Romania

UX Design

UI/ Visual Design

Balint Bogdan

Product Designer

Portfolio

Product strategy

Problem-solving

Time management

Design systems

Figma

Introduce yourself, define mentoring expectations and goals. Learn and grow together.

General mentorship

Making remote and globally distributed teams work for you and your needs.

Working remotely

Learn essential burnout prevention techniques and replenish physical and emotional energy.

Managing burnout

Talk to people who have learned to manage their imposter syndrome.

Dealing with imposter syndrome

Get actionable feedback on your resume or portfolio.

Resume and portfolio review

How to set up the team for success by defining and measuring team's performance.

Choosing metrics and team goals

Best practices for running productive design critiques.

Running effective design critiques

Methods of prototyping and solution validation. When to use which kind of prototype (eg. Webflow, Notion, etc)

Prototyping methods and tips

Manage team expectations and get the most out of your meetings.

Running effective meetings

Learn how to properly present your work and share ideas and opinions.

Presenting your work with impact

Tips on how to work and collaborate with designers.

Working with designers

How to work with team members with different skill sets but towards a common goal?

Working cross-functionally

Methods and models of exploring, deciding and delivering design.

Building a design process

Managing being the only designer at your company and working with non-designers.

Being the only designer

Ways and resources to improve your design skills.

Improving design skills

Navigating the working relationship with PM's and engineers as a designer.

Working with product and engineering

Ways to provide constructive feedback to team members.

Giving effective feedback

Tips on how to work and collaborate with engineers and developers.

Working with engineers

How to successfully prepare and position yourself for a job promotion?

How to get promoted

How to ask for a promotion and negotiate for salary raise?

Negotiating a job offer

How to think about design career paths and what progression looks like for designers?

Design career path

Leveraging my strong understanding of business and user needs to guide product development at Olyn.

My responsibilities include:

• Translating stakeholder needs into actionable user stories
• Appling design principles to guide product development
• Driving the product vision and strategy

As the first role at Abra, I was tasked to refine and organize existing design components from Sketch and came up with new solutions for missing pieces.
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• Built a robust Design System enabling everyone to streamline work in Figma.
• Designed full experience of Market Order & Limit Order for trading users.
• Created new features for Institutional Businesses platform.
• Contributed on several products like  Borrow, Earn, Fund and DeFi

Om studio is a human-centered design studio focused on creating brands that make a difference. Along with my partner, we manage to offer full services for business growth.
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→ Branding
→ Product Design
→ Web Development
→ Art Direction
→ Strategy

Visit website → https://omstudio.webflow.io/

Worked with a diverse, multi-faceted team of designers, strategists, engineers, and marketers to deliver the best services for fintech companies.
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• Designed marketing websites and improved conversion rates.
• Created animations for products, presentations, social posts, and interfaces.
• Contributed with development for several websites.

Being the only designer, I’m taking the lead for all upcoming products of Plytrix including website and platform to deliver the best experience.
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• Building the web app data platform for customers.
• Leading production of internal design system.
• Designed and developed website and services deck from scratch.

As the company's sole designer, I managed all aspects of design for startups including web design, product design and marketing assets.
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• I redesigned all marketing websites by improving their look and experience.
• Improved user experience on the web applications to make the product easier for new users.
• Created animations and illustrations to give users a better understanding of the product.
• Designed sales decks and guides for investors.

Rainfall was my ever first experience working in a marketing agency, they gave me opportunity to experience what it's like to work in a professional team at a very young age.
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• Learned how websites work and how to code them.
• Delivered design marketing assets for clients.
• Contributed with feedback and improvements of small projects.

Balint Bogdan🇷🇴

About Balint Bogdan

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