Andrej B.

Lead UX Design Engineer

Berlin, Germany

Experience

Jan 2021 - Present
4 years 8 months

Lead UX Design Engineer

Journexx GmbH

  • Leading, conceptualizing, and developing UX and UI strategy and implementing it for the platform
  • Creating style guides and design systems in Figma
  • Building a generic end-to-end layout structure for big data dashboards in Figma and Sass (CSS, design tokens)
  • Tasks like workflows, wireframes, user research, and rapid prototyping
  • Preparing and running various workshops and discovery sessions
  • Integrating designs and layouts into existing frontend templates
  • Prototyping (low/mid/high fidelity) different apps for journalists and publishers
  • Developing showcases for iOS and Android, design thinking, qualitative and quantitative user tests, and A/B testing
  • Frontend development in close collaboration with design departments
  • Active change management in both publishing and journalism sectors and with stakeholders and employees in related industries and companies
  • Communicating within the company and serving as an info hub for teams
  • Raising awareness and advocating for digitization and the resulting new products for the industry
  • Creating concepts and designs for adding gamification elements to the platform
  • Convincing the industry and its major players about the new concepts and revenue streams
  • Building new cloud-native apps and revenue strategies
  • Preparing extensive presentations, mini-apps, and informational materials to support change campaigns Tools: Figma, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, 3D Studio Max, IntelliJ IDEA, Google Material, SAP Fiori, various icon and SVG font tools, Agile, user research, HTML, CSS, React, Redux, design tokens, Git, JavaScript, JSON, XML
Jan 2020 - Nov 2020
11 months

Lead UX Design Engineer

Moleskine SRL a Socio Unico (for Osf Digital)

  • Developing and expanding the existing design system
  • Transition and change management towards "Mobile First" and user centricity
  • Designing and creating new workflows and features in the B2B area
  • Interaction flows, style guides, user research
  • Building features in multi-scrum teams
  • Developing a new product "Light Table" with improved visuals for semi-automatic 3D data generation and designs as overlays (HTML, CSS, SASS, JavaScript)
  • A/B testing, qualitative and quantitative user tests
  • Advocacy work to convince Moleskine to pivot from system first to user centricity and value-driven development
  • Communicating within the company and serving as an info hub for teams
  • Identifying risks and developing measures to minimize them in the context of digital transformation Tools: Figma, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, 3D Studio Max, IntelliJ IDEA, agile work mode, user research, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, Redux, JSON, XML
Jan 2016 - Dec 2020
5 years

Senior UX Design Engineer

Adidas AG

  • Conceptualizing and creating UX, UI, design systems, wireframes, templates, and prototypes for a global B2B e-commerce wholesale platform
  • Integration with Salesforce and DAM system
  • Active change management for introducing agile methods and the new platform "CLICK"
  • Preparing and running workshops and discovery sessions
  • Planning and conducting qualitative and quantitative user tests as well as A/B tests
  • Documenting processes
  • Designing and delivering training for employees Tools: Figma, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, IntelliJ IDEA, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, Redux, Angular, JSON, XML
Jan 2015 - Oct 2016
1 year 10 months

Senior UX Design Engineer

Coca-Cola Germany

  • Active change management for digital transformation and introducing agile methods
  • Engaging and involving user groups and stakeholders
  • Designing and documenting native design systems, interaction flows, style guides, prototyping (low/mid/high fidelity)
  • Templating for cloud-based mobile and desktop apps
  • Evaluating and monitoring the acceptance and effectiveness of the changes introduced Tools: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Zeplin, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, Bootstrap, JSON, XML
Jan 2013 - Apr 2015
2 years 4 months

Lead UX Design Engineer

NLYCS (E.ON)

  • Conceptualizing and creating UX, UI, design system, wireframes
  • Preparing and running workshops and discovery sessions
  • Change management and advocacy for digital transformation
  • Preparing extensive presentation and informational materials Tools: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, IntelliJ IDEA, Atlassian, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JSON, XML, Power BI
Jan 2013 - Nov 2013
11 months

UX Designer

Deutsche Post E-Post Development

  • Implementing the E-Post Brief
  • Concept, UX, UI, multiplatform designs, interaction flows
  • Developing and designing multiple apps and frontends
  • A/B testing
  • Style guides and documentation Tools: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Balsamiq, IntelliJ IDEA, Atlassian, HTML, CSS, JavaScript
Jan 2011 - Dec 2012
2 years

UX Designer

Here.com (Nokia)

  • Building the "Bridge" web application focused on mobile
  • Profiling as well as optimization and refactoring
  • Testing, A/B testing Tools: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Balsamiq, IntelliJ IDEA, Atlassian, HTML, CSS, JavaScript
Jan 2009 - Jun 2011
2 years 6 months

UX Designer

Mobile.de (Ebay Motors)

  • Concept, UX, UI, design and creating screens, interaction flows, mockups, and templates
  • Building frontends in Java/JSP templates
  • Performance optimizations (real-time data rendering) Tools: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, IntelliJ IDEA, Atlassian, HTML, CSS, JavaScript
Jan 2005 - Dec 2008
4 years

UX Designer

ImmobilienScout 24

  • Concept, UX, design and creating screens, interaction flows, mockups, and templates
  • Building frontends in Java/JSP templates
  • Conducting A/B testing Tools: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, IntelliJ IDEA, HTML, CSS, JavaScript
Jan 2003 - Nov 2004
1 year 11 months

UX Designer

Barmenia Krankenversicherung für Aperto AG

  • Concept, UX, design and creating a gross/net calculator app
  • Change management within Barmenia and with their customers Tools: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, HTML, CSS, JavaScript

Summary

I help build user-centered products, services, and teams. I've been doing this for more than 20 years in various roles, industries, and organizational contexts.

My focus is on strategy and UX, as well as supporting organizations in establishing user centricity. I have an entrepreneurial mindset and work analytically with qualitative and quantitative UX methods.

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced
French
Intermediate

Education

Oct 1994 - Jun 1997

Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin

Civil Engineering · Berlin, Germany

Certifications & licenses

Scrum Master Certification

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