Ileana Marcut Email & Phone Number

Berlin, De

Berlin, Germany

Designing and building meaningful digital experiences for startups and global enterprises.

Berlin, Germany

With a 15-year design journey, my expertise spans Visual Design, UI/UX Design, Product Strategy, AI User Experiences, Product Management, and Workshop Facilitation. Collaboration with me is fun and straightforward. I leverage over seven years of experience with Google Ventures's Design Sprint process and Design Thinking methods to guide our projects, making complex processes accessible and engaging. 👉 Problem Framing👉 Test & Validate Ideas👉 Product Strategy👉 UX Design👉 AI for UX👉 Qualitative Research👉 Collaborative Workshops👉 Design Sprints

I focused on creating digital solutions and participated in Design Sprints to assist product teams in developing innovative, user-centric solutions.Core responsibilities:- Developing high-fidelity interactive prototypes for digital products- Facilitating Design Sprint and Design Thinking workshops- Designing and enhancing workshop frameworks together with the team

As the Head of Design at New Haircut, I led a multidisciplinary team focused on developing user-centric digital products. I was responsible for the User Experience strategy and established guidelines to help the team achieve its goals and satisfy customer's needs.I dedicated myself to enhancing our internal processes and workflow. This included mentoring team members, developing personalized growth plans for UI and UX designers, and structuring detailed project delivery phases that fostered effective collaboration with our internal product managers, developers, and customers.As a UX specialist, I participated in Design Sprints, helping excellent teams with ideation and prototyping. I also facilitated internal and public workshops, teaching Design Sprint and Design Thinking methodologies to designers and product people.Other daily responsibilities:- Drafting clear and detailed product requirements and specifications.- Designing user stories and journeys, focusing on effectively understanding and meeting user needs.- Creating storyboards and interactive prototypes to bring ideas to life.- Conducting user testing sessions to gather invaluable feedback.

I specialized in designing visually appealing and user-friendly digital products for staffing services, aviation, and gaming industries. My expertise extended across digital platforms, from websites to mobile applications.Additionally, I offered art direction and print media services. With a solid art background and vast experience in the printing process, I blended traditional artistic methods with contemporary digital techniques. Whether creating intricate illustrations or crafting engaging stationary materials like catalogs and business cards, I focused on delivering projects that enhanced brand communication and captivated people through thoughtful design and material selection.

Timisoara

My job as an Art Director at Printpress was to supervise and support the entire printing process, staff, design & production, to make sure that everything runs smoothly and that the deliverables are at the expected quality.I was taking care of the logistics for all the necessary materials for production and took care to onboard and train the new members of the team.

Timisoara

As a DTP Operator & Graphic Designer, I created designs & concepts for different types of materials such as posters, business cards, invitations, flyers, banners, books, and catalogs.I was also preparing the design files for print production and operated the digital printers and plotters to create the final product.I communicated directly with the clients, creating offers, contracts, invoices, and was self-managing the incoming projects and print orders.

Master'S Degree, Graphic Design

Bachelor'S Degree, Graphic Design