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Verified Expert in Design
Designer
Location
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Toptal Member Since
February 27, 2020
Claran has over 14 years of design industry experience. She specialized in consulting, UX strategy, UX/ UI design, and brand experience. She's self-driven and motivated to use her collaborative and problem-solving skills to design products and customer experiences that match both the business and users' needs. She's worked for Coca-Cola and done end-to-end design from concept and UX strategy to usability testing, visual design, and prototyping.
Work Experience
UX/UI Experience Designer
2011 - PRESENT
Coca-Cola European Partners
- Developed creative concepts, UX and UI, working closely with the production teams and the different stakeholders, using a design-thinking and user-centered approach to develop and improve brand experiences, customer experiences and user-flows and interactions.
- Served as the lead designer for partnering with customers.
- Led the design for the new Dutch headquarters in Rotterdam.
- Art-directed and collaborated with different stakeholders, internally and externally.
- Gained special expertise in branding, marketing, FMCG and the Horeca channel.
- Led the UX research, content audit, and technical specifications for a website that provides different user groups tailor-made content.
- Devised the overall UX/UI and copywriting for a website that allows members to read articles, receive special promotions and order products.
- Developed style guides and design systems.
- Led usability testing.
Technologies: Zeplin, Axure, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign
UX Design and Strategy Consultant
2005 - 2015
Freelance
- Collaborated with clients to build and grow their digital presence in the form of brand and experience strategy, website and graphic/digital design.
- Conceptualized the development of an online European art magazine. Contributed to research, content audit, and branding.
- Led the concept development, digital design, experience design, and brand experience for Globalicious, an on- and offline platform partnering with MTV to create awareness around the millennium goals.
- Headed production and curation of a unique popup art tour, introducing the NOTS watch in the six major cities in the Netherlands.
- Led concept and experience design for festivals such as the TMF and MTV awards.
- Worked comfortably in different team structures—no matter if it is a small team or a large organization.
Technologies: Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, CSS, HTML, Magento, WordPress
Digital Media Designer
2007 - 2011
More Television
- Led the creative direction of the content for the Digital OOH channel in the Netherlands.
- Contributed to web design, email marketing, concept development, presenting concepts to customers, and motion graphics.
Technologies: Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe After Effects, Mailchimp, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, WordPress
Visual and Web Design
2007 - 2008
Blauw Media Publishing
- Designed editorial pieces and marketing emails.
- Led the visual design of ten monthly B2B and B2C magazines.
- Contributed to web design and advertising design in collaboration with customers.
Technologies: HTML, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign
Education
2005 - 2005
Master of Arts and EMMA (European Media Master of Arts) Degrees in Digital Media Design
Open University of London - London, UK
2001 - 2004
Bachelor of Arts and Technology Degree in Digital Media Design
Hoge School voor de Kunsten - Hilversum, Netherlands
Certifications
DECEMBER 2020 - PRESENT
Measuring UX and ROI
Nielsen Norman Group
SEPTEMBER 2019 - PRESENT
Senior UX strategy
UX Academy
JULY 2019 - PRESENT
Digital Marketing
Beeckestijn Business School
JUNE 2019 - PRESENT
Google Analytics Certification
MAY 2015 - PRESENT
Buyersmind academy
Online persuasion design
Experience
Collaboration That Works
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