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Designer
Location
Lausanne, Switzerland
Toptal Member Since
March 29, 2019
Selim has more than five years of experience in product design (UI and UX) and branding design–working on national and global projects, product designs, visual systems, motion designs, and global rebrands for the likes of Google, Mcdonald's, Ubisoft, Manchester City, the Economist, Facebook and many more. Selim provides clients with meaningful brand and product experiences based on strong concepts that come alive in the digital space.
Portfolio
Work Experience
Design Director
2019 - PRESENT
Quit Genius
- Set the overall design direction and strategy for the organization in collaboration with other senior leaders and stakeholders.
- Lead and manage a team of designers, including hiring, training, and mentoring them to deliver high-quality design work.
- Understand user needs, market trends, and competitor offerings, I conducted design research and analysis. This involved conducting user interviews, usability testing, and other research methods to gather insights that informed my design decisions.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure design solutions meet user needs, business goals, and technical requirements.
- Conduct design research and analysis to understand user needs, market trends, and competitor offerings.
- Develop and implement design systems and standards to ensure consistency and coherence across all design work.
- Ensure quality and timely delivery of design work by setting clear design expectations, managing design reviews and approvals, and monitoring design progress.
Technologies: Illustration, Figma, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe After Effects, Zeplin, Sketch
Senior Visual Designer
2018 - 2019
- Designed branding and user education projects to ensure consistency between the different touchpoints.
- Prototyped various motion explorations for the product app (iOS and Android).
- Designed, explored, tested, and iterated various landing pages, pricing pages, and case study pages to name a few.
- Collaborated with writers, engineers, strategists, and product managers to deliver the best user experiences for the website and product.
- Created the entire identity for the main hackathon organized in London by Facebook in 2018.
Technologies: Illustration, Cinema 4D, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Sketch
Senior Visual Designer
2016 - 2018
Method
- Created a major rebrand for Ubisoft that was launched at the E3 at Los Angeles in 2017.
- Worked on the new ordering user experience for the McDonald's app.
- Collaborated and coached Coca-Cola from being campaign-driven to one that offers products and services.
- Crafted a new brand identity for one of the Google App for Work's product.
- Created and prototyped a chatbot for the Nightingale project.
Technologies: Illustration, Zeplin, Cinema 4D, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Sketch
UI/UX Designer
2015 - 2016
Apptitude
- Crafted the DLCM brand experience by creating the logo and visual language. Applied the visual language to the web platform and various touchpoints.
- Designed a University sports app to track all sports events available on the campus with various workshops, wireframes, and design iterations.
- Designed a stunning app to assist new drivers to improve their driving skills.
Technologies: Workshops, Design Sprints, Photoshop CC, Illustrator CC, Sketch
Education
2009 - 2012
CFC Degree in Graphic Design
École Romande d'Arts et Communication (ERACOM) - Lausanne, Switzerland
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