Valentin Popescu

Human Interface Designer

Bucharest, Romania
The joy in people's eyes when they see our products taking shape – I get to deliver that.

Work Experience

OGOR

Chief Product Officer

User discovery. Product design. Aligning feature sets to business goals.
August 2019 - Present Bucharest, Romania

The Human Interface

Owner

An app is only as good as its interface.
March 2017 - Romania

Junio

Co-founder/Head of Design

On product design: User research, analysing data from Google Analytics, prototyping, assisting the development team.
On branding: Art direction for our events (e.g.: Stagii pe Bune), coordinating our social media efforts.
January 2016 - Romania

Eau De Web

UX Designer

Enterprise grade projects for organisations at the EU level. Responsibilities include:
- planning, prioritising and overseeing the design phase;
- maintaining a constructive dialog with clients and stakeholders;
- information architecture, navigation design and data visualisations.
June 2013 - November 2017 Romania

Graphic Design Freelancer

March 2013 - December 2013 Romania

Kraftmark

Graphic Designer

Branding, Editorial Design, Illustration
November 2012 - May 2013 Romania

Electra

Graphic Designer

Product catalogues, multi-layout & multi-lingual instruction and usage manual for all intercom models, easy to understand step-by-step illustrations and schematics. Also designed the company's stall and promotional materials for the Light + Building 2012 trade fair in Frankfurt.
March 2012 - September 2012 Romania

Designski

Product Designer

Part of the 5 man team led by prof. Marius Sebastian, my BA project coordinator at the time. Brainstorming, Sketching, Product Design, CAD drawing, Prototyping & Model Building.
August 2010 - February 2011 Romania

Education

University Of Arts "George Enescu" Iasi

BA in Product Design

Product Design, CAD Projections, Basic Ergonomics, Modelling/Prototyping, Geometry, Semiotics, Art History, Design History.
October 2008 - July 2011 Iași, Romania

Octav Băncilă National High-school

High-school diploma

Most notable courses: Drawing, Product Design, Art History.
2006 - 2008 Iași, Romania

Languages

Romanian (Native),
English (Fluent),

Skills

Analytics , Brand Identity, Client Relations, Data Visualization, Information Architecture, Navigation, Planning, Product Development, Prototyping, User Research ,