Umit Kitapcigil

Designer in New York, NY, United States

Member since March 4, 2019

Umit is a designer and a developer with more than a decade of hands-on, varied experience, including prototyping, identity creation, branding, and strategy. Umit has worked with many clients, including Nooka, Turkcell, Vodafone, Coca-Cola, Ansel Elgort, Venus Williams, and f*ckjerry.

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Portfolio

Digital Design

Cotton Citizen
- Web
- Front-end
- Shopify
- Shopify API
- User Experience (UX)
- User Interface (UI)
- Mobile First
- Design Systems
- eCommerce UX
White Shark
- Interface Design
- User Experience (UX)
- iOS UX Design
- User Research
- UX Testing
- Design Systems
- iOS
- Cryptocurrency
- Fintech
- Currency Exchange
- Trading
- Stock Exchange
- Stock Market
- Algorithmic Trading
- Finance
Eleven
- Shopify
- User Interface (UI)
- Front-end
- User Experience (UX)
- eCommerce UX
- Fashion
- Sportswear
- Shopify Design
Meaning
- Product Design
- User Experience (UX)
- iPhone
- UX Research
- User Interviews
- High-fidelity Prototypes
- iOS
- Design Systems
- Rapid Prototyping
- UI Prototyping
- Reading
- Social Sharing
- Religion
- Books
- Readability
- Typography
- User Groups
Grams Manager
- Dashboard Design
- User Interface (UI)
- User Experience (UX)
- Analytics
- Instagram
- Social APIs
- SaaS Design
- Social Media Monitoring
Bashla
- User Experience (UX)
- User Interviews
- User Interface (UI)
- Dashboard Design
- AngularJS
- Product Design
- User Groups
- Artwork
- Photo Uploads
- Ruby on Rails (RoR)

Employment

Product Designer
2016 - 2019
Intellectual Sweatshop (New York, US)
- Designed and developed iPhone applications for celebrities social influencers like f*ckjerry, Ansel Elgort, and Venus Williams.
- Designed and developed eCommerce websites and marketing sites for fashion and beauty companies like Oribe, Cotton Citizen, and Musika Frère.
- Conducted research and interviews.
- Built prototypes for web and mobile applications.
- Created animations, GIFs, and emoji/sticker content for small mobile utility applications.
- Researched and designed an analytics tool for Instagram.
Technologies: Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop, React, Ruby, Swift, InVision, Sketch
Co-founder
2008 - 2014
Workaxe (Istanbul, Turkey)
- Co-founded the company and oversaw the design department.
- Led a design team; became familiar with effective team structures.
- Was hired by major brands such as IDO, Turkcell, Nooka, Bashla, and TEDx for design and development services.
- Remained in close contact with the clients; often presenting while attending a number of meetings.
- Designed and developed for small startups and tools for ourselves.
Technologies: Swift, Sketch

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Visual Communication Design
2005 - 2010
Istanbul Bilgi University - Istanbul, Turkey

Experience

UX Design13 years
Front-end13 years
UI Design13 years
Product Design12 years
Prototyping10 years
Shopify Design5 years
Design Systems3 years
React2 years

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