Lubomir Vatchkov

Experience

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  Digital Kitchen

  Jun 2002 - Sept 2002

  Viedo Production Assistant (internship)

  Assisted video editors in the production of the advertising campaign of Microsoft's "X-box live" and other video projects.

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  Champion Visions

  Jun 2003 - Sept 2003

  Graphic Designer (freelancer)

  Given the great opportunity, right out of college, to design the 2004 annual snowboarding catalog, which is the company’s major marketing and sales promotion tool. The project took abot 3 months, and I was entirely in charge of the concept and design of the 30 page catalog. A copy of the catalog was distributed to all sports shops in Japan.

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  Dynax Takamatsu

  Oct 2003 - Dec 2004

  Multimedia System Engineer

  In charge of all graphic and web projects, from planning to completion: logo designs, icons, user interface, websites and templates coding. Collaborated with the developers on the production of database websites.

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  株式会社テラ　CDN TERA Ltd.

  Feb 2005 - Feb 2010

  Graphic / UX / Web Designer

  Worked on all aspects of Design including wireframes, sketching, storyboards, style guides, typography and icon design.Web and graphic designer and director on projects for major Japanese clients - Toyota, Brother, Aisin, Denso, Okuma, etc.Concept making, creating custom web graphics and layouts, designing HTML/CSS and Flash web sites, maintaining websites, creating flash intros, video editing, video post-production, logo and icons design, web usability, testing and debugging.Identified and analyzed clients’ issues and studies competitors to offer creative solutions, resulting in clients’ success to obtain more new business opportunities. Show less

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  Alpha Progress Co.,Ltd

  Apr 2010 - Apr 2011

  Graphic / UX / Web designer, Foreign Business Relations

  Led corporate design, and marketing for an ecommerce site, boosting traffic and customer satisfaction. Supervised and delegated with commercial printers and manufacturers (in Japan and abroad) for product quality, brand standards and ensuring that deadlines are met.Produced marketing campaign strategies and design optimization for web.

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  Bwin

  Sept 2011 - May 2017

  • Conducting researches and presenting of findings to stakeholders; translating business requirements into design deliverables.• Balancing business objectives with user experience to drive compelling design solutions.• Creating wireframes, producing hi-fidelity prototypes and communicating with Product Owners, Product Managers and technical teams in an Agile/Scrum flow, to create user centered, innovative products and features for multiple devices.• Work within an improvement environment to push creativity into the design response;• Leading multiple iterations and prototype ideas to test concepts;• Advocate of user-centered design principles with an eye on industry’s latest trends and technologies; Show less • Collaborate with Product Managers, Engineers and other stakeholders to define design vision and create intuitive, cohesive and delightful experiences.• Rapidly develop site maps, user flows, wireframes, mocks and specs. • Communicate design visions through sketches and wireframes to mockups and prototypes.• Partnered with Product Manager to identify user research needs and conduct usability tests. • Collaborate with fellow Designers to ensure a consistent and cohesive experience across all platforms.• Ensure product design deliverables adhere to high design standards.• Producing pixel perfect visuals for multiple new products and features.• Contribute to pattern library development and style guides for multiple brands. Show less

  • Design Lead - Sports

    May 2016 - May 2017

  • Senior UX/UI Designer

    Sept 2011 - May 2016
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  IBM iX

  Jun 2017 - May 2018

  Art Director / User Experience Designer at Ecx.io - an IBM company
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  Raiffeisen Bank International AG

  Jun 2018 - now

  Senior User Experience Designer

  Closely work with product owner, business analysts, engineers and developers in a cross-functional team, creating end-to-end user experiences for Raiffeisen's corporate client users.Facilitating Design Thinking workshops, user interviews and usability testing, to validate concepts, prototypes, and user journeys.Creating user flows, wireframes, and lofi and hifi prototypes which synthesise user data and research.Establishing and maintaining design principles and user experience strategy.Collaborating with and supporting other members of the Design team.Applying fundamental user experience, design and research principles to meet user needs and together with product managers increasing the impact of products and features.Developing high quality design assets that have a cohesive design language. Show less