Netherlands

UX Design

UI/ Visual Design

Multimedia Design

Product Design

Interaction Design

Full Stack Web Development Certification

Bachelor's degree

Milan Donsu

Co-Founder and Design Lead

Agency Website

Portfolio

Usability Testing

Communication

Problem-solving

Critical-thinking

Organisation skills

Accessibility

Branding

Content creation

Design systems

Webflow

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe XD

Airtable

Figma

Tips for transitioning into a new role or company.

Changing roles

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

Getting the most out of my internship

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

Learn the career path and progression for product managers.

Product management career path

Practice HR, technical and behavioural interviews with mentors.

Practice mock interviews

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

Talk to people who've broken into the tech industry and learn their stories.

Breaking into tech

Steps to building and maintaining a strong, cohesive and effective team.

Building an effective team

How to create a positive workplace culture that drives collaboration and productivity?

Fostering a good team culture

Understanding factors that lead to a motivated team - recognition, communication and more.

Keeping team members motivated

Learn the tips to successfully manage a team in a remote environment.

Managing a remote team

Understand the process of training, motivating and directing your team members.

Managing people

How to maintain trust, commitment, accountability deliver results while handling conflict

Avoiding common dysfunctions

How to determine what is a good balance of skill sets for your organization's needs

Building balanced teams

How to identify star candidates, evaluate technical ability, and close hires

Hiring software engineers

Decision making as a software engineer or lead - how to become better at making the right choices

Making better tech choices

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

Dealing with imposter syndrome

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

Managing burnout

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

Working remotely

Navigating micro-aggression, getting paid what you are worth and finding a community.

Being a woman in tech

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

General mentorship

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

Choosing metrics and team goals

Ways to provide constructive feedback to team members.

Giving effective feedback

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

Presenting your work with impact

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

Running effective meetings

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

Working cross-functionally

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

Being the only designer

Methods and models of exploring, deciding and delivering design.

Building a design process

Ways and resources to improve your design skills.

Improving design skills

Best practices for running productive design critiques.

Running effective design critiques

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

Working with product and engineering

How to conduct interviews, what to ask, and how to analyze your results? (eg. user interview)

Conducting effective customer interviews

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

Conducting good user research

How to create personas, and leverage them in design.

Creating and leveraging user personas

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

Prototyping methods and tips

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

Creating a product vision

Identify and define potential product problems and generating possible solutions.

Identifying problems vs solutions

How to define and execute a successful launch and managing stakeholders expectations. (eg. MVP)

Launching new products or features

How to set up product analytics and metrics to track success?

Leveraging Product Analytics

What is a successful user onboarding flow and how to achieve it?

Onboarding new users

Tips on how to work and collaborate with designers.

Working with designers

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

Working with engineers

Best practices for documenting projects, epics, and stories

Writing product requirement documents

Adobe Creative Suite

Adobe Illustrator

Affinity

Adobe After Effects

Ahref

Airflow

Amplitude

Apache Spark

Asana

Autocad

Axure

Balsamiq

BigML

Blender

Bravo

BrightHire

Bubble

Buffer

Bullhorn

Canva

ChatGPT

Carrd

CircleCI

Compa

Confluence

Crazy Egg

D3.js

Databricks

Datapeople

Docker

Facebook Ads

Framer

GitHub

GitLab

Glassdoor

Glide

Golang (Go)

Google Analytics

Google Ads

Google Data Studio

Grayscale

Greenhouse

Hotjar

HTML

HubSpot

The Complete Designer is design community focusing on sharing free knowledge, design consulting and agency work. We are the go to community to help you improve as a designer and help you climb up the ranks to success. We already mentored over 100+ students.

Helping entry level and intermediate level designers with improving their skills in the field of UX, UI and Product Design.

SkillHire is a marketplace for hiring the top 5% of freelance talent, from anywhere in the world. They are a community of top talent that has been carefully recruited, interviewed, and vetted for their quality of work, professionalism, and expertise in their industry.

A.Teamer is a network that consists of world-class developers, product managers, designers, marketers, data scientists, and senior operators — pursuing their craft with autonomy. A-Team allows us to work for fortune 500 companies such as Google and Lyft.

In my role at Rebels, I served as the Design Lead, driving the transformative journey of IT professionals through innovative initiatives. Notably, I played a pivotal role in conceptualizing and overseeing the development of Qandidates, a groundbreaking reversed hiring platform. This pioneering solution not only empowered users to explore exciting career transitions but also played a key role in propelling a new wave of success for emerging IT experts

𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗣𝗢𝗡𝗦𝗜𝗕𝗜𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗘𝗦
I spearheaded the design team, orchestrating the creation of captivating websites and web applications. My communication with product owners and development teams was seamlessly executed within an agile workflow, ensuring optimal collaboration and efficiency. Additionally, I personally crafted the website using Webflow, adding a hands-on touch to my design leadership.

