, Curation, Productivity, To-do Lists, Pottery, Aesthetics, eCommerce, Scheduling, Leads, Business, Negotiation, Finance, Presentations, Video & Audio Processing
Experience
- User Interface (UI) - 6 years
- Web Design - 6 years
- User Experience (UX) - 6 years
- Android UI Design - 5 years
- Figma - 5 years
- iOS UI Design - 4 years
- Miro - 3 years
- Webflow - 1 year
Tools
- Miro
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