Experience

Athlon
• United States
• Wellness and Fitness Services
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Senior Product Designer

  • Apr 2022 - Present


Norre Lab Ltd.

• Bulgaria
• Design Services

• Co-Founder, Creative Lead

  • Dec 2016 - Mar 2022

  Norre Lab is a compact digital product and graphic design studio. We work remotely with a very few international clients mainly from the fin-tech industry, but not only. Our relationships with clients are based on mutual trust, honesty and respect. Notable achievements — Designed and created the brand for a complex, responsive, web-based peer-to-peer investment platform for financing postgraduate education — Designed the UI/UX for a complex trading app for both iOS and Android mobile platforms (cryptocurrencies, stocks, forex, commodities, cfd’s etc.) — Designed brands and identities for businesses in fields such as innovation acceleration, education, high-tech mountain biking, fin-tech, business travel and others Show less



Toptal

• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Freelance digital product designer

  • Feb 2017 - Nov 2018

  Toptal is an exclusive network of top freelance software developers, designers and finance experts in the world — the top 3% of all, as theу claim. I accepted the challenge and after a series of meticulous Skype interviews and test projects was lucky to be accepted into this closed society of like-minded people. Among their clients are HP, AirBNB, J.P. Morgan, Emirates, Pfizer and many more. Toptal is an exclusive network of top freelance software developers, designers and finance experts in the world — the top 3% of all, as theу claim. I accepted the challenge and after a series of meticulous Skype interviews and test projects was lucky to be accepted into this closed society of like-minded people. Among their clients are HP, AirBNB, J.P. Morgan, Emirates, Pfizer and many more.

• UI/UX Designer, Freelance

  • 2010 - Oct 2018

  Athlon is a production agency that specialises in helping international companies and brands create smarter digital products and services. Athlon's offices are located in Sofia, London, Toronto and NYC. Main responsibilities — User interface design — Website design — Widgets design Athlon is a production agency that specialises in helping international companies and brands create smarter digital products and services. Athlon's offices are located in Sofia, London, Toronto and NYC. Main responsibilities — User interface design — Website design — Widgets design



Tradeo.com

• Cyprus
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Creative Lead

  • Oct 2015 - Dec 2016

  Tradeo is a disruptive fin-tech company, probably the first to revolutionize the social trading experience (cryptocurrencies, forex, commodities, stocks, etc.). The company's goal is to make financial markets more accessible to inexperienced traders and investors by offering them clever trading and learning tools. Notable achievements — Our team managed to turn an ambitious start-up into a profitable business (Tradeo was successfully sold in 2017) — Created the entire brand from scratch that later became an influencer in the financial markets (often copied by some competitors) — Gained substantial experience in creating a complex multi-platform (Web, iOS, Android) digital product from scratch — Learned a lot from the brilliant team of developers coming from Google, Cern, IBM, Skrill etc. — Developed further interest and gained valuable knowledge towards the financial markets, economics and sustainable business models — Recruited, lead and inspired a team of 4 designers Show less



Ammuse Studio

• IT Services and IT Consulting

• Co-Founder, Creative Lead

  • Dec 2014 - Oct 2015

  Ammuse is a graphic design and development studio. I’ve co-founded the studio with a partner with the goal to work in two main directions – client and personal products. The name of the studio is derived from our core desire to create amusing products that people fall in love with. We’ve worked on challenging projects for businesses in fields such as – Clean energy (Solar Edge), Fintech (XM), Start-up accelerators (Kairos Society) to name a few. Notable achievements — Created, positioned and developed the brand from scratch — Designed a complex, responsive website of a venture capital and start-up accelerator company (Kairos Society) — Designed the UI/UX of a photovoltaic field management and optimization application for iOS and Android (Solar Edge) Show less

