Desislava Mateeva

Experience

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  TLL Media Publishing House

  Sept 2002 - Aug 2006

  Graphic Designer

  - Paging out TD magazine, Engineering Review magazine, Hewlett-Packard brochures, South-East Industrial Market and special editions.- Prepress file preparation, quality maintenance.

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  Sanoma Magazines Bulgaria

  Sept 2006 - Apr 2013

  - Layout design for Cosmopolitan magazine Bulgaria, considering typography, color stereotypes, target audiences and overall concept.- Color correction and retouching of images.- Branding and advertorial design.- Social media content generation.- Coordinating image rights with the American publisher.- Communicating with image banks for buying and ensuring rights. - Proofing of photo-sessions, color profile management.- Color correction and photo retouching.- Image extracting from catwalk or studio pictures.- Prepress file preparation.- Communication with the press house to maintain quality. - Corporate identification design, advertisement design.- Review layouts of external design studios and suggest reworks if necessary to maintain quality.- Color profile management.- Press process supervision at the press house.

  • Graphic Designer at Cosmopolitan magazine

    Apr 2009 - Apr 2013

  • Prepress specialist at Harper’s BAZAAR magazine

    Sept 2008 - Mar 2009

  • Layout and Prepress specialist

    Sept 2006 - Aug 2008
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  Self-Employed

  May 2013 - Aug 2014

  Web Designer

  - Freelance work for a digital media based in US.- Studies on UX and HTML&CSS at local software academies.

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  SAP

  Sept 2014 - now

  Design System and Framework UX Designer

  - Core design system definition, following modern visual trends and micro interaction.- Visual accessibility – ensuring compliance with the latest WCAG standard.- Figma component library creation with best practices to ensure optimal usability for product designers.- Visual and interaction design for UI5, Web components and Fundamentals frameworks, creating pixel perfect design specifications.- Component support and maintenance – helping developers answer tickets when it comes to design, visual accessibility, bug report.- Theming – defining the theming logic within the frameworks and ensuring proper functionalities are in place to facilitate theming with internal theme tool.- Mentoring new designers on the job and consulting for the internal design community. Show less