Silvia Testa

Milano, Italy

Work Experience

Databiz

UX & Interaction Designer

Rapid prototypes, cooperate with visual designers to solve problems and create full design solution.
Conduct users and task to identify opportunities to improve user experience and drive the development and communication.
Partecipate in the research analyst development and testing phases of design process.
September 2016 - January 2017 Italy

Prodigys Group

Senior UI & Visual Designer

In 2011 I managed the team assigned to the redefinition of Vodafone corporate digital image, through the creation of a comprehensive visual styleguide and all the visual atoms and molecules.
The same year I worked as sr. Web Designer for Vodafone, Mondadori and Barilla.

In 2012, I led the Visual Design team assigned to Vodafone and acted as Art Director in the complete redesign of the mobile app “Vodafone My Network” which to date is one of our most successful mobile products.

As such, in 2012 I was appointed UI/Visual Lead for the agency’s mobile projects (native apps and mobile websites, webapps).

From 2013 I’ve been focusing mainly on Allianz and managed the design of every mobile property, including the webapp Allianz1 and the redesign of the Agency Locator webapp (not yet rolled out).
January 2011 - September 2016 Italy

Kora Digital Agency

Graphic Designer

Vodafone website restyling, icon and graphic design for minisites, newsletter templates and products landing pages.
Apple, BlackBerry, Google, Acer, Samsung and Lufthansa co-brandings.
Vodafone partners minisites design and usability optimization.
Vodafone Corporate Identity, including the design of the agency’s mascot.
September 2007 - December 2010 Milan, Italy

Studio Marc Sadler

Product Designer

Design and creation of Moroso’s graphic textures.
Slideshows for Alu and Jado, 3D modeling and creation for Ideal Standard.
January 2007 - June 2007 Milan, Italy

Lorenza Bozzoli Design

Illustrator & Product Designer

Design for Alessi and ViceVersa, vector illustrations of products and creation of slideshows graphics.
January 2004 - June 2004 Milan, Italy

Education

California Institute Of The Arts

Specialization in Graphic Design

Coursera Course Certificate in Fundamentals in Graphic Design
March 2016 - December 2016

Central Saint Martins College Of Art And Design

Anatomical Portrait Drawing

August 2015 - September 2015 London, United Kingdom

Politecnico Di Milano

Master of Arts in Fashion Design

October 1998 - April 2005 Italy

Accademia Di Belle Arti Di Brera

November 2012 - September 2016 Italy

Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi

Interathenaeum Program in Fashion Management

October 2003 - June 2004 Milano, Italy

Scientific High School Galileo Galilei

Scientific High School Degree

September 1993 - July 1997 Palazzolo sull'Oglio, Italy

Languages

English (Advanced),

Skills

Art Direction, Drawing, Illustrator, Interaction Design, Painting, Printmaking, User Interface,