Ice Cream Media takeover. IT-consultancy agency specialised in software development. Leading the design team on Complex projects working close with project managers, product owners, development team and visual designers. Mentoring junior designers and interns.

𝗦𝗢𝗠𝗘 𝗔𝗖𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗛𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗦:
✦ I boosted work efficiency for Teia's employees, achieving a remarkable 200% increase, through the implementation of a validated web application designed using the design thinking methodology.

✦ I improved work efficiency for users of Robidus, the leading social security service in The Netherlands, by an outstanding 250% through the creation of an ecosystem comprising various web apps, mobile apps, and websites, all developed using the design thinking methodology.

✦ I optimised multiple corporate websites such as Rebels, Q-GRP, Qonnections and Qomploant boosting their sales funnels, upgrading branding, adjusting informational architecture, and leveraging no-code tools like Webflow.

✦ I facilitated the career transitions of IT professionals by spearheading the design team in creating Qandidates, a pioneering reversed hiring platform. This initiative enabled users to discover new job opportunities and significantly contributed to the success of a new generation of IT experts.

𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗣𝗢𝗡𝗦𝗜𝗕𝗜𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗘𝗦
I was responsible for leading the design team on complex projects, collaborating with product management, development, and visual designers to implement innovative design solutions. Additionally, I mentored junior designers and students, created data-driven wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity designs for web and mobile applications. I conducted user research and usability testing to validate design decisions, developed design systems and style guides for efficiency and consistency, and had a strong focus on understanding both business and user needs. Moreover, I utilized Webflow to develop websites.

Next Level Play is a dynamic and innovative esports platform dedicated to revolutionising the gaming industry. It serves as a nexus for gamers, teams, and sponsors, fostering an ecosystem that empowers aspiring players and improves the esports experience. I am responsible for the product when it comes to design ,frontend development and growth.

As a UX/UI designer in a small team, I collaborated with a UX researcher, visual designers, and a design lead. My focus was on developing intricate web and mobile applications, along with informational websites. I led UX/UI projects and provided mentorship to fellow designers.

𝗦𝗢𝗠𝗘 𝗔𝗖𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗛𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗦:
✦ Developed a 100% electric car-sharing app for Vloto, contributing to environmental sustainability. Designed a validated mobile application using design thinking principles and established a compelling brand to attract new customers.

✦ Attracted investors and increased organic traffic for One Planet Crowd, a sustainable investment listing platform. Enhanced user experience, restructured information architecture, refined the user interface, and optimized the website for SEO through a comprehensive redesign.

✦ Promoted global sustainability at Packback by designing an impactful system for reusable packaging. Implemented smart technological solutions, designed an efficient and validated user interface for a smart bin, and considered user flow interaction with the device.

✦ Implemented significant UX improvements for Alan Walker's branded forum website, enhancing overall user experience and engagement on the platform.

𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗣𝗢𝗡𝗦𝗜𝗕𝗜𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗘𝗦:
Led the UX design team in spearheading complex projects, collaborating across product management, development, and visual design to implement innovative UX solutions. Mentored junior designers, focusing on crafting data-driven wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity designs for optimal user experiences. Conducted user research and usability testing, validating design decisions with user-centric insights. Played a key role in establishing design systems and style guides for efficiency and consistency. My holistic approach included a deep understanding of both business objectives and user needs, while actively contributing to website development using Webflow.

Working on creating high performing and unique looking e-commerce Shopify websites. Working closely with the marketing team while leading a small design team.

Some of my tasks:
- Design data driven e-commerce websites
- Understanding business and user goals
- Create a new brand identity
- Guide junior designers and interns
- Working with Shopify

Working as a Freelance Senior UX/UI Designer and Webflow developer. I help companies bring their vision to live by designing and creating SAAS products, Websites, E-commerce sites and mobile applications. 

𝗦𝗢𝗠𝗘 𝗔𝗖𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗛𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗦:
✦ Contributed to the design excellence of SkillHire and A-Team, exclusive platforms dedicated to curating the top 3% of design talent. Played a pivotal role in delivering high-impact design solutions that set the standard for excellence.

✦ Served as a mentor on ADPList, a prestigious platform known for recruiting only expert designers. Shared insights and guided aspiring designers, fostering their growth and contributing to the platform's commitment to excellence.

✦ Demonstrated versatile design prowess across a spectrum of projects, including SAAS products, company websites, mobile apps, gaming interfaces, and e-commerce solutions. Proficient in Webflow, ensuring seamless and visually stunning user experiences.

✦ Championed design innovation at Next Level Play, an esports gaming platform startup. Played a key role in shaping the visual identity and user experience, contributing to the platform's rise in the competitive gaming industry.

✦ Founded and curated 'The Complete Designer,' an initiative dedicated to sharing knowledge and empowering entry-level designers. Committed to providing free educational resources, fostering the growth of the next generation of design professionals."

Milan Donsu🇳🇱

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