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Founder

ExtensityAI

Design Consultant

Hyperhuman

Leading product design at Hyperhuman, a 2021 Google for Startups Europe alumni and 2021 Red Herring Top 100 Europe winner. I contribute to product strategy and direction, seeking  to improve the entire customer journey through product information architecture to the finality of its micro-interactions

Lead Product Designer

Sessions

Sessions is a VC backed company where I was responsible for creating from scratch and maintaining the product's design system. I've also shipped some core functionalities of the product:

- Active speaker mode
- Session recording
- Voting on public questions
- Dark theme
- Responsive version of the app

Senior Product Designer

Caphyon

Responsible for the end-to-end design process including initial sketches, information architecture, user flow maps, visual design, prototyping, and front-end design implementation on several core features for Advanced Web Ranking.

Product Designer

I help early-stage SaaS startups design their product in just 4 weeks ✧ Founder of Prakti Studio

Hey, Bogdan here. I can help you in two ways:

The first one costs money: I run Prakti Studio, a premium design agency for B2B marketing teams. We help bring marketing websites to life through 2 core services:

- A focused 2-week strategy sprint that clarifies the structure, UX flow and sets the visual direction
- High-conversion design and fast no-code implementation

The second way is free: I share tried-and-tested marketing strategies right here on LinkedIn, showing you how we’ve turned ideas into results. Follow along for actionable insights you can start using today.

My role is to bring clarity & creativity to the most innovative CMOs out there.

Feel free to DM me or book a call using the link from my featured section

Bogdan Petrescu

More visual explorations for a fintech startup 👀

Playing with some nostalgic aesthetics

The dither effect is making a comeback, and i'm seeing it more frequently lately

UX-led web design agency for AI startups ✧ Founder @Prakti Studio

Calin Balea

Studio Contrast

Contrast Studio is a design partner for start-ups looking to design better, establish a strong foundation, avoid common mistakes, and speed up the journey to product-market fit. 
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Looking for a design partner who can deliver quickly and understands the start-up game?
Email us at hey@contrast.studio.

Founder & Designer

MVP Factory

Running design portfolio interviews for new talent that's being added to the MVPF network.

Design Domain Expert

Toptal

Toptal is a network of the top 3% of worldwide talent in design, development, marketing, and finance. Having crossed that bar, I'm now available for projects through Toptal at https://www.toptal.com/designers/resume/calin-balea.

Freelance Product Designer

Mochary Method

👤 As the only designer on a small team, I was involved in the entire production process, from strategy to final design. 

💬 Interviewed users to understand their needs or how the product is performing, summarized findings, and presented them to the team regularly.

🧭 Advised on product roadmap prioritization and strategy

💻 Designed dozens of new features and improvements

🔨 Collaborated with developers to get features implemented

Havr

Single designer in the company working between both the product and marketing departments.

Most of my work was product-focused, helping shape and design major new features and improvements to the apps that make up the BrightLock system (iOS, Android, and web)

✅ Helped redesign the marketing website to drive more conversions (havr.io) and develop it in Webflow

✅ Refreshed the company logo and occasionally designed marketing collateral and printed materials for the physical product (user manual, etc.)

Xapo

Worked as part of an 8-person design team.

Spearheaded the adoption of Figma in the company and setting up the first design system

Designed features in the mobile app necessary for ordering and managing Xapo's new bank card

Helped design a concept app that won the company hackathon (Madrid, 2018). Fun stuff.

Crossover for Work

Involved in designing new features for the Crossover hiring platform
Contributed to setting up the first design system in the company
Lead the design of Worksmart, a new productivity-focused time-tracker, working directly with the CEO, Andy Tryba

UI Designer

eJobs Romania

For the first 12 mo. I was the only designer on the team, collaborating with both the tech and marketing departments
I refreshed the company logo and designed marketing materials for the release of the refreshed brand
I redesigned the main sections of the website (homepage, job search, candidate profile, company profile)
I redesigned the mobile app for candidates, fixing a long list of usability issues
In early 2017 I helped hire the second designer that went on to take charge of design for marketing efforts so I could focus more on product
I led the redesign of the ejobs ATS working with management, customer support, and development to define product strategy, identify paint points, and define features

I'm the founder of Contrast Studio - an interface and brand design studio for new ventures. 
I designed apps, websites, and brand identities that helped my startup clients raise over $20mil in aggregated funding.

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What you get:
→ Updates on tasks delivered every 48 hours
→ Daily communication in Slack
→ 90 min. per week for calls
→ Access to our exclusive collection of software deals (save over $250k)
→ Transparent project management in Notion and Figma
→ Access to all our design services (UI, UX, branding)
→ Creative direction and product strategy consultancy included

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Link in the Featured section below 👇

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Călin Balea

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