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Location
New York, NY, United States
Toptal Member Since
January 2, 2023
Tündi is a digital product designer and director of 14 years. Her clients include Google Creative Lab, Google, the Army, the Oscars, IBM Watson's AI cognitive division, NBC Universal, the Royal Caribbean Innovation Lab, OkCupid, Gucci, Hermes, and Diesel. Tündi's work has won a Webby Award—equivalent to an Oscar for the internet—and has been featured in Product Hunt, The Verge, VentureBeat, CNET, Voicebot.ai, and many other publications and news sources.
Portfolio
Work Experience
UI/UX Design Lead | Lead Interaction Designer
2022 - PRESENT
- Designed future home displays at Google Nest and currently redesigning a future tablet.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to develop a strategy.
- Defined the future vision while working remotely with an international team.
Technologies: Figma
Product Founder
2018 - PRESENT
Design Life Well
- Founded a 6-week business course to help creative freelancers earn mindfully.
- Presented at Parsons School of Design, Pratt Institute, and CultureHub and taught at NYU Tisch School of the Arts.
- Taught a professional summer bootcamp in summer 2021 at NYU Tisch's Interactive Telecommunications Program and was accepted into NYU's Female Founders Circle in fall 2021 and spring 2022.
- Completed Y Combinator's Build Sprint in the summer of 2021 after being accepted in NYU's entrepreneurship bootcamp accelerator in the summer of 2020. I was also featured on nuSchool.
Technologies: Adobe CC, Sketch, Figma, Google
Digital UI/UX Design Lead | Digital Associate Creative Director
2014 - PRESENT
Freelance Clients
- Provided UI/UX, prototyping, and strategy services to various clients in innovation, lifestyle, and luxury industries.
- Contributed to clients like Fantasy Interactive, VSA Partners (IBM Watson), Firstborn (Lancôme), New Inc (New Museum's AI startup), Bloomingdale's Digital, Select World, DDB, PDI Interior Architecture, and Maricann Group.
- Engaged in lectures for design students at the Parsons School of Design and creatives at CultureHub.
- Co-hosted NYU's Adjacent Podcast: the online journal for emerging media.
Technologies: Zeplin, Marvel, Adobe Acrobat Pro, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Apple Keynote, InVision, Sketch, Figma, Digital Creative Direction, Creative Direction
Creative Lead (Contract)
2019 - 2019
Google Creative Lab
- Led the digital user experience design on My Storytime, a new voice product designed from scratch, which enables military families to hear bedtime stories from deployed loved ones using Google Home.
- Designed My Storytime's visual interface. The app received quite a bit of press upon release, won a Webby Award, and was featured at the Google I/O developer conference.
- Created the app with a small team of talented people at the Google Creative Lab and developed it in collaboration with a recruitment company.
Technologies: Sketch, InVision, Figma, Zeplin, Adobe CC
Design Lead (Consultant)
2016 - 2018
Fantasy
- Led interaction design for clients, including Google, the Oscars' Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, UFC digital, OkCupid's data and AI, the Royal Caribbean Innovation Lab, and Cortica's autonomous AI.
- Managed teams and designed interactive experiences while working closely with our San Francisco and international members.
- Worked with an international group of designers to define the design, strategy, and future technologies.
Technologies: Zeplin, Marvel, Adobe Acrobat Pro, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Apple Keynote, InVision, Sketch, Figma, Digital Creative Direction, Creative Direction
Senior Art Director
2012 - 2014
Publicis Sapient
- Contributed to clients such as Diesel, Gucci, Saks Fifth Avenue, Hermes, Behance, Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, Bed Bath & Beyond, Ascena, Avon, Verizon, TE, JPMorgan, and Morgan Stanley.
- Created interactive experiences and branded content using new technology.
- Managed two associate art directors and led them through the design process.
Technologies: Zeplin, Marvel, Adobe Acrobat Pro, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Apple Keynote, InVision, Sketch, Figma, Digital Creative Direction, Creative Direction
Digital Art Director
2011 - 2012
Digitas
- Art-directed and designed solutions for web, mobile, tablet, and social spaces for clients such as American Express, Delta, and Starwood Hotels and Resorts.
- Managed a senior designer and two associate art directors and worked closely with various teams.
- Designed the branding for an in-house recruitment event, which was a major branding initiative for the company.
Technologies: Zeplin, Marvel, Adobe Acrobat Pro, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Apple Keynote, InVision, Sketch, Figma, Digital Creative Direction, Creative Direction
Digital Art Director
2010 - 2011
Wunderman Thompson
- Engaged in regular contact with clients, especially Land Rover Range Rover.
- Produced integrated digital platforms for web, mobile, tablet, branding, social media, guerilla media, and TV.
- Developed the first digital VIP RSVP site, which filled in less than 48 hours, becoming the best-performing creative for the year, with the highest number of impressions and longest consumer engagement.
Technologies: Zeplin, Marvel, Adobe Acrobat Pro, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Apple Keynote, InVision, Sketch, Figma, Digital Creative Direction, Creative Direction
Senior Designer
2009 - 2010
Brandvoice
- Engaged in regular contact with clients, mainly Panasonic and the PGA Tour.
- Acted as an integral member of a senior team in producing various custom-built sites and photoshoots.
- Designed a touchscreen interface for Panasonic as part of an initial project.
Technologies: Zeplin, Marvel, Adobe Acrobat Pro, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Apple Keynote, InVision, Sketch, Figma, Digital Creative Direction, Creative Direction
Designer
2009 - 2009
Icency Design
- Contributed to clients such as Novartis, Constanca, Flösser, Annen, Stephanus, Syncron, and Alwitra.
- Produced creatives for apparel, full-branding projects, brochures, vector-based illustrations, interactive storyboards, store displays, billboards, outdoor signage, and ad campaigns.
- Collaborated with various people within the agency to create new media.
Technologies: Zeplin, Marvel, Adobe Acrobat Pro, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Apple Keynote, InVision, Sketch, Figma, Digital Creative Direction, Creative Direction
Freelance Interaction Designer
2009 - 2009
Campfire
- Designed 365 days' worth of designs for Canada Dry's repositioning web campaign.
- Created Verizon's media agenda for an upcoming reality TV marketing campaign that provided a month-to-month visual planning guide for the show's next season.
- Collaborated with the senior manager on developing a new vision for new media.
Technologies: Zeplin, Marvel, Adobe Acrobat Pro, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Apple Keynote, InVision, Sketch, Figma, Digital Creative Direction, Creative Direction
Art Director
2007 - 2008
AdLab
- Designed the website, print ads, direct mail pieces, and company branding for W. Jo Moser Photography.
- Produced guerilla marketing campaigns and posters for a nonprofit organization, Women on the Rise, to help women achieve corporate positions throughout Boston.
- Received the Best Branding Award of the Year from AdLab.
Technologies: Zeplin, Marvel, Adobe Acrobat Pro, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Apple Keynote, InVision, Sketch, Figma, Digital Creative Direction, Creative Direction
Designer
2007 - 2008
Design Center
- Conceptualized and designed apparel, branding campaigns, packaging, and print campaigns for Boston University, College of Communication.
- Collaborated with a professor and design manager on developing communications for Boston University.
- Created various design elements for clients across the campus, including students.
Technologies: Zeplin, Marvel, Adobe Acrobat Pro, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Apple Keynote, InVision, Sketch, Figma, Digital Creative Direction, Creative Direction
Education
2019 - 2021
Master's Degree in Human-Computer Interaction
New York University - New York City, New York, USA
2005 - 2009
Bachelor's Degree in Communication
Boston University - Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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