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Vlad Racoare

Senior Product Designer/Lead

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Bucharest, Romania
Studied Graphic design & visual communication at National University of Arts, Bucharest
Studied Architecture & Digital Graphics at National College of Arts, "Ionel Perlea"
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Joined January 4, 2023

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Romanian
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About
Result-driven Senior Product Designer with over 8 years of experience, specialized in design systems and design practice development.
Experience
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Konstructly
Mar 2022 – Dec 2022
Remote
Senior Product Designer/Lead
As the sole Product Designer, I was in charge of leading the design practice and building the design system from scratch. Advocating for user-centred design and ensuring that user experience design was part of the investigation, building and release cycles of the product. In this role, I demonstrated skills and a passion for design excellence. I was able to successfully build a design system and establish a culture of user-centred design. My ability to conduct research and usability testing was instrumental in creating products that were both functional and enjoyable. ● Initiated the company on research and usability testing, ensuring that all products were user-friendly and intuitive for our construction management software on iOS, Android, and the web ● Started the investigation process through design, using low fidelity wireframes to validate ideas early on ● Led the design practice and oversaw the design process for all products ● Built a design system from the ground up, including the definition of standards and guidelines for visual and interaction design ● Ensured maximum cost efficiency for both the design and the development process, by creating a modular, easily adaptable, easy to test and scalable design system ● Conducted user research and usability testing to inform design decision ● Collaborated with cross-functional teams, including product management, engineering, and marketing, to ensure that all products met business goals and user needs
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Ivanti, Inc.
Aug 2020 – Mar 2022
Bucharest - Remote
Senior UX Designer
At Ivanti, a global leader in automation platforms, service management, and security, I oversaw the Realtime Intelligence system, an automation tool that allows users to verify and take action immediately across different systems. I played a key role in improving the user experience and ensured 100% consistency in the design across the entire Ivanti Neurons platform. ● Conducted complex audits and research to identify and improve user flows, leading to several major releases with successful UX outcomes ● Developed universal design patterns that are used company-wide ● Contributed to the creation of a consistent design kit library that is now used across all Ivanti products ● Developed complex, reusable, and scalable design components and patterns that are used company wide ● Trained other colleagues on modern design software
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FINEOS Corporation
Jan 2018 – Aug 2020
Dublin, Ireland
Senior Product UX Designer
In this Product & UX Designer role I was responsible for providing fluid, organic and intuitive experiences to a multitude of users (various personas). ● In charge of designing and testing extensive features in a suite of applications ● Active role in engineering some parts of the interface as we were moving to more and more modern technologies as a result of our agile (SAFe) approach. FINEOS AdminSuite, company’s main product, is a modern, feature rich insurance software. Our team's goal was to make sure that all these features can be easily accessed and distributed to their matching departments and teams. As an end result of our collaborative work we succeeded to: ● Significantly reduce our customers’ training time and size ● Bring new customers on board, such as Unum
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ThinkIT
Aug 2015 – Aug 2017
Bucharest, Romania
UX/UI Designer & UI Engineer
ThinkIT Romania is a leader in the IT outsourcing market in Romania with a portfolio of IT solutions for professional associations and private companies. ● Initiated the creation and engineering of the Design System ● Developed the UI framework for our in-house JavaScript framework In addition to our main products, which included medical and staff management, insurance brokers CRM, and nursing management, we also worked as an outsourcing company for a partner project, Aswaq.net, a UAE-based e-Commerce platform. As the lead designer for Aswaq, I was responsible for: ● Designing, testing, and engineering the front-face of the website, ● Designing, testing and engineering the back-office system, and the payment management system
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AVIS
Jun 2014 – Jul 2015
Bucharest, Romania
UX/UI Designer
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Triangulus Dio
Jan 2013 – Jun 2014
Bucharest - Remote
Junior UI Designer
Education
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National University of Arts, Bucharest
Oct 2013 – Jul 2016
Undergraduate , Graphic design & visual communication
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National College of Arts, "Ionel Perlea"
Sep 2009 – Jul 2013
Highschool , Architecture & Digital Graphics