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Sebastian is my name, and I'm from a small town near Düsseldorf. I've been a graphic designer for over 18 years, with the first 12 spent primarily in the fashion industry. I was primarily responsible for designing and creating prints and patterns for apparel, footwear, and accessories, as well as creative management of small and medium-sized interdisciplinary design teams for companies such as adidas, Puma, Reebok, Jack Wolfskin, and Walt Disney. In 2014, I became increasingly involved in the fields of UI and UX design, and I began to gradually develop online presences for medium-sized and large FMCG companies. Since the middle of 2020, I've only worked as a freelancer, implementing digital projects for companies such as Indeed, Vorwerk, RTL+, Armed Angles, LFDY, VDE, Kachelmann Wetter & Vereinigte Hagelversicherung among others.
My primary focus as a UI & UX designer is on conceptualizing and designing digital products, such as landing pages, websites, APPs, User Interfaces, and UX concepts, but I also have extensive knowledge, experience and skills in design systems, typography, image editing, photo retouching, vector illustrations, branding, and CI.
My skills and abilities include:
- Creation and development of cutting-edge UI/UX concepts (user-centered design approach) for the mobile platforms, web and desktop
- Design system creation, maintenance, and ongoing development of figma component libraries
- Broad expertise and deep practical knowledge in the areas of Google's Material design principles
- Designing and optimizing user and consumer journeys
- Design of graphical user interfaces and creation of information architecture
- Creation of interactive prototypes, mockups, and wireframes
- Performing user interviews, usability tests, and consumer surveys
- Creating and developing style and platform specific design guidelines
- Analysis of the market, competitor research, and user needs for creating and implementing new digital products
- Excellent knowledge and professional experience in working with both, B2B and B2C customers
- Excellent expertise and practical experience in the field of accessibility
- Interdisciplinary collaboration with various stakeholders, involving front-end developers, product owners and product managers, sales, marketing as well as the senior board
- Years of professional experience working with agile methods for product development such as Jira, Confluence, Trello, etc
- Working with Figma, Zeplin, Adobe XD, Photoshop, Illustrator, etc. for many years
- A solid understanding in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
- Profound understanding of UX research and design thinking procedures
- Creative, organized, entrepreneurial, team-oriented, and hands-on working style and mentality
- A keen aesthetic sense for cutting-edge technologies and trends, along with strong creative visualization skills for creating new products
- Several years of expertise in selecting, interviewing, hiring, and onboarding new employees as well as leading and developing interdisciplinary design teams
Software & Tools:
- Figma
- Sketch
- Adobe XD
- Microsoft Teams
- Slack
- Jira
- Confluence
- Trello
- Microsoft 365
- Miro
- Conceptboard
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe InDesign
- Adobe Illustrator
- Google Analytics