Steven Ligatsa, Designer in Toronto, ON, Canada
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Steven Ligatsa

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Designer

Location
Toronto, ON, Canada
Toptal Member Since
June 13, 2016

Steven is an established UX designer with over ten years of experience. Being an expert in devising seamless end-to-end customer journeys through thoughtful design, his passion lies in developing a product concept and experience strategy into a human-centered product. Previously, Steven was a key player in Disney Interactive's social experience team, where he was granted a US patent for his work. He currently leads iVirtual's human design team and oversees their products' UX design.

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Portfolio

Work Experience

Senior UI/UX Designer

2011 - PRESENT
Freelance
  • Designed admin and data-heavy dashboard platforms for multiple clients in multiple industries.
  • Designed the complete UI and UX of a web (responsive) platform for Found My Fitness (medical sector).
  • Designed the complete UI and UX of Goal Goodies (crowdfunding).
  • Designed the corporate landing and home pages for Interlink.
  • Designed a platform for medical insurance billing processing with machine learning.
  • Design the branding identity system and website for Alpha Hotel.
Technologies: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, InVision, Sketch

Principal UI/UX Designer

2017 - 2020
PatientFi
  • Turned the founder’s initial concept into rough wireframes and high-fidelity prototypes.
  • Built and implemented the design system library based on the company's brand guidelines.
  • Designed the complete end-to-end experience of the product. This includes websites, web apps, mobile apps, the internal dashboard, B2B dashboards, and presentation material.
Technologies: UX Design, User Interface (UI), Fintech, Loans & Lending, Web Design, Dashboards, Sketch, Figma

UI/UX Designer

2011 - 2013
Disney Interactive
  • Designed and rapidly prototyped the UI/UX for the Disney desktop and mobile social apps.
  • Enabled key features in prototyped apps, like avatars, chat, friends, like button, autocorrect, news feed, and mobile.
  • Received a US patent, US9183195 B2, for designing the UI and UX concept for autocorrection that supports the phrase-autocomplete function, which is essential in Disney products for children, such as Club Penguin.
Technologies: Adobe After Effects, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop
2008 - 2011

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design

ArtCenter College of Design - Pasadena, CA, USA