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

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Bio

Steven is an established UX designer with over 10 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.

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.
  • Designed the branding identity system and website for Alpha Hotel.
Technologies: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, InVision, Sketch, Design Systems, Product Design, Digital Product Design

Senior Product Designer

2020 - 2021
Yara International
  • Designed the user flow and the user interface of the ODX Data Catalog as well as the ODX platform.
  • Designed the end-to-end user experience for Yara's digital farming platform.
  • Conducted thorough UX research and user interviews.
Technologies: Visual Design, Prototyping, Web Design, UI Design, UX Design, Design Systems, Product Design, Digital Product Design

Senior UX Designer

2018 - 2020
Medisprout
  • Built the design system and components based on the company branding and applied it holistically throughout the product.
  • Designed the end-to-end user experience and user interface for mobile, tablet, and desktop.
  • Streamlined the user onboarding process for both B2B and B2C customers.
Technologies: Mobile UX, User Experience (UX), UX Flows, App UX, Design Systems, Product Design, Digital Product Design

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, Design Systems, Product Design, Digital Product Design

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, Design Systems, Illustration, Product Design, Digital Product Design

Education

2008 - 2011

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design

ArtCenter College of Design - Pasadena, CA, USA

Certifications

NOVEMBER 2015 - PRESENT

UX Patent

USPTO

Skills

Tools

Sketch, InVision App, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, InVision, Adobe After Effects, After Effects CC

Platforms

Mobile, Figma, iOS, Android

Industry Expertise

Health, Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals

Other

Responsive Design, Landing Pages, Information Architecture (IA), Prototyping, User Flows, User Research, Usability Testing, User Stories, User Interface (UI), User Experience (UX), Web Design, Website Redesign, Design Systems, SaaS Design, SaaS, iOS App Design, Genetics, Health IT, Dashboards, Web Portals, Fintech, Financing, Mobile Web, Financial Design, Web App Design, User-centered Design (UCD), Web App UX, UX Research, Responsive Web Design (RWD), UX Flows, Web UX, Web UX Design, Iconography, Web App UI, Data Visualization, Personas, User Personas, Wireframing, Landing Page Design, eCommerce, eCommerce UX, eCommerce UI, eCommerce Design, Email Design, Email Template Design, Journey Mapping, Graphic Design, B2B, eCommerce Web Design, Design Strategy, Strategic Design, User Testing, A/B Testing, Mobile UI, Mobile UX, Mobile Apps, Mobile UX Design, Mobile Web Design, Mobile Design, Mobile-first Design, Mobile UI Design, Mobile App Design, Websites, Rapid Prototyping, CRM Design, Interaction Design (IxD), High-fidelity Mockups, High-fidelity Prototypes, Enterprise SaaS, Usability, Presentation Design, Finance, Responsive Web Apps, Web Applications, Branding, UI Design, Dashboard Design, UX Design, Logo Design, Icon Design, Visual Design, Product Design, Motion & Animation Design, Digital Product Design, Illustration, Design Leadership, Loans & Lending, App UX, iOS UI Design

Experience

  • User Experience (UX) - 15 years
  • User Interface (UI) - 15 years
  • Visual Design - 14 years
  • User Research - 10 years
  • Information Architecture (IA) - 10 years
  • Usability Testing - 10 years
  • Prototyping - 10 years
  • Design Systems - 8 years
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