Denis Iv
Product Designer
About Me

I am a multi-disciplined User Experience Designer with a passion for creating an immersive experience through a consistent visual language. I coordinate with the team and work across multiple disciplines to conceptualize, prototype, and integrate UI that enhances user experience. UX professional with experience in both web and mobile application design. My technical background (Degree in Computer Science) helps thoroughly understand how rich applications work and how technology can be leveraged to provide a flawless user experience.

Strong understanding of UX methods and best practices through work on advanced digital products.

In 2010, graduated at Technical University of Moldova with a Computer Science major.  In 2012, graduated at Slavic University of Moldova with a Digital Arts major. 

At least 5+ years successfully applying user-centered design on products. 8+ years experience in Graphic Design field.

Strong understanding all modern web frameworks such as Node.js, AngularJS, ReactJS, D3, BackboneJS, KnockoutJS and jQuery. Experience using HTML and CSS to customize user interfaces

Resume
Experience
2018 - Present
UX/UI Designer
Google Inc. Mountain View, CA

  • Develop storyboards, wireframes, mockups, prototypes, and more to communicate interaction and design ideas
  • Take on structural and architectural problems by thoughtfully organizing functionality into pages and workflows to meet user needs
  • Design for all Shopping formats that appear on Google Search on desktop and smartphones
  • Help to define the user model and user interface for new and existing Google products and features.
  • Integrate user feedback and business requirements into ongoing product experience updates.
  • 2015 - 2018
    Senior UX/UI Designer
    Zultys Inc. Sunnyvale, CA

  • Mobile, web application, and responsive web design experience across platforms
  • Participate in all cycles of the design process from research and UX/UI design through QA
  • Wireframing, conceptualizing, rapid prototyping, user-testing, interaction design and visual design
  • Collaborate with internal stakeholders to concept new features and improvements to our new product or existing applications
  • Develop pixel level visual specifications and work closely with the development team on implementation
  • 2017 - 2017
    UX/UI Designer
    InFocus Inc. San Jose, CA

  • Collaborating with a cross-functional team to solve complex business problems
  • Create workflows and prototypes for web and mobile applications
  • Apply usability testing for new ideas
  • Deliver key design artifacts such as storyboards, user flows, wireframes, prototypes and visuals
  • Revise and updating designs and documentation based on continuing user testing and customer feedback
  • 2016 - 2017
    UX/UI Designer
    Linktime Corp. San Jose, CA

  • Design the end-to-end customer experience for our product, crafting interaction models that remove complexity and add delight
  • Independently design the UX/UI solution for iOS and Android platform
  • Deliver deployable assets to engineering teams
  • Collaborating with researchers to test designs
  • 2015 - 2015
    UX/UI Designer
    Yapjoy Inc. Livermore, CA

  • Worked with stakeholders on new design ideas from concept to detailed workflow solutions
  • Create highly detailed design specifications that enable developers to implement the experience
  • Independently design the UX/UI solution for iOS and Android platform
  • Conducted usability studies and competitive analysis to get deeper insights for iterations
  • 2014-2015
    UX/UI Designer
    NginWorkplace, Cambridge, MA

  • Design creative assets for various marketing campaigns on multiple channels 
  • Worked closely with development teams to champion user needs with the compelling user-centered design. Resulted in increased customer satisfaction in a short time frame
  • Create simple, elegant UX/UI solutions for new, complex requirements
  • Creating design artifacts such as wireframes, sitemaps, flow diagrams, prototypes, and others to help communicate the design approach and to gain alignment across stakeholders
  • 2013 - 2015
    UX/UI Designer / Graphic Designer
    ICT Company, Boston, MA

  • Create email marketing campaigns to promote our services
  • Responsible for web page design, product UI design
  • Execute all design stages through the full design and development cycle, ranging from idea creation, visual design, and interaction design, etc
  • Print material design such as brochure, poster, flyer, postcard, etc
  • 2010 - 2013
    Graphic Designer/ Web Developer
    Videosecurity, Chisinau, Moldova

  • Website Design and Development
  • Create concepts for Private Label Brands such as packaging and product design
  • Develop advertising for the Retail store for magazine publications
  • Assist in developing concepts for in-store signage
  • Developed landing pages and web banners for Retail Brands on E-commerce websites
  • Education
    2018
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Cambridge, MA

    CSAIL Human-Computer Interaction for User Experience Design

    2016-2017
    Springboard
    San Francisco, CA

    UX Design Course. Foundational UX design by focusing on the user

    2010-2012
    Slavic University of Moldova
    Chisinau, Moldova

    Associate's degree in Digital Arts

    2006-2010
    Technical University of Moldova
    Chisinau, Moldova

    Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

    My Skills
    UX Skills
    • Prototyping
    • Wireframing
    • Interaction Design
    • Visual Communication
    • User Research
    • User Research
    • Information Architecture
    • User empathy
    Software
    • Adobe XD
    • Sketch App
    • Figma
    • Principle App
    • Adobe Photoshop
    • Adobe Illustrator
    • InVision
    • Zeplin App
    Coding Skills
    HTML5
    CSS3
    JavaScript
    Angular
    Recent Works
    Get in Touch
    • Address Santa Clara, CA
    • Email ivan4iuc@gmail.com
    • Phone +1 530 988 8599
    • LinkedIn https://goo.gl/TMgqk1
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