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The road to creativity or my professional pathway

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Nov 12, 2023
The road to creativity or my professional pathway
Dimitar Tsonov
If you want to read more details about me, my skills and my experience you can download my CV from the link below.
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Back in the 2000s, web design wasn’t so popular in Bulgaria so I (like every self-respecting person who’s passion is to be a designer) started as a graphic & pre-press designer.


Billboard Print

Worker

September 2003 - March 2005

The very beginning. I was a simple worker in this company. What I started with was cars branding, windows branding, billboards assembling etc. Starting from ground zero I learnt the complete print process.

Art Tomorrow

Graphic Designer & Pre-press

March 2005 - September 2005

My first job as a designer. Graphic designer and pre-press. Part of my tasks was to design and pre-press of post cards including work with complex print dies.

RITT

January 2006 – February 2007

Graphic Designer & Pre-press

Huge printing house where I did almost every step of design-print-production process by myself including pre-print preparation. Design and pre-press of different advertisement materials, like billboards, posters, leaflets, folders,
corporate identity, logos etc.

Hologramme

February 2007 – January 2008

Graphic Designer & Pre-press

My first digital Advertising Agency job. Design and pre-press of different advertisement materials, like billboards, posters, leaflets, folders,
corporate identity, logos etc.

Aries Advertising

January 2008 – August 2009

Graphic Designer & Pre-press

Publishing house & Advertising Agency. Graphic design and pre-press for two monthly magazines – More About The House and The
Building. Design and pre-press of different advertisement materials, like billboards, posters, leaflets,
folders, corporate identity, logos etc

Freelancer

August 2009 – January 2011

Pre-press, Graphic design, Web design, Social networks, Development

Design and development of many different web projects mainly for foreign employers.

Taurus Design

January 2011 – June 2011

Senior Designer & Frontend - Backend Developer

My first job as a Senior Web designer although I was and a developer along with designing. One-man show! Design and development of many different web projects

Tarasoft

June 2011 to september 2015

Senior Web Designer & Team Leader. Board of the directors member

Team Leader of the Design Team. Main responsibilities including design, PM and account
management for corporate companies projects, social platforms, mobile & responsive projects etc.
As member of Board of Directors, my responsibilities including also some people management and
technical innovations apply.

Dopamine Gaming

September 2015 to September 2016

Senior UI/UX Designer & Team Leader

The biggest challenge in my professional path up to date. Being part of the gaming studio and generating Online web Slot & Casino games was the hardest thing I ever did. Successfully! Team Leader of the UI Design Team. Main responsibilities including UI design for all company
games, wireframe and mockup creation using appropriate software, all Marketing materials design
for each game (banners, posters, wallpapers etc) and people management. Work in tight
cooperation with 2D and 3D artists, Flash Animators and Front-end Team.

MWD-Systems

September 2016 to September 2017

Senior UI/UX Designer

Back to the roots I started working for multinational Germany based Web & Advertisement company who's main client was famous Epson company. As a Senior Designer I was responsible about the brand vision of the Epson's sites across Eastern Europe but sometimes even worldwide. Also I was in charge for the famous Japan watch manufacturer Orient Watches's worldwide site redesign. Main responsibilities were UI & UX on top of web designing, wireframes developing, etc.

Fantastic Services

September 2017 to October 2019

Senior UI Designer & Team Leader

A huge multinational company, leader in its branch in three different markets - USA, Australia and England. As Senior designer and PM I'm responsible about every and each marketing material going out of our team, development of user interfaces following the UX team's wireframes and prototypes, discussing and building marketing strategies and design visions for Web and Offline campaigns, etc. Project Management of team of 5 designers is also a big part of my duties.

EGT (Amusnet) Interactive

August 2020 to March 2021

Game UI/UX Designer

EGT Interactive (currently Amusnet Interactive) is part of multicorporate company that is specialized in to converting and develop classical slot, casino and table games into online versions. As a regular designer I was responsible for conversion of some table games like Lotto 5/35, Burning Keno, Dynamic Roulette, etc. The design task was not only to convert existing physical games into virtual ones but also to add a Live Croupier in-game, so the UI/UX solutions I came up with were very complicated.

Kidso.bg

March 2021 to February 2022

Senior Web/Graphic/UI Designer

Kidso.bg was leading company for baby and kids fashion clothes with offices and physical stores in three different countries - Bulgaria, Romania and Greece. My job was to design and develop marketing materials of all sorts - print materials, web banners, web landing pages. Also I was essential part of taking marketing decisions and strategies for big corporate campaigns.

PathOfSurvival.io

February 2022 to March 2023

Senior UI/UX Designer and Senior Game UI Designer

Path of Survival is free-to-Play RPG with RTS mode Blockchain game, NFT-based perks, and player-driven-economy. As leading Web UI/UX designer and Game UI designer I was responsible and in charge for design and development of multiple company websites and more importantly - all of the in-game UI and User Journey Experience. Also big part of my workload was to develop tons of blockchain and crypto based marketing materials.

TOKA city & Animajor

March 2023 to present

Senior Game/Web UI/UX Designer

In charge for designing and testing the in-game UI/UX in tight collaboration with huge team of Visual Artists, Unreal Engine 5 Developers, 3D/VR/AR designers and programmers. In addition a lead web  designer & Webflow developer with main responsibility to create the best possible Web3 immersive user experience for third-party customers and end users.

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