Balázs Vékony

Balázs vékony

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location of Balázs VékonyBudapest, Budapest, Hungary
Phone number of Balázs Vékony+91 xxxx xxxxx
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  • Timeline

    Jun 2012 - Sept 2012

    Internship

    OTP Bank
    May 2014 - May 2015

    Trade Marketing Trainee

    Sanofi
    May 2015 - Jun 2018

    Brand Executive Low Brands & OTP - CZ, SK & HU

    Philip Morris International
    Prague, The Capital, Czech Republic
    Jun 2018 - May 2019

    Marketing Manager

    Farmani Group
    Jan 2019 - now

    Owner (side-project)

    captioner.me
    Current Company
    May 2019 - now

    Product Designer

    Prefixbox
    Budapest, Hungary
    Current Company
    Oct 2022 - now

    UX Design Mentor

    xLaboratories (xLabs)
    Budapest, Hungary
  • About me

    Product Designer at 𝙋𝙧𝙚𝙛𝙞𝙭𝙗𝙤𝙭

  • Education

    • Xlaboratories

      2022 - 2022
      Ux project course ux design
    • Xlaboratories

      2022 - 2022
      Ux bootcamp course ux design
    • Pannon egyetem gtk - university of pannonia fbe

      2009 - 2012
      Business administration and management bsc
    • Budapest business school

      2013 - 2015
      Master's degree marketing

      Activities and Societies: Hungarian Economic Association - Media Specialist at the Budapest Business School Campus (2013-2015) Marketing Demonstrator at the Institute of Marketing (2013-2015) Special focus on market research, consumer behaviour and brand marketing.Thesis work: pharmaceutical marketing (consumer behaviour and effectiveness of ATL and BTL campaigns)

  • Experience

    • Otp bank

      Jun 2012 - Sept 2012
      Internship
    • Sanofi

      May 2014 - May 2015
      Trade marketing trainee

      Sales team support (incl. activity reports), conducting the designing, manufacturing and logistics of POS materials, event organisation & administrative tasks.Brands: Algoflex, Normaflore, Magne B6, Rubophen, No-Spa, Bila-Git, Allegra.

    • Philip morris international

      May 2015 - Jun 2018

      At Philip Morris I was responsible for the OTP (Other Tobacco Products) category, where I did marketing and project management.New product launches • Product withdrawals • Pricing and portfolio strategy (decision making support) • Key visual creation & adaptation from other markets • Supervising of packaging developments (design & print runs).Brands: Marlboro, Chesterfield, Philip Morris, L&M, Multifilter, RGD

      • Brand Executive Low Brands & OTP - CZ, SK & HU

        Feb 2017 - Jun 2018
      • Brand Executive OTP - CZ, SK & HU

        Sept 2016 - Feb 2017
      • Brand Executive OTP - HU

        Nov 2015 - Sept 2016
      • Sales and Marketing Trainee

        May 2015 - Nov 2015
    • Farmani group

      Jun 2018 - May 2019
      Marketing manager

      The Farmani Group is a market leader in organizing design and photography related contests all over the world. I was responsible for online marketing related tasks.Email marketing (execution & strategy) • Website management (Wordpress & HTML) • PPC campaign management • Graphic design • Partnership management • Social media (Instagram) growth hacking Brands: International Photography Awards (IPA), International Design Awards (IDA), European Product Design Awards (EPDA), PX3, MIFA, TIFA, BIFA, LICC Show less

    • Captioner.me

      Jan 2019 - now
      Owner (side-project)

      Captioner.me is a hobby project (Instagram text editor), that we did with a friend of mine. I was responsible for front-end tasks (HTML, CSS, basic JS) and content creation.

    • Prefixbox

      May 2019 - now

      As the sole Product/UX Designer at Prefixbox, I'm on a mission to elevate user experiences and enhance our solution's platform. I seamlessly collaborate with in-house developers and customer success managers, when doing research, creating user flows, and bringing prototypes to life. At Prefixbox (eCommerce search engine provider), I'm responsible for various online marketing related tasks.PPC, marketing automations (Zapier, MailerLite), email marketing • CRM system (HubSpot, Pipedrive) implementation & management • Company blog management (Wordpress) • Partnership management • Design related tasks (presentations, documents, website, etc.)

      • Product Designer

        Mar 2023 - now
      • Online Marketing Manager

        May 2019 - Mar 2023
    • Xlaboratories (xlabs)

      Oct 2022 - now
      • UX Design Mentor

        Mar 2024 - now
      • UX Teaching Assistant

        Oct 2022 - now
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Advanced google analytics

      Lynda.com
      Nov 2017
  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Balázs Vékony
      Helping Others Prefixbox Mar 2021
    • Awarded to Balázs Vékony
      Above and Beyond the Call of Duty Prefixbox Oct 2020
    • Awarded to Balázs Vékony
      Above and Beyond the Call of Duty Award Philip Morris CZ, SK & HU - Management May 2018
    • Awarded to Balázs Vékony
      Above and Beyond the Call of Duty Award Philip Morris CZ, SK & HU - Management Sep 2016
    • Awarded to Balázs Vékony
      Fellowship granted by the Republic of Hungary - Sep 2014 Minister of Education awards the Fellowship granted by the Republic (Köztársasági Ösztöndíj) tostudents after two terms of outstanding academic/professional achievement, working with uniquesuccess in the scientific students’ circle.
    • Awarded to Balázs Vékony
      Scientific Students' Associations Conference (TDK), 1st Place (Consumer Behavior Section) Nominated for the National Conference of Scientific Students' Associations (OTDK) Nov 2013
  • Volunteer Experience

    • Organizer

      Issued by Fotós Viadal (National Photohraphy Contest) on May 2013
      Fotós Viadal (National Photohraphy Contest)Associated with Balázs Vékony