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Designer
Location
Bratislava, Bratislava Region, Slovakia
Toptal Member Since
October 7, 2019
For more than a decade, Stefan has successfully managed to work as a freelance designer with hundreds of clients online. He has gradually gained clients like Adobe, Facebook, Microsoft, JLL, and Pipedrive. His key expertise is digital publishing, pitch decks, and presentation design. Still, he crosses a wider range of areas of branding, retouching, 3D, and illustration, making him an independent problem-solver and valuable asset to his partners.
Work Experience
Presentation Designer
2015 - PRESENT
SketchDeck
- Created pitch decks, presentations, one-pagers, and digital banners for startups and Silicon Valley enterprise companies.
- Collaborated on developing the agency brand and presentation.
- Led an online lecture on PowerPoint animations for fellow designers.
- Wrote PowerPoint tutorials for fellow designers and ran webinars on the best animation PPTX techniques.
Technologies: Adobe InDesign, Microsoft PowerPoint, Pitch Decks, Illustrator CC, Investor Presentations, Presentation Design, Presentations
Freelance Presentation Designer
2015 - 2022
Evviva Brands
- Designed dozens of B2B presentations and pitch decks for enterprise clients.
- Worked with the team and implemented brand guidelines into collaterals.
- Designed and prototyped the new face of the agency website.
- Elaborated documents, templates, and research materials in Word or PowerPoint.
Technologies: Adobe InDesign, Microsoft PowerPoint, Presentation Design, Photoshop CC, Visual Design, Presentations, Branding
Presentation Designer
2020 - 2021
Intel
- Redesigned hundreds of slides into visually engaging content.
- Designed product infographics for a new product and branding.
- Developed a PowerPoint template with specific styles and best-of-use practices.
Technologies: PowerPoint Design, PowerPoint Templates, Presentation Design, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Office, Visual Design, Graphic Design, Presentations
Presentation Designer
2018 - 2019
Pipedrive
- Illustrated a wide array of iconography for blog articles on HR and recruiting.
- Designed and illustrated several books and guides for HR professionals.
- Elaborated template company materials optimized for best brand guidelines application.
- Designed questionnaires and forms for HR departments.
Technologies: Adobe InDesign, Presentation Design, InDesign CC, Illustrator CC, Presentations, Branding
Freelance Designer
2017 - 2019
Adobe Systems
- Developed in-app InDesign templates for interactive PDF.
- Designed a set of templates for digital publishing, presentations, and brochures.
- Researched InDesign interactive and animations capabilities.
- Collaborated on guidelines for Adobe InDesign Stock contributors.
Technologies: Adobe Dimension, Adobe InDesign, Presentation Design, InDesign CC
Graphic Designer
2013 - 2017
BACKBONE, s.r.o.
- Illustrated the story of a hero running through several landscapes on a landing page for a running app.
- Designed a donor portal for crowdfunding inspiring projects and NGOs in Slovakia.
- Designed a back-end dashboard for a fitness company.
- Drafted dozens of websites for small-sized businesses.
- Designed an Indiegogo startup campaign for a lost and found gadget.
Technologies: Adobe InDesign, Booking Systems, Illustrator CC
Education
2008 - 2011
Master's Degree in Political Science
Comenius University - Bratislava, Slovakia