DAMIR TUBAK
Hi there,
I‘m experienced UX Designer, UI skater, sound styler.
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Portfolio
Tripodo.de
UX design, Frontend development
Visual Identity, HTML, CSS, jQuery
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Bühlmann Labs
UX Design, Frontend development
Prototyping, Wordpress, Responsive
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Verivox Cars
Frontend development, UX Design
HTML, LESS/CSS, Bootstrap, Responsive
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PuCard App
UX design, Insight, Concept
Prototyping
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PuCard App Personas
UX research, Insight, Creating
Personas, Usability testing
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Verivox Real Estates
UX Design, Frontend development
HTML, LESS/CSS, Bootstrap, Responsive
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Verivox cars listing page
Wireframing concept, Mockup
Axure RP
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Trost Vinery
UX/UI design, Frontend development
HTML, CSS
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About me: Head of UX, ex. UX / UI Designer and Frontend Developer with more than 22 years of experience in designing and coding for the web and print. My key strengths are: excellent combination of design and coding skills, able to implement pixel-perfect designs using hand-coded markup, strong commitment to work, a self starter but also a great team player, always eager to improve and learn new set of skills. I have Project managing experience and have worked in agile environment.
Experience
HEAD OF UX
Empower The User - ETU Ltd. • February 2016 - Present
Planning UX strategies and leading team of designers. Vision and conceptual design directions. Closely collaborating with Product and Engineering teams and support in planning Product Roadmaps.
- UX Planning
- creating UX strategies and deciding on UX directions
- talent coaching and developmentg
- collaborating with geographically dispersed team of developers
- client presentation
- competitor research and research analysis
UX DESIGNER / SENIOR FRONTEND DEVELOPER
Tripodo GmbH / Munich - München (DE) • June 2012 - 2016
Created design and managed complete frontend code of company's core website, taking care of best HTML semantic and UX practices.
- HTML, LESS CSS, JavaScript/jQuery, Bootstrap, CDN
- created booking inquiry system and worked on custom CMS
- UX and UI lead designer, design solutions prototyping
- collaborating with geographically dispersed team of developers
- cross-browser fixes
- designing and creating MailChimp newsletter templates
SENIOR FRONTEND DEVELOPER
eviom GmbH / Munich - München (DE) • June 2012 - Present
Producing responsive Wordpress and Bootstrap framework websites for leading German companies. Managing complete frontend code, taking care of best HTML semantic and UX practices, making design and design decisions for mobile and tablet views based on the defined or proposed/designed desktop designs.
- HTML, CSS, JavaScript/jQuery, Bootstrap, Wordpress, SEO
- creating custom Wordpress themes and custom landing pages
- maintenance of WordPress websites
- cross-browser fixes
- collaborating with geographically dispersed team of developers
- programming and creating various ZOHO CRM templates
MARKETING PROJECT MANAGER / GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Brionka d.d. / Pula (HR) • February 2010 - May 2012
Responsible for branding company's products, creating marketing plans and strategies, producing high quality versatile graphic designs and worked closely on budgeting decisions and printing approvals, also producing intranet web applications.
- in charge of identifying best advertising approach for marketing campaigns creating design and print solutions for wide range of advertisements (product packaging designs, billboards, flyers, vehicles...)
- selecting and approving packaging materials, print proofing
- managing workflows between production lane and commercial managers
- educating sellers how to behave on certain marketing campaign
- producing musical radio advertisements
CEO
Tubak.NET, Design studio (HR) • January 2005 - January 2010
Responsible for contacting clients and worked directly with clients on requirements, specifications, marketing plans and budgeting, mockups, visual ideas and website ideas/solutions. Was in charge of managing complete projects and creating visual identities and designs for web and print.
- in charge of designing and creating creative visual identities and presenting them to clients
- UX and UI lead designer, design solutions prototyping
- calculating budgets and contacting with clients on daily basis
- managing team of co-workers and delegating tasks
- extensively using Adobe graphic tools
- preparing final pre-press PostScript print files for small and large scale projects
- integrating HTML with server-side coding (ASP), Wordpress and Joomla themes design
HEAD WEB DEVELOPER / GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Edcom d.o.o., IT Company / Porec (HR) • December 2002 - June 2005
Designing and implementing designs for various websites. Producing simple and large scale CMS systems using ASP/Access/MS SQL. Developing Flash web applications in ActionScript 2.0. Working on many large scale projects, as a team leader, team member or independently. Branding and print design.
Education
Graphic Design
ProAnima, Rijeka, Croatia
Leadership, lobbying and public speaking course
SMART, Rijeka, Croatia
Project managing and fundraising course
SMART, Rijeka, Croatia
Physics and Polytechnics
at the University of Rijeka
Technician for electrotechnics and electronics
Technical Highschool, Pula, Croatia
Why we should work together
Achievements
- currently work for Tripodo GmbH / eviom GmbH, Munchen (DE)
- managed Web and UX design and frontend code for a massive project Verivox.de
- was in charge for design and frontend code of high traffic website Tripodo.de
- as CEO and Project Manager worked directly with clients on requirements, specifications, marketing plans and budgeting
- worked in agile environment with multicultural and remote teams
In short
- more than 13 years of experience in the web, UX design and print industry
- Very Good understanding of the principles of design and design theories
- Good technical skills enables me to use my knowledge of design principles
- Ability to conceptualise and think visually
- Ability to work within a team or alone
- Excellent understanding of frontend and back-end coding processes therefore ideal candidate for web projects management and tema lead positions
Skills
UX Design
Extensive use of Adobe Creative Suite software with highlight on Photoshop and InDesign. Excellent knowledge of working in vector shape area using Corel Draw and Adobe Illustrator. Able to create functional mocqups in Axure or Balsamiq. Can work in Mac or Windows environment.
Coding
Great efficiency in hand coding HTML, CSS with use of LESS and SASS preprocessing techniques. In my work I use jQuery Javascript framework on daily basis and Tortoise SVN or GIT for files versioning. Extensive knowledge of web programing language ASP 3.0. Have basic knowledge in Angular JS.
Other
Possess project management skills and am great team leader. Good in verbal and written communication and always up to the point. Fluent in 5 languages, written and spoken (English, Italian, Croatian, Serbian and Bosnian, with basic knowledge of German). Free time musician and very skilled in sound recording and producing.
Skill list
- Create design solutions to complex information requirements, while conducting UX best practices
- Strong attention to detail, pixel perfect execution, user centered design
- HTML5, CSS3 (using LESS or SASS), JavaScript / jQuery, AJAX, Bootstrap
- Design clean frontend architectures that integrate well with server-side code and technologies
- Proficiency with Photoshop, CorelDraw, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver, MS Office, DOM Inspector tools using Sublime Text for coding
- In-depth knowledge of cross-browser quirks and performance optimization techniques
- Comfortable with Windows and Mac computers and version control systems (SVN, Git, Mercurial)
- Hands-on coding for Content Management Systems (Wordpress, Joomla themes)
- Experience in creating and designing MailChimp campaigns, and ZOHO CRM templates
- Good knowledge of ASP 3.0 and MS SQL and basic knowledge in PHP/mySQL, good understanding of OO programming
- Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously respecting demanding deadlines
- Have worked in SCRUM, agile team environment
- Fluent in English, Italian, Serbian and Bosnian both written and spoken (beginner knowledge of German)
- mother tongue Croatian