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Hi!
¡Hola!
こんにちは！
My name is
Mate Varga
I'm a
User experience design (UX design, UXD, UED, or XD) is the process of defining the experience a user would go through when interacting with a company, its services, and its products. Design decisions in UX design are often driven by research, data analysis, and test results rather than aesthetic preferences and opinions. Unlike user interface design, which focuses solely on the design of a computer interface, UX design encompasses all aspects of a user's perceived experience with a product or website, such as its usability, usefulness, desirability, brand perception, and overall performance.
UI/UX Designer
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Photographer & Music Producer—
and this is my
Portfolio
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You can reach my Portfolio here:
https://portfolio.kiume.me/
hi@kiume.me
Work VISA
until 11/2025
Degree
BA in Visual
Communication
English
Business level
Location
Hungary, can be open to
relocate internationally
Japanese
Daily conversational
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Intro
I've been a UI Designer for 13 years, specialised in UX Design 7 years ago.
I'm also proficient in logo design, branding and web design.
I worked for companies and clients from 4 continents.
My most used design tool is Figma. My most recent love is Spline, a clever 3D design app.
I enjoy exploring and embracing the newest tools, technologies & trends.
I'm highly adaptable, always having ideas, and I love working as part of a team.
I'm striving for empathy, flexibility & open-mindedness in my work.
I have a passion for 📷, 🎬, 🎶, story based 🎮, 🚲 and 🐱.
Work Experience
🗓 2022/11 → now
☞ Freelance UI/UX Designer
In addition to freelancing for various clients and companies, I'm studying HTML, CSS,Javascript and 3D design to be able to build modern websites using my own designs and my own code.
#Figma #UX #UI #HTML #CSS #JS #3D_design #GSAP #three.js
🗓 2020/2 → 2022/11
☞ UI/UX Designer @ CYDAS
In charge of improving the UI and the UX of the company’s employee management app suite, and preparing it for the international market.
Also, creating a design system, landing pages for products, designing 500+ custom icons, improving design handoff for development, and teaching Figma to employees. Working remotely until November 2020, then moving to Tokyo, Japan to continue locally.
#Figma #UX #UI #Japanese #teaching #B2B #web_app #mobile_app #iOS #animation #icon_design
🗓 2019/8 → 2020/1
☞ Working as freelance UI/UX Designer and UX advisor on various international projects.
UX advisor for an intuitive map based apartment/housing rental and sale service, helping the startup launch their disruptive new product.
#Figma #UX #UI #B2C #web_app #mobile_app #iOS
🗓 2018/1 → 2019/7
☞ lead UX Designer @ Cellum
Working locally with the developer and QA team, creating new mobile fintech apps, and redesigning existing ones for clients like Erste Bank (Erste Group), Telenor Hungary, CTC Japan.
I was creating low-fi designs, interactive prototypes, hi-fi designs, design systems, micro interactions, UI animations, illustrations, and working on design QA and optimizing design handoff for development.
Managed to improve user ratings by 70-90% for the redesigned apps, and make the clients very satisfied.
Read more about my work on one of the main projects ↘︎
#Figma #Framer #ReactJS #UXPin #UX #UI #B2C #mobile_app #iOS #Android #prototyping #UX_writing
🗓 2017/5 → 2017/12
☞ Working as freelance UI/UX designer on various international projects.
Projects include:
UI and UX design, and design system creation for Turnstyle fashion shopping mobile app, and designing landing page.
Designing landing page for a financial advisor firm.
#Figma #UX #UI #B2C #mobile_app #iOS #Android #prototyping
🗓 2016/10 → 2017/4
☞ UI/Product Designer @ allas.hu
Working in this startup locally with the team, creating a new, forward thinking AI based responsive web app for job seekers from the ground up through the MVP release to later updates. I was creating lo-fi designs, prototypes, hi-fi designs, a design system, app onboarding, banners, doing user testing, etc.
Read more about my work on this project ↘︎
#Figma #UX #UI #B2C #web_app #prototyping #user_testing
🗓 2010/7 → 2017/12
☞ Working as a freelance UI/UX designer on various international projects.
Working with clients from the United States, Germany, United Kingdom, Canada, Austria and Australia. Corporate clients like F24 GMBH, TrustCase GMBH (worked full-time as a commissioned UI/UX Designer in Munich for the project’s duration of 2 months), Sunrun, Jetstar Airlines.
Read more about my work for TrustCase ↘︎
#Illustrator #Photoshop #UI #B2C #B2B #web_app #mobile_app #iOS #Android
🗓 2010/7
☞ graduated Visual Communication as Art Director (BA)
@ Visart / Ecole d'Art Maryse Eloy Budapest
Working with clients from the United States, Germany, United Kingdom, Canada, Austria and Australia. Corporate clients like F24 GMBH, TrustCase GMBH (worked full-time as a commissioned UI/UX Designer in Munich for the project’s duration of 2 months), Sunrun, Jetstar Airlines.
#Illustrator #Photoshop #UI #B2C #B2B #web_app #mobile_app #iOS #Android
🗓 1985/11
👶 born (thanks mom & dad!)
Working with clients from the United States, Germany, United Kingdom, Canada, Austria and Australia. Corporate clients like F24 GMBH, TrustCase GMBH (worked full-time as a commissioned UI/UX Designer in Munich for the project’s duration of 2 months), Sunrun, Jetstar Airlines.
#Illustrator #Photoshop #UI #B2C #B2B #web_app #mobile_app #iOS #Android
Applications
Figma
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7 years of experience since the beta, teaching it too to employees
Illustrator
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10+ years
Photoshop
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10+ years
Indesign
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Sketch/Adobe xD/
Invision Studio/
Framer/UXPin
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Spline 3D
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After Effects
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animation for Lottie export
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MacOS/Windows
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Knowledge & Abilities
UI Design
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UX Design
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UX Research
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UX Writing
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Prototyping
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Development-ready
Design
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optimized UI to code export
Design Systems
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using components and auto layout
Web Design
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Graphic Design
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branding, logo design, print design
Icon Design
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for UI use
Animation
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micro interactions
Illustration
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3D Design
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creating 3D UI elements, micro interactions, animations
No-code App
Development
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e.g. this website!
Photography
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Photo Retouching
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Thinking Out
of the Box
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Flexibility
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mental, not physical
Music Producing
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Singing
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I hope you'll never know
For Kojima Productions
While I have almost no relevant work experience in the game industry, I've always been a huge fan of games, especially the ones which have a captivating story, a rich world and atmosphere, and great game design.
Coming from my love of movies and photography, and my 18 years of doing photography, my favorite technological trend right now is how games and the movie industry is having better and better synergy, influencing each other in a huge way. Games becoming more cinematic in their photography and animations, using simulated camera effects and imperfections, using pre-recorded acting from real actors, and such. It makes me excited to imagine how future games can feel like movies we can actually play and shape its story.
A game I recently found very interesting is Overwatch, because its game design is incredible. The way the creators thought about seemingly every little detail, like how each playable character has a different walking pattern, a different way to breath and unique quirks they do when idle, how all their movements show their personality, and such. As a UI/UX designer, this is hugely inspirational for me and resonates with how I design.
UI/UX Work
AI Job Seeking Web App
Role: UI & UX Design, from concept to retail
Platform: Web
Mobile Payment App
Role: UI & UX Design, redesign
Platform: iOS & Android
My Photos
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My Music
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