Wojtek Jodel, Designer in Gdańsk, Poland
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Wojtek Jodel

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Location
Gdańsk, Poland
Toptal Member Since
September 28, 2017

Wojtek is a product designer with a strong technical background on a never-ending quest to make complicated things simple. He's been creating digital products for seven years, and he's run the gamut, from developing back-ends to inventing, designing, and implementing user interfaces. Recently, he's been focusing on design systems; for the last two years, Wojtek's built comprehensive UI design frameworks for three companies.

Portfolio

Work Experience

Co-founder

2018 - PRESENT
code2flow
  • Designed and developed a company website.
  • Redesigned a company flowchart editor from scratch.
  • Designed new features of the product including a complete SaaS management platform.
  • Adjusted the Clarity design system to company needs and helped incorporate it into the product.
Technologies: Angular, JavaScript, CSS, HTML, Figma, InVision, Sketch

Product Designer

2017 - 2018
MedSpoke
  • Created a complete design system for company products.
  • Designed a complete UI component library.
  • Designed multiple product features according to established design system rules.
  • Coordinated the process of incorporating the design rules and patterns into the product.
  • Implemented UI components in React for both desktop and web.
Technologies: React, JavaScript, CSS, HTML, InVision, Sketch

Co-founder

2016 - 2018
Statusy
  • Designed and developed a company website.
  • Refreshed the design of hosted status page; the public facing part of the Statusy core product.
  • Contributed to a web application's codebase using Python and the Flask framework.
  • Was involved in marketing, sales, and technical support.
Technologies: Python, JavaScript, CSS, HTML, InVision, Sketch

UI/UX Designer

2017 - 2017
Tenfold
  • Led the visual design of one of the company's products.
  • Provided visual solutions for specified UX requirements.
  • Created both static (InVision) and interactive (Framer) prototypes to test out proposed visual solutions.
  • Collaborated closely with the engineering team, providing them with required UI assets and guidelines.
  • Built a UI design system with guidelines and ready-to-use Sketch components.
Technologies: JavaScript, CSS, HTML, InVision, Sketch

UI/UX Designer

2014 - 2017
Virtkick, Inc.
  • Designed from scratch a user interface of Virtkick's core product (an online virtualization platform for hosting providers).
  • Designed and developed several websites for different brands owned by the company.
  • Contributed to the product development writing AngularJS and Ruby on Rails code.
  • Conducted user research on a regular basis, discovered multiple usability problems, then designed and developed corresponding solutions.
  • Improved and unified the user experience across all te company's products.
Technologies: Ruby, JavaScript, CSS, HTML, Affinity Designer, Affinity Photo, InVision, Sketch

Front-end Developer

2013 - 2014
Innovation Code
  • Coordinated the design of the company's brand, identity, and website.
  • Designed and participated in the development of custom web solutions for embedded devices.
  • Contributed to the process of designing the architecture of the RESTful API.
Technologies: JavaScript, CSS, HTML, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop

Founder

2011 - 2014
Balloon Studio
  • Started a small software house that specialized in creating small-and-medium websites and web applications.
  • Negotiated project scopes, estimated development time, and discussed business requirements with customers.
  • Coordinated the design and development cycles using the sprint methodology.
  • Designed logos and branding for companies.
  • Designed websites and web applications using Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator.
  • Developed websites and web applications using PHP Symfony, Ruby on Rails, Node.js, and Knockout.js frameworks.
Technologies: Ruby, PHP, JavaScript, CSS, HTML, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop

Software Engineer Intern

2012 - 2013
Intel Corporation
  • Maintained and improved the continuous integration process using Jenkins and QuickBuild build systems.
  • Developed testing tools in C++ and Groovy.
  • Managed the team's server infrastructure.
Technologies: Groovy, Jenkins, Java, C++

Web Developer

2010 - 2011
Phi Software
  • Developed a custom ERP solution to increase the customers' company productivity and improve internal processes.
  • Participated in the process of designing web application architecture.
  • Designed a web application's user interface.
  • Implemented a web application functionality in the PHP Symfony framework.
  • Planned and performed a migration from a previous company system to a new solution.
Technologies: JavaScript, CSS, HTML, Symfony, PHP
2012 - 2020

Master of Science Degree in Informatics

Gdańsk University of Technology - Gdańsk, Poland

2008 - 2012

Bachelor of Science Degree in Informatics

Gdańsk University of Technology - Gdańsk, Poland

2005 - 2008

Technical Diploma in Mathematics, Physics

High School No. 3 - Gdańsk , Poland

Tools

Figma, Atom, InVision, Sketch 3, Middleman, Hotjar, Origami, Sketch, Affinity Photo, Affinity Designer, Jenkins, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, GitHub

Platforms

MacOS, Android, Windows, Linux, Mixpanel, Visual Studio Code (VS Code)

Languages

JavaScript, CSS, HTML5, HTML, Ruby, PHP, C++, Java, Python

Other

SaaS, Google Material Design, Bootstrap UI, Design Systems, Prototyping, Product Design, UI Design, UX Design, Web Design, Embedded Systems, Interaction Design (IxD), Groovy, Symfony, React, Angular, Customer Experience, Web App Design, Dashboard Design, Startups, UX Research, Graphic Design, Future Design, Innovative UX, Photography, Mobile Design, Flowcharts, jQuery, Node.js, Logo Design, Branding, Magma

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