Max Bardus

Max Bardus

Product Designer in Toronto

About

Designer with over 5 years of work experience in media, SaaS, AI and e-commerce projects. Proficient in both UX and UI. My mission is to improve product quality by bridging the gap between design and development.

Currently splitting my time between Toronto and London

Work Experience

2024 — Now
2019 — Now
Toronto

Working directly with a company's founder and product team on video services, social features, CMS, and analytics tools.

• Involved in the full design process from product ideation, conducting research, prototyping to testing • iterations, and managing design handoffs for developers.
• Created a variety of design solutions for iOS and Android.
• Designed web based internal admin tools for content managers that significantly improved the efficiency of content curation on the platform.
• Collaborated with a designer to co-create analytics dashboards for advertisers and content partners.
• Worked with developers to create a design system for the mobile app to improve handoff and UI consistency.
• Held regular meetings between developers and stakeholders to discuss the implementation of the product.

2021 — 2022
Toronto

Worked with Lead Mobile Developer to redesign conversation, date creation, and monetization features for mobile app.
• Designed over 50 layouts for iOS and Android apps.
• Increased the number of date bookings by simplifying the date creation user flow.
• Created wireframes, user flows, mockups, and high-fidelity prototypes.
• Reorganized Style Kit to ease platform maintenance. Updated typography and color palette to better match the app's overall style.

2019 — 2019
Toronto

Collaborated with a product team to help redesign Snibble iOS App.

• Redesigned at least 80 layouts for video feeds, account registration and social features.
• Animated various UI interactions and element to enhance app visual feel.
• Helped design a promo website to present the idea to new users of the product.
• Worked in a team with Lead Designer and developers. Held regular meetings to discuss the implementation of the product.

2018 — 2019
Toronto

• Created designs for landing pages, blogs, banner ads and email campaigns
• Created graphics & layouts for email, including the HTML/CSS coding of email
• Translated wireframes into simple, easy to use UIs
• Assisted other departments regularly on design needs

Volunteering

2014 — 2014
EU

Represented Ukraine in F3: Foundation for Future organized by European Union. Was engaged in active discussions with representatives from Germany, Estonia, Georgia and Czech Republic, performed co-operative tasks to develop professional intercultural skills

Education

Certifications

2020
Interaction Design: Flow from LinkedIn

Credential ID ATFAy_1FfccezTH-yQHCYhOHY3cl

Contact

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