Roland Simkus
Creative Director, Graphic Designer
Brooklyn, NY, USARoland was born on 23 November 1986; he is a successful multidisciplinary visual designer with 12 years of experience, primarily focusing on UI/UX and interaction design. He is passionate about designing visual products with precision for people who use them. He loves to create expressive and effective designs, with scrupulous attention to detail.
Often working remotely, he has traveled the world extensively (Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines, Indonesia, Portugal, France, United Kingdom, United States, Mexico, Cyprus, Spain, and other great places), which allowed him to develop cultural awareness of the world that surrounds him, giving the creative edge. A proficient communicator with great listening skills, he is a professional designer, who works with personal integrity, and thus is able to demonstrate understanding, openness, and receptivity - a key to establishing wholesome client-designer relationships.
He has worked with several well-known Lithuanian advertising and branding companies (such as Integrus, Kryptis, Profis). He has also worked with creative & IT companies from United States, Japan, etc. (J TECH, TWD Agency, Launchmen), and so has gained experience in various creative fields like branding, visual web, mobile, print design. This experience has led him to a wide circle of clients for whom he works constantly as a full-time visual & UI/UX designer, some clients include such famous brands as Citizen, Snickers, Honeybaked, Tag Heuer, All Nippon Airways, Hello Kitty, WalletHub, POWER Secure Lighting).My name is Roland and I was born in 1986. I am a successful multidisciplinary visual designer, and have 12 years of experience, primarily focusing on UI/UX and interaction design. I am passionate about designing visual products with precision and I love to create expressive and effective designs with attention to the smallest detail.
Often working remotely, he has traveled the world extensively (Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines, Indonesia, Portugal, France, United Kingdom, United States, Mexico, Cyprus, Spain, and other great places), which allowed him to develop cultural awareness of the world that surrounds him, giving the creative edge. A proficient communicator with great listening skills, he is a professional designer, who works with personal integrity, and thus is able to demonstrate understanding, openness, and receptivity - a key to establishing wholesome client-designer relationships.
He has worked with several well-known Lithuanian advertising and branding companies (such as Integrus, Kryptis, Profis). He has also worked with creative & IT companies from United States, Japan, etc. (J TECH, TWD Agency, Launchmen), and so has gained experience in various creative fields like branding, visual web, mobile, print design. This experience has led him to a wide circle of clients for whom he works constantly as a full-time visual & UI/UX designer, some clients include such famous brands as Citizen, Snickers, Honeybaked, Tag Heuer, All Nippon Airways, Hello Kitty, WalletHub, POWER Secure Lighting).My name is Roland and I was born in 1986. I am a successful multidisciplinary visual designer, and have 12 years of experience, primarily focusing on UI/UX and interaction design. I am passionate about designing visual products with precision and I love to create expressive and effective designs with attention to the smallest detail.
Work Experience
EQUIIS Technologies Switzerland AG
Product Design, Visual & UI/UX Designer
Secure communications company in partnership with BlackBerry, developing software & apps solutions for the enterprise. Also working closely with phone operators and system integrators on various consumer projects.
I have been working with this company from the beginning, and I am the principal designer ever since. I was responsible for creating all the branding that included a logo, website, business cards, letterheads, and other similar designs. Now, I am working on desktop and mobile apps, branding, user experience, and interface designs, while also completing daily tasks assigned by the marketing team, which include various visual design for events, announcements, custom software, user interface, rebranding for enterprise clients, etc.
I have been working with this company from the beginning, and I am the principal designer ever since. I was responsible for creating all the branding that included a logo, website, business cards, letterheads, and other similar designs. Now, I am working on desktop and mobile apps, branding, user experience, and interface designs, while also completing daily tasks assigned by the marketing team, which include various visual design for events, announcements, custom software, user interface, rebranding for enterprise clients, etc.
January 2016
- Present
Zurich, Switzerland
JTECH Solutions
Creative Director & Graphic Designer
It was an IT company based in Tokyo, and I was their main graphic designer and creative, working remotely on various visual web and mobile design projects. My main responsibility was to prepare wireframes and actual designs after I received the neces- sary information from the project managers; usually it was brief information about the client needs, company goals and values. I was designing user experiences and interfac- es for corporate companies like Hartrodt, as well as working with luxurious and sophisti- cated designs for SMARTBOX ad campaigns, for TAG Heuer and HelloKitty brands.