• UI / UX / Brand Designer

  • Apr 2012 - Dec 2014

  Tradeo is a disruptive fin-tech company, probably the first to revolutionize the social trading experience (cryptocurrencies, forex, commodities, stocks, etc.). The company's goal is to make financial markets more accessible to inexperienced traders and investors by offering them clever trading and learning tools. Notable achievements — Our team managed to turn an ambitious start-up into a profitable business (Tradeo was successfully sold in 2017) — Created the entire brand from scratch that later became an influencer in the financial markets (often copied by some competitors) — Gained substantial experience in creating a complex multi-platform (Web, iOS, Android) digital product from scratch — Learned a lot from the brilliant team of developers coming from Google, Cern, IBM, Skrill etc. — Developed further interest and gained valuable knowledge towards the financial markets, economics and sustainable business models — Recruited, lead and inspired a team of 4 designers Show less



Freelance Designer

• United States
• Design Services

• Graphic Designer / Freelance

  • 2005 - 2013

  Brand Identity Systems, Logotype Design, User Interface Design, Website Design, Consultancy. Brand Identity Systems, Logotype Design, User Interface Design, Website Design, Consultancy.



The Mags

• Bulgaria
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Creative Lead

  • Aug 2010 - Mar 2012

  By that time The Mags was probably the largest full service digital agency in Bulgaria with a team of 70 people and offices in Frankfurt am Main and Sofia. Among the international clients of the agency were Henkel, Kraft foods, Coca-cola, Pernod Ricard, Starbev, Ferrero Rocher, Ideal Standard, KFC, VW, Raiffeisen bank to name a few. Notable achievements — Improved the quality of the agency's outputs, which led to successful winning of international clients from USA, Finland, Canada, Germany and others — Optimized the internal processes from ideation to presentation before clients, which led to lower rejection rate and better profitability — Helped with the rebranding of the agency (naming, new brand identity) — Helped with the opening of the Frankfurt office — Our team won several prestigious local web awards — Expanded the list of services of the agency with several successful TV advertisements Show less



Аmity Studio

• Co-founder, Creative Lead

  • Sep 2002 - Aug 2010

  In 2002, at the age of 24, I founded with a partner one of the first boutique advertising and graphic design studios in Sofia. Our aim was to contribute to raising the quality of Bulgarian design, which at that time was in decline because of the recent changes in the political system. Our initial focus was on graphic design, advertising and multimedia solutions. The countless hours of hard work and insomnia invested, combined with the distinctive way of thinking, helped the studio gain wide popularity, and later became a strong and recognizable local brand. Notable achievements — Built and developed from scratch a successful and recognizable brand without any external funding — With our own efforts, we have succeeded in winning permanent clients such as national banks, national air carrier, international software companies, international magazines, world-famous musicians, leading architectural bureaus, large pharmaceutical companies and others (UBB Bank, Bulgaria Air, Chaosgroup (V-Ray), Maxim magazine, Playboy magazine, Vasko Vassilev, Neshka Robeva, Zoom Architects, Sopharma Trading etc.) — We have won a number of prestigious local awards in fields such as Classic Advertising and Multimedia — Built a strong professional partner network with copywriters, photographers, film studios, developers, illustrators, 3D artists, designers and others — Subsequently, the team grew up to 10+ people — Expanded the client base outside the boundaries of Bulgaria Show less



Egoist Magazine

• Graphic designer, Illustrator, Author

  • 1998 - 2001

  Egoist was an iconic bulgarian lifestyle magazine published between 1996 & 2006. After it's birth, Egoist quickly became a symbol of the 90's with it's specific visual & copywriting style. Among it's most famous authors were Ina Grigorova, Ivaylo (Noisy) Tsvetkov, Martin Karbovski, Alexander Zhekov, Emilian Sabev, Elenko Elenkov & Bogdan Roussev. Egoist was an iconic bulgarian lifestyle magazine published between 1996 & 2006. After it's birth, Egoist quickly became a symbol of the 90's with it's specific visual & copywriting style. Among it's most famous authors were Ina Grigorova, Ivaylo (Noisy) Tsvetkov, Martin Karbovski, Alexander Zhekov, Emilian Sabev, Elenko Elenkov & Bogdan Roussev.