Vlad S.

Vlad S.

Chișinău, Moldova
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About Me

I am a seasoned Designer and Frontend Developer with 10+ years of technical know-how and mastery in the creation of different software solutions for clients. I produce highly intuitive interfaces with the user as the main focus and software architecture that is highly performant, efficient and scalable.

AI, ML & LLM

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Work history

UpStack
UpStack
UI/UX Designer
2019 - Present (6 years)
Remote
  • Creating and developing innovative software solutions for clients across a broad range of industries.

Tomodomo
Tomodomo
Designer/Frontend Developer
2016 - 2019 (3 years)
New York, United States
  • Managed the creative assets for the development of UIs on forums for popular game and media communities.

  • Provided top-notch UI solutions for complex issues considering the technical limitations of the forum's platform.

  • Efficiently refined the client's crucial emergency timelines for the delivery of detailed solutions for the forum.

TestTriggers
TestTriggers
Frontend Developer
2016 - 2018 (2 years)
New York, United States
  • Developed alternative UI variations on an already working project; leading to an increase in sales for the client.

  • Learned and utilized new approaches in jQuery for the optimization of UI responsiveness to avoid UI A/B flashing.

  • Developed an offline tool that fast tracked the development process by up to 4 times; increasing the number of variations developed per day.

VSArt
VSArt
Founder/Art Director
2013 - 2019 (6 years)
Chișinău, Moldova
  • Designed and developed the first pure JavaScript page builder called VSBuilder.

  • Successfully engineered an Atomic Design like CSS architecture before Atomic Design was announced.

  • Inducted into the Authors' Hall of Fame on ThemeForest digital market with numerous revolutionary well-structured HTML templates with 1,700+ sales.

Cosmo Themes
Cosmo Themes
Designer/Frontend Developer
2012 - 2013 (1 year)
Chișinău, Moldova
  • Offered expertise for the design and development of different user interfaces for WordPress Themes.

  • Developed a seamless workflow that improved communication between departments and reduced theme creation time by half from 2 to 1 month.

  • Worked on the design and development of a UI theme that reached 6.900+ sales and won the most wanted contest on the market.

Invenietis (currently Signature Code)
Invenietis (currently Signature Code)
Designer/Frontend Developer
2011 - 2012 (1 year)
Paris, France
  • Offered expertise for the design and development of innovative UIs for clients of the company.

  • Built and deployed a feature rich customer chat service for a client using the SignalR library.

  • Actively participated in user experience design, user interface testing and research on projects for clients.

Showcase

Designer/Developer - VSArt
Designer/Developer - VSArt
  • The VSArt platform is a core component of the VSArt ecosystem, offering a comprehensive set of technologies for complex documentation template creation.

  • It features a fast, extensible, and easy-to-integrate platform with Yandex Metrica for user behavior analysis and heat mapping.

  • The platform streamlines the checkout process with a 'pay on delivery' option, addressing common challenges like stock management and international delivery.

Designer/Developer - PaleoMealPlans
Designer/Developer - PaleoMealPlans
  • Redesigned the meal planning application, focusing on creating a best onboarding user experience.

  • Designed and developed the meal planner dashboard and registration steps.

  • Redesigned the Pricing Plans to present a single featured plan with benefits and increase clarity.

Designer/Developer - Mindful
Designer/Developer - Mindful
  • Redesigned the Mindful page with a strong grid and component-based design.

  • Utilized competitor solutions to identify common call-to-action areas and content types arrangements.

  • Implemented an in-built time restraint with a consistent rhythm and customizable grid system.

Designer/Developer - Engineering Management Institute Dashboard
Designer/Developer - Engineering Management Institute Dashboard
  • Developed a new dashboard with a more social-friendly layout to improve user experience and community engagement.

  • Identified and prioritized content modules, blurring initial states to discover content hierarchy and reduce unnecessary data.

  • Created a visually appealing design with young colors and reduced metadata to enhance content presentation.

Designer/Developer - VSDocs
Designer/Developer - VSDocs
  • Developed the first documentation HTML template.

  • The solution won a contest based on its modularity and ease of use.

  • The template was designed and developed by the project team.

Designer/Developer - CSSWars
Designer/Developer - CSSWars
  • A minimalist game developed for the community to teach CSS specificity.

  • The tool aims to help developers better understand CSS specificity.

  • The project was designed and developed as a fun and educational experience.

Education

Education
Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science
Sorbonne VI, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France
2010 - 2012 (2 years)
Education
Bachelor's Degree, Radio and Telecommunication
Technical University of Moldova, Chișinău, Moldova
2009 - 2010 (1 year)
Education
IT Essentials
CISCO
2009 - 2009