January 2013
- July 2014
Japan
BALTIC TALENTS ACADEMY
Graphic Design Course Teacher
Baltic Talents is a well-known agency providing programming, design and other digital courses in Lithuania in two other countries. I was asked to teach a group of 10 people the graphic design basics, and to help them to become the first level graphic designers. During the course, I introduced them to such tools like Sketch, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, etc. The majority of my students were interning for various Lithuanian advertising agencies. Here you can find a short video of me introducing the course: https://goo.gl/r3eT72
April 2017
- September 2017
Vilnius, Lithuania
WalletHub
Visual & UI/UX Designer
A fin-tech industry company where I spent almost 3 years working as a core designer, my responsibilities included brand development and similar tasks. That involves creating wireframes and complex user interface designs for utilities calculators, credit card search tools, investing centre app and car insurance tool. I was part of these user-expe- rience and user-interface projects from start to finish, and sometimes having brainstorm- ing sessions with the company CEO and the product designer. I was also responsible for various advertising campaigns, digital and print designs that meant I was working closely with the marketing department team.
April 2015
- June 2017
Douglas, Washington, United States
Explorio
Product Design, Visual & UI/UX Designer
A project that had big ambitions and I was proud to be part of it. Decentralized, travel reviews platform where you can make money while traveling. Write reviews, get upvotes, earn money. Unfortunately, it came to the end when cryptocurrency prices started falling down and here you can read what happened - https://explorio.com/jacobs-letter
Brand identity and guidelines development from scratch, website UI / UX design, many advertising designs. Developed product design and its strategies with concepts according to customer requirements. Assisted in product development and implementation activities. Besides provided assistance to Design Engineers when needed.
Brand identity and guidelines development from scratch, website UI / UX design, many advertising designs. Developed product design and its strategies with concepts according to customer requirements. Assisted in product development and implementation activities. Besides provided assistance to Design Engineers when needed.
June 2018
- August 2018
Vilnius, Lithuania
FABRIK CLUB
Art Director, Agenda Manager, Graphic Designer
Duration: 2010 - 2012
Company: FABRIK CLUB, Lithuania. Nightclub
Web: www.facebook.com/fabrikklubas
Position: Creative Direction & Graphic Design
Company: FABRIK CLUB, Lithuania. Nightclub
Web: www.facebook.com/fabrikklubas
Position: Creative Direction & Graphic Design
January 2010
- January 2012
Klaipėda, Lithuania
LAUNCHMEN Advertising
Visual & UI/UX Designer
Marketing and advertising company, who can name Tony Robbinson, Ali Brown and Arielle Ford, and Empower Network as their clients. I was responsible for creating visual design for websites, mobile, logo and print, which involved designing wireframes, also working closely with other team members from the marketing department. I was building user experiences and user interface designs for various marketing launch campaigns, video web casts & marketing sales funnels.
August 2014
- September 2015
Colorado, United States
Profis
Senior Graphic Designer
During the period of working for PROFIS, I was responsible for web and mobile visual designs. My daily work routine involved meetings with clients and project managers, which led to the process of creating wireframes and the actual designs. Profis clients included various services/products providers, such as real estate agencies and manufacturers.
The design team involved from 3 members and, I was one of the main graphic designers.
The design team involved from 3 members and, I was one of the main graphic designers.
May 2006
- February 2008
Lithuania
G2L-Online
Graphic Designer
These were my early days of working as a graphic designer in the office, learning how to be a team player and mastering my skills. G2L had diverse clients: from law firms to various services providers. I was the main designer for this company, and my responsibilities included creating a wide range of visuals for web and print designs.
October 2000
- July 2002
Klaipėda, Lithuania
Education
Vilnius Academy Of Arts
Bachelor’s degree in graphic design
During the graphic design studies, I was involved in such classes as publishing, e-publishing, service sector, and creative industries. After completing my degree, I was fully prepared to create graphic design objects, related to projecting and presentation of images, identities and visual information for various products and services in traditional, visual and interactive media.
September 2002
- April 2005
Vilnius, Lithuania
Languages
English (Fluent),
Lithuanian (Native),
Russian (Advanced),
Skills
Adobe Illustrator,
Adobe Photoshop,
Apps Design,
Branding,
CSS Beginer,
Html Beginer,
Logo Design,
Photo Manipulation,
Print Design,
Project Management,
Software UI Design,
Team Management,
UI/UX Design,
Wireframe'ing,
Something about me
Optimistic, spontaneous, cheerful, polite, world adventurer, life designer, nu disco & house music
DJ/Producer, web, print and other graphics designer, dreamer, various food lover, world traveler, and a lot more...
My hobbies
Scuba Diving, Traveling, Theatre, Photography, Cycling, DJing music, Swimming...