Romania

UX Design

UI/ Visual Design

The Informal School of IT

Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urbanism

Dorin Tecuceanu

Sr. UX/UI Designer

Usability Testing

Product strategy

Prototyping

Collaboration

Problem-solving

Empathy

Team player

Organisation skills

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Illustration

Marketing strategy

User research

Product roadmap

Zeplin

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe XD

Balsamiq

Figma

Google Ads

Google Data Studio

Adobe Creative Suite

Autocad

Google Analytics

Sketch

Communication

Conflict resolution

Information architecture

Relationship management

Qualitative research

Strategies for maximizing your design internship or co-op program.

Getting the most out of my internship

Tips for transitioning into a new role or company.

Changing roles

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

Get actionable feedback on your resume or portfolio.

Resume and portfolio review

Learn the best ways to answer technical interview questions with frameworks

Acing technical interview questions

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

Prototyping methods and tips

Tips on how to work and collaborate with designers.

Working with designers

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

Explore different generative and evaluative research techniques. User research synthesis and presentation.

Conducting good user research

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

How to define an ambitious product vision and how to best communicate it to stakeholders?

Creating a product vision

• Designing applications which are not only user centric but make processes and workflows more efficient.
• Developing wireframes and Proof of concepts/Prototypes. 
• Collaborating with product managers to assess product requirements, translating requirements into animated interactive prototypes, user flows, wireframes, and final designs.
• Doing competitive research on new features or initiatives being developed by the product team.
• Partnering with developers to ensure that the user experience is simple, straightforward and elegant.

• Driving the design of roomio, booking and reservation solution for the corporate environment.
• Worked on projects for clients in the following industries: 
- insurance;
- automotive;
- retail;
• Participating in all aspects of UX: research, ideation, strategy, interaction design, visual design.
• Running usability tests, turning feedback into user stories and tasks.
• Collaborating with key project team members and stakeholders.
• Conceptualising solutions and helping other designers execute on a vision.
• Running design rituals such as the weekly design department meeting.
• Advocating the design thinking methodology within the company.
• Establishing and ensuring adherence to best practices and processes.
• Holding design lectures within the company.
• Teaching the UX Design course for the company’s internship programme.

• Worked with multidisciplinary teams: project managers, business analysts, developers and testers, for both web and mobile apps.
• Mapped out business requirements.
• Employed various research methods to understand users' needs.
• Defined the product roadmap with the Product Owner.
• Created wireframes, high fidelity mockups and prototypes.
• Presented designs and key deliverables to peers and executive level stakeholders.
• Integrated assets in collaboration with developers to build responsive layouts.
• Ran usability tests and recommended changes based on test results.
• Developed logos and other identity assets that support the products.

• Planned, implemented and monitored Google Ads campaigns for 40+ accounts in various industries.
• Did UX / UI Audits on client websites.
• Designed banners and illustrations for newsletters, display ads and social media posts.
• Liaised with clients.

• Working as a freelance illustrator and graphic designer, doing custom illustrations and commercial banners.
• Managing the Google Ads portfolio of 10+ small and medium businesses.

• Created functional diagrams based on an in-depth analysis of project requirements.
• Prepared detailing plans and 3D models for internal and external purposes.
• Liaised with the Project Leaders and outside agencies.
• Researched design, construction methods, materials, furniture, legislation, working practices.

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