08/29/2024 updated
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Freelance Design Lead | Design Systems, UI Design
Antwerpen, Belgium
Only remote
Hochschule MĂźnchen University of Applied Sciences, Diplom-Designer (FH), Communication DesignUser Experience (UX)Adobe InDesignApplication Programming Interfaces (APIs)AuditingBusiness To BusinessSoftware as a ServiceDesign ManagementUser Interface DesignInfrastructure ManagementSystems ArchitectureDesign DocumentationAdvance Design SystemMetricsFigma
With 7+ years in design systems and 20 years in digital design, Iâm a great fit for a Lead Designer role or Senior Designer. I am an independent hands-on design lead, helping companies launch and enhance their design systems. I focus on bridging the gap for designers, developers, and business specialists.
With an extensive experience in design systems, I am offering the following services:
⢠Audit of design processes and libraries
⢠Kickstart or boosting a design system
⢠Hands-on Figma expertise in building UI components
⢠Apply the WCAG accessibility standards to all designs
⢠Setting up multi-theme token structure (or variables in Figma)
⢠Design system architecture and infrastructure
⢠Writing functional and UX documentation
⢠Organizing smooth processes (goal setting and clear metrics)
⢠Team supervision and design management
⢠Community support (eg via active slack channel)
⢠Workshop and training
German designers are known for their thoroughness (âDeutsche GrĂźndlichkeitâ). I own excellent organizational skills to plan and manage my work and team.
I collaborate closely with the developers in our team to design APIs. This way, our components can be 100% synchronized in design and code. I cannot code, but I have a strong ability to understand code.
I worked for a broad range of clients: from governmental to commercial, SaaS products, B2B and B2C. From startups to large corporations.
With an extensive experience in design systems, I am offering the following services:
⢠Audit of design processes and libraries
⢠Kickstart or boosting a design system
⢠Hands-on Figma expertise in building UI components
⢠Apply the WCAG accessibility standards to all designs
⢠Setting up multi-theme token structure (or variables in Figma)
⢠Design system architecture and infrastructure
⢠Writing functional and UX documentation
⢠Organizing smooth processes (goal setting and clear metrics)
⢠Team supervision and design management
⢠Community support (eg via active slack channel)
⢠Workshop and training
German designers are known for their thoroughness (âDeutsche GrĂźndlichkeitâ). I own excellent organizational skills to plan and manage my work and team.
I collaborate closely with the developers in our team to design APIs. This way, our components can be 100% synchronized in design and code. I cannot code, but I have a strong ability to understand code.
I worked for a broad range of clients: from governmental to commercial, SaaS products, B2B and B2C. From startups to large corporations.
Experience
Professional experience10+ years
Freelancer since2013
Languages
GermanNative speakerEnglishFluentFrenchGoodDutchFluent
Project history
UX Belgium is a growing community of 3000+ User Experience (UX) professionals in and around Antwerp and Brussels, Belgium. I help organizing the events, and also worked on the rebranding including a new logo and a nice graphical style used on presentations, batches, social media images etc
https://www.meetup.com/UX-Belgium
https://www.meetup.com/UX-Belgium
I am an independent hands-on design lead, helping companies launch and enhance their design systems. While focussing on the usersâ needs, I craft meaningful aesthetic graphic solutions that scale. I aim for innovation, inclusivity and simplicity.
Services I offer (but are not limited to):
Vlaamse Overheid â Katoen Natie â DataCamp â SĂźddeutsche Zeitung â Bloomup â VRT â Ovam â Scriptbook â Politeia â Mediafin â BNP Paribas â contrast law â Larcier business â and many more.
Services I offer (but are not limited to):
- Design System (Kickstart, Building, maintainance & UX documentation, figma expert, token setup and integration, accessibility, advocacy, audit, stategy)
- UI Designs (web and native)
- User Experience Design & UX thinking
- Team supervision and coaching
- Brand Identities
- Lecturing and workshops
Vlaamse Overheid â Katoen Natie â DataCamp â SĂźddeutsche Zeitung â Bloomup â VRT â Ovam â Scriptbook â Politeia â Mediafin â BNP Paribas â contrast law â Larcier business â and many more.
teaching Typography on screens. https://plantininstituut.be/opleiding/typografie-voor-schermen/