Welcome! Here I've gathered some of my work, ideas and goals... enjoy this MVP portfolio.
TL;DR
Experienced product designer with love for frictionless ux/ui
Love optimising processes with design systems and ux patterns
Thrives when working in a small team with design thinking mindset
Intro
I'm an experienced web & ui designer with some coding background. I love to create highly functional sites and interfaces with a timeless design.
I'm looking forward to working in a great team to build honest products and services. I also enjoy experimenting with new tools and technologies to optimise workflows and productivity.
Professional Ethos
"Doe wel en zie niet om"
- Always do good → you gain trust and respect
- Being open and honest towards colleagues → trust from team
- Creating transparent, honest products → trust from customers
- Discrimination has no place: race, gender, age, religion → everyone equal
- Everyone is part of the success → achievements are for and by the team
- Failure is allowed → personal growth is based on learning from mistakes
- Good leadership is based on listening, supporting and taking tough decisions
Career / Experience
1996-1999 Online Internet nv: Web designer & developer
Designing & developing websites using HTML, CSS, JS, Classic ASP, Access, SQL Server
2000-present CoreLand bv: Freelance Full Stack, UX/UI Designer
Originally: Designing and developing interfaces, websites, intranets, industrial control panels, gps/satnav gui interfaces, logo design & branding, hybrid mobile and apps.
Evolved into conceptual interface work, wire-framing, front-end research, UI design, UX design, product design.
Technologies: ASP.NET, C#, Razor, SVG, JS, HTML, CSS, jQuery, Bootstrap, XML, Crystal Reports, Access, SQL Server, Illustrator, Photoshop, Fireworks. Newer technologies added later: UI, UX, InVision, Flinto, Marvel, Sketch, Abstract, Figma, Svelte, Sapper, etc.
2018 General Assembly London: UX Designer
Three month user experience design immersive, including user interviews, design studio, delivering interactive prototypes for concept and client projects
Technologies: Marvel, InVision, Sketch, card sorting, paper prototypes
2018-2019 Hackages sprl: Interactive Designer
Product designer (wireframes, prototypes, user tests, ui, ux) working on internal tools and setting up a design system in Figma (components & patterns, global styles, symbols). Integration (slicing html/css, React and styled-components) of existing components and working with engineers and marketeers on future products.
Technologies: HTML, CSS, JS, SVG, React, Sketch, Abstract, Figma, Jira, Notion, UI, UX, Marvel, InVision, Design System
2020 Aprimo: UX/UI Designer III
Product design (wireframes, prototypes, user tests, ui, ux) as part of the UX team that works for different SCRUM teams, together with Product Owners, Front-End Engineers, Marketeers, Product Directors. Working on existing functionality as well as researching future features. Setting up a design system in Figma (components & patterns, global styles, symbols). Documenting features and patterns in the company wiki & Figma.
Personality
Creative Type: The Thinker
Personality Type: The Logician (INTP)
Contact & Links
Email: ovan@coreland.be
LinkedIn: ovanbiervliet
Instagram: ovanbiervliet
Twitter: @ovan
Dribbble: ovan
Medium: @ovan
Flickr: ovannovitch
Phone: +32 497 545556
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Interests / Hobbies
Photography
Landscape
Street & travel
Analog Film
Music creation
Calligraphy
- Road cycling / Typography / Architecture / Technology ...
Questions?