Alkid Shuli
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Alkid Shuli

Visual Designer

constantly tweaking my cv

4 days ago

B. 2005. Based in Tirana, Albania.

A multidisciplinary artist and occasional entrepreneur.

Contact

LinkedIn
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Projects

2024

An offline music player app following Nothing's design language, developed by MissingCore, with original designs by me.

2023

Collaborating with developer Daniel Choi to create a gallery app following Nothing's design language, by the community, for the community. 🐞

2023
Piramida at AADF

Set to be the biggest technological center in the Balkans, Piramida represents the future of Albania's youth, igniting the spark of innovation and creativity. It is going to be the new home of TUMO Tirana.

Opening this year, Piramida needed a visual identity, and this is my brand proposal (a runner up submission), combining the shape of the building, with its past, present, and future.

2023
Reimajean

Serving as CEO of Junior Achievement's Student Company "Reimajean", we were on a mission to create a sustainable, anti-fast fashion future by reimagining old jeans into high-quality tote bags.

Reduce, reuse, reimagine!

2022

Video from Qemal Stafa High School students to promote the program (RHAW) and awareness of water and environmental changes.

Side Projects

Ongoing
Photos

Photos I've taken with my Galaxy S23 Ultra

Writing

2024
Contributing in the Nothing community

Awards

2024
Best Social Idea from Start Up City 6

Pitched the idea of a trustworthy, stigma-free, and affordable platform designed to support mental health. The platform integrates an AI psychologist, access to human experts when needed, essential information, and a gamification system to enhance user engagement and well-being.

2023
2nd Place Winner - The Smartest Awards from Akademi.al
2023
1st Place Winner at EU CodeWeek Hackathon from EU CodeWeek

With great pride, we are thrilled to announce that our BLITE app has secured the prestigious first-place position in an international competition. This remarkable achievement places us among the elite representatives of each participating country, granting us the exceptional opportunity to present our groundbreaking idea and visionary concept to a global audience in Brussels, Belgium, in March 2024.

2023
1st Place Winner at 'Innovative and Entrepreneural Youth' hackathon from Agjencia Kombëtare e Rinisë

Once again as part of the UNYO team, we pitched the Blite app, which we had worked on for CodeWeek, and won 1st place, leading to an upcoming competition, DigiEduHack.

2023

Part of the 'UNYO' team as lead designer, we crafted Blite, a mobile application meticulously
designed to educate children and young
people with disabilities, to foster
inclusivity for everyone ensuring effective
communication, through accessibility and
comprehensive learning.

2022

The winners traveled to Turin, Italy to visit the headquarters of Intesa SanPaolo Bank and the museums it funds.

2022

Albania's representative video from Qemal Stafa High School ranked in the Top 5 worldwide.

Description of images below: Meeting the Albanian Minister of Education for the achievement of our team with our video 'Using nuclear technology to address climate change'.

*Video on the Projects section

2021
Winner of Upshift - Social Impact Workshop from ICTS lab

Winning team with the project 'ProcrastiNO'

2021
Best Graphic Design from KQZ & OSCE Presence in Albania
2019
Third Prize in the drawing contest 'Fëmijët dhe Kryqi i Kuq' from Albanian Red Cross
2018
Third Prize in the drawing contest 'Fëmijët dhe Kryqi i Kuq' from Albanian Red Cross

Work Experience

2024 — Now
Graphic Designer at TOGO
Remote
2023 — Now
Co-founder & UI Designer at BLITE

Part of the 'UNYO' team as lead designer, we crafted Blite, an award-winning mobile application making education accessible for individuals with special needs, and not only, through interactive learning experiences, Al & AR driven sign language lessons, through mentorship and a supportive community.

2024 — Now

A Nothing Community Insider Program participant, reviewing the latest offerings of the British tech company.

2024 — 2024
Tirana, Albania

Contracted to design the UI for the website of the newest service of Cyber Morfosis, PRiM Solution.

2024 — 2024
Tirana, Albania

Crafting brand identities in one of the most renowned design studios in Albania.

2021 — 2021
Junior Graphic Designer at BEA marketing & promotion
Tirana, Albania

One month internship

Education

2021 — 2024
2020 — 2023
Tirana, Albania
2023
Cerificate of completion - Paragraf Type Design Workshop from Paragraf Type
2022
Successful participation on 'HackTirona' hackathon from Akademi.al
2022
Tourism Ambassador of Tirana from Tirana Municipality

Completion of a 7-day training for technology and tourism 'Next Generation Tourism'

2022

Several months of training on creating apps with low/no code with Adalo, concluding with the 'Hack for Albania' hackathon

2022

Successful participation in the 3-day training expanding knowledge in technology and entrepreneurship.

2022
Certificate of Attendance - POPRI INTERNATIONAL EUSAIR Youth Business Model competition from Primorski Tehnološki Park
2022
Certificate of Participation from Rotary

RHAW School Twinning 2021-2022

Volunteering

2024 — 2024
Tirana, Albania

During my 3 weeks at TEYFF, from August to September, I have been helping the organising team with designs, branding, social media posts & stories, photography, videography, editing.

2023 — 2023
Video Editor at Albania Economia
Tumo Tirana

Part of the creative team editing The Pyramid Podcast / Young Journalist Podcast, as a collaboration of Tumo Tirana and Albania Economia.

2020 — 2021
Volunteer at Albanian Red Cross

18 hours of community service