Warren Lebovics, Designer in San Francisco, CA, United States
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Warren Lebovics

Verified Expert  in Design

Designer

Location
San Francisco, CA, United States
Toptal Member Since
December 26, 2019

Warren is a product designer with a decade of design leadership and consulting experience. Warren has led design in-person and remote teams and projects at companies large and small, including LinkedIn, Sony, Blackberry, Jumpstart, and more. Warren also has experience co-founding companies and taking companies through funding and acquisitions. He communicates extremely well and can lead and execute with teams of all sizes.

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Portfolio

Work Experience

Design, UX, and Product Strategy Consultant

2009 - PRESENT
Consulting
  • Provided product, process, design strategy, and mentorship to a company working on connecting the dots in the healthtech industry.
  • Designed and branded product for an app that provides customized algorithmically-generated exercise routines for advanced gym-goers.
  • Handled product design, branding, and research for an app that allows users to buy and sell space in travelers' bags.
  • Provided product design, branding, and research for a mobile and desktop experience empowering retailers and suppliers in the beverage industry to discover partnership opportunities.
  • Handled product strategy, design, and research for a web app where doctors and lawyers can discuss medical malpractices.
  • Provided product strategy, design, and research for a cross-platform product that cuts out the middle person when buying and selling property.
Technologies: JavaScript, CSS, HTML, Adobe Creative Suite, Figma

Head of Design

2018 - 2019
Jumpstart
  • Led and grew the design team.
  • Introduced a marketplace with a consumer student experience and an enterprise recruiter experience across mobile and desktop.
  • Established design systems and user research best practices.
  • Set the design direction of all products across mobile, desktop, and more.
  • Rebranded the company.
  • Implemented processes for cross-discipline collaboration across design, engineering, product, sales, and marketing.
Technologies: CSS, HTML, Sketch, Principle, InVision, Adobe Creative Suite, Figma

Design Lead

2015 - 2019
LinkedIn
  • Led design for the LinkedIn News Feed across all platforms, managing a small team.
  • Introduced the LinkedIn News and Interests experience.
  • Re-imagined the Follow and Connect ecosystem on LinkedIn.
  • Brought hashtags to LinkedIn.
  • Brought likes on comments and replies to comments to LinkedIn.
  • Redesigned the LinkedIn mobile app.
  • Revamped Who's Viewed My Profile.
Technologies: Adobe Creative Suite, Principle, InVision, Sketch

Head of Design

2014 - 2015
Refresh, Inc.
  • Led the product and branding design of consumer and enterprise products, resulting in an acquisition by LinkedIn.
  • Shipped 10+ products from ideation to implementation.
  • Rebranded the company.
  • Designed and built numerous marketing websites.
  • Created product and marketing videos with After Effects.
Technologies: JavaScript, CSS, HTML, InVision, Marvel, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Creative Suite

Co-founder and Head of Design

2012 - 2014
Fether, Inc.
  • Created an application that displayed Android notifications on Windows.
  • Led all design and user research.
Technologies: JavaScript, CSS, HTML, InVision, Marvel, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Creative Suite

User Experience Designer

2012 - 2013
Sony
  • Drove the design of the Sony Catalyst Production Suite from ideation to completion.
  • Created visual design systems, style guides, and iconography that are still used to date.
  • Collaborated closely with team members across Canada, USA, and Japan.
  • Introduced "Dark Mode" to Sony Media Go.
Technologies: JavaScript, CSS, HTML, InVision, Marvel, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Creative Suite
2009 - 2014

Bachelor's Degree in Digital Communication and Economics

University of Waterloo - Ontario, Canada

JUNE 2018 - PRESENT

Accessibility for Web Design

LinkedIn

NOVEMBER 2017 - PRESENT

Design Management Fellowship

Designer Fund

JUNE 2013 - PRESENT

Human-computer Interaction

Stanford University

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