Tamaz Murguliya
Verified Expert in Design
Designer
Tbilisi, Georgia
Toptal member since May 30, 2019
Tamaz is a UX designer and product executive with 17 years of experience in UX and visual design. His expertise lies in cross-functional UX across several fields, including web and mobile app design and UX in VR experiences. His work has won Gamescom's Best VR/AR Game award and was a nominee for the VR Awards' Best VR Experience of the Year. Tamaz has also succeeded in the Grand Prix Appy Awards and the World Summit Awards Mobile, and his work has been featured in the Google Play Store.
Work Experience
Founder, UX Director
UXTM
- Led a remarkable team of professionals with combined expertise in product design and user interface, specializing in non-trivial UX tasks to manage complex projects.
- Handled the studio's most complicated projects as a lead designer.
- Designed one-of-a-kind apps, interlinking VR and healthcare, and gaming.
UX and Art Director
Bulberry
- Designed the UI and UX, shaping the overall art style for the studio's flagship mobile game project Wargard.
- Built the studio's brand identity, including logo, color palette, and website.
- Came up with gameplay and lore ideas that helped build a better user experience.
Cheif Experience Officer
VRTech Global: Neurogaming
- Managed the project, oversaw the art direction and creative and user experience design for the biggest VR production house in Europe. We shaped the entire network of VR arcade halls, and established the production of VR content for them.
- Released 13 pieces of content in under two years, one of which has been acknowledged and licensed by a AAA worldwide title as the VR part of the highly successful World of Tanks VR game.
- Won the Best VR/AR Game of Gamescom in 2018, and was the VR Awards' Best Out-of-home VR Experience of the Year nominee.
Design Director
NPTV
- Grew a small startup under the UNDEV umbrella, into an innovative cloud-based interactive media platform.
- Directed the designing process of the company ecosystem, including user experience across various devices, interaction patterns, and product features. Created guidelines for all third-party applications.
- Achieved many firsts, such as designing the company's first-ever mock-ups and prototypes and supervising NPTV's design studio, located in the city of London.
UX and UI Designer, Art Director
News360
- Developed and expanded the design concepts of a highly sophisticated aggregator of news and information.
- Led the team in enhancing the reading experience and re-designed the Android and WinMobile applications.
- Received the award for "Best News App of 2013" by the Appy Awards.
- Featured in "News and Editors Choice" on the Google Play Store in 2013.
- Won in the Media and News category of the UN World Summit Award Mobile (WSA-mobile) in 2012, and the Grand Prix Appy Awards in News in 2012.
Art Director
Undev
- Designed the prototype of a Cloud-based TV platform that was later expanded to NPTV–a stunning interactive platform.
Art Director and Head of the Creative Group
FCBi
- Assisted the CEO in transforming the Media Arts holding department into an independently operating digital agency.
Designer, Art Director
Web-Masterskaya
- Designed various projects, spanning from websites to extremely non-trivial UI through which I developed an in-depth understanding of UI specialization. My work helped win our first international award: Pobediteli.ru—the UN World Summit Award in E-Culture in 2005.
Education
Diploma in Visual Communications
British Higher School of Art and Design - Moscow, Russia
Master's Degree in Information Technology
Bauman Moscow State Technical University (MSTU) - Moscow, Russia
Skills
Tools
Sketch, Adobe Experience Design (XD), Principle, InVision, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Flash, Adobe
Platforms
Figma, iOS, Android, MacOS, Windows, Adobe Suite
Industry Expertise
Games, Healthcare, Health, Health & Wellness, Transportation & Shipping
Other
Web UI, Virtual Reality (VR), Art Direction, App UI, App UX, UI Prototyping, UI Design, UX Design, Web Design, Wireframing, User Journey Maps, tvOS UI, User Experience (UX), Websites, Mobile Design, Mobile eCommerce, Mobile UI, Mobile UX, Animated Prototypes, Animation, User Interface (UI), Web UX, Gaming Platforms, In-app Purchases, Wireframe to Product, Creative Design, Investment Banking, Financial UX, Animated Interactions, iPhone, Communication, Mobile Platforms, Prototyping, Wellness, Conversational UI, Personal Assistance, Mobile Web, Streaming, Movies, TV Shows, Home Entertainment, Responsive Design, Cargo & Shipping, Platforms, Online Delivery, Visual Communication, Information Systems
Experience
- UI Design - 20 years
- UX Design - 20 years
- Art Direction - 15 years
- Wireframing - 15 years
- App UI - 14 years
- Figma - 8 years
- Sketch - 7 years
- Virtual Reality (VR) - 5 years
Tools
- Sketch
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