DAMIR TUBAK

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I‘m experienced UX Designer, UI skater, sound styler.
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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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Vistavi

Vistavi logotype
Branding and logotype design
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Verivox cars listing page

Wireframing concept, Mockup
Axure RP
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Dr. Than

UX design, Frontend development
HTML, CSS, Wordpress Theme
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Kyara.hr

UX / UI design, Frontend development
HTML, CSS, jQuery, Custom CMS
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Villa Lav

UX / UI design, Frontend development
HTML, CSS, jQuery
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Trost Vinery

UX/UI design, Frontend development
HTML, CSS
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Damir Tubak

About me: UX / UI Designer and Frontend Developer with more than 13 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

2016 - 2018

SENIOR UX DESIGNER

EmpowerTheUser Ltd. (ETU) / Dublin (IE) February 2016 - Present

Create innovative, user-centered designs through consideration of market research, business requirements, customer feedback, and usability study findings.

  • Design the information architecture, interface, and interaction flows for the web
  • Present designs with the help of wireframes and detailed visual mockups
  • Collaborate with the Engineers and Product Managers and able to quickly iterate on the feedback
  • Practice user-centered design by participating in user research and incorporating data, customer feedback, and technical constraints/opportunities
  • Help evolve the design practice
2012 - 2016

UX DESIGNER / SENIOR FRONTEND DEVELOPER

Tripodo GmbH / Munich - München (DE) June 2012 - February 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
2012 - 2016

SENIOR FRONTEND DEVELOPER

eviom GmbH / Munich - München (DE) June 2012 - February 2016

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
2010 - 2012

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
2005 - 2010

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
2002 - 2005

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

2001

Graphic Design

ProAnima, Rijeka, Croatia

2000

Leadership, lobbying and public speaking course

SMART, Rijeka, Croatia

1999

Project managing and fundraising course

SMART, Rijeka, Croatia

1996 - 1999

Physics and Polytechnics

at the University of Rijeka

1992 - 1996

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

Optimistic and motivated self-starter. Passionate about code, design and all aspects of my work. Team player, but able to tackle projects independently. Always willing to learn new technologies and current best practices. Love music in general, guitars, drums, singing... and people with a sense of humor. Currently live in Dublin, Ireland.

Personal thoughts

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