takemedia digital

— Performing UCD workshops with clients / clients’ stakeholders
— Developing design systems (libraries, assets, component systems)
— Gathering requirements from the Clients
— Briefing designers and developers
— Calculating projects timelines and budgets
— Managing third party suppliers to ensure timelines and budgets are adhered to
— Managing an in-house team of 10 (designers, developers, account manager)
— Creating ideas, designs and visual communication strategies
— Giving presentations to the clients on ideas created within the company
— Problem solving while working in tight deadlines
— New business development based on referrals
— Mentoring junior designers
— Briefing team and coordinating internal workflow

Recognisable Clients:
— Hettich
— Imperial Tobacco Poland
— Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage
— National Centre for Culture Poland
— Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education
— Foundation for the Development of the Education System
— Polish Ministry of National Education
— City of Poznań

Achievements:
— Organic growth: consistent client base growth based mainly on referrals
— Change management: Introducing an innovative technology-based processes resulting in significantly higher efficiency and bringing clarity in accountability (using Adobe solutions)
— Sustainable structure: managed to create a sustainable entity based on efficiency, trust, and cooperation
— Office space: acquiring an office space and adjusting it for company’s requirements and standards.

Product Designer, CEO

News Corp

Senior Product Designer

Gravity Care

Product Designer

Bilue

— Succesful delivery of User Interface for a mobile application in sports/automotive industry in an agile environment
— Consulting with the client on features and art direction
— Developing a design system and documenting the work for the developer handover

Proactive involvement in internal projects:
— designing a presentation system that can be used easily and consistently across the organisation
— giving an online webinar about the Product Design as part of the iOS Academy for Women
— igniting the creation of the new Bilue’s website

Principal Product Designer

Nutrition Revolution

I joined a startup company with a strong social mission of tackling the problem of obesity amongst Australian youth. My contribution consisted of:
— creating marketing strategy
— setting up the marketing funnels
— coordinating marketing activities with sales efforts
— mentoring junior marketing team
— working on KPIs, CRO, SEO/SEM

Chief Marketing Officer

European Innovation Academy

I was awarded a scholarship to participate in the program in Italy. During an intensive course, I was able to experience the full process of introducing a new product or service into the market.
– I built and motivated international and multi-disciplinary team in order to meet tight deadlines of the course
– Acquired ability to design and to plan go-to-market strategies for business products and services
– Pitched the final business idea to a panel of Silicon Valley VC’s
– Held CEO role within team of 5

Participant, CEO role

Akademia Gitary: festival

Akademia Gitary: festival is one of the major cultural events in the province of Greater Poland. As the festival’s producer and director, I was responsible for the general organisation of its 3 consecutive editions. The art direction was entrusted to a talented world-class classical guitar player, Łukasz Kuropaczewski. The festival attracts about 15,000 people a year.

— Calculating project timelines and budgets
— Managing third party suppliers to ensure timelines and budgets are adhered to
— Managing a team of 20, including 3 division managers
— Planning the budgets of the events
— Creating structures and processes
— Representation of the festival: hosting galas and main concerts, negotiating contracts with sponsors, cooperating with local governments, applying or public funds
— Media planning and buying across a full spectrum of TV, radio, outdoor, digital, print and social

Achievements:
— Doubling the Advertising Value Equivalency
— Record-breaking ticket sales for the main concerts
— Rebranding of the festival which attracted a younger auditorium to a classical-music-based event
— Successfully organising more than 100 musical events of different type and size
— Building influential partnerships
— Building a strong, driven team

Festival Director

TAKE ME magazine

Relying on the experience I gained as the art director at “Education in dialogue” periodical, I created a magazine focused on fashion, design, photography, art and culture. It was regularly published for 3 years, during which time we managed to establish cooperation with a number of talented artists, photographers, designers, musicians as well as modelling agencies, PR agencies etc.

— Calculating project timelines and budgets
— Managing third party suppliers to ensure timelines and budgets are adhered to
— Managing a team of 10
— Representation of the magazine: hosting promotional events, executing PR activities, building partnerships and media coverage with festivals and modeling agencies
— Event production
— Overseeing production of the magazine, including designers, editors, printing house, post-production
— Organising photo shootings, including all arrangements with clients and production team (photographers, assistants, models, clothing suppliers) and aligning them to business goals

Achievements:
— Strong brand: we managed to build a recognisable brand amongst other magazines in the fashion industry as well as design, photography, art and culture
— Recognisable advertisers: TAKE ME has become a place to advertise by Hugo Boss, Roccobarocco, La Perla, YES (one of the three main jewellery manufacturers in Poland)
— JAC Supermodel: we managed to have on our cover a supermodel JAC (”Top Ten Models to Watch" by New York Magazine), featured in magazines such as Harper’s Bazaar, Elle, French Jalouse, Japanese Spur, and also working for global brands such as Calvin Klein,  Prada, Dolce & Gabbana, Fendi, Versace
— Distribution in Italy: we managed to get distributed amongst PR agencies in Milan which helped us develop market at later stages

CEO, Editor-in-chief

Czerwona Torebka SA

Red Bag Pty Ltd (Czerwona Torebka S.A) has operated in the real estate and trading sector for over 30 years. At the time I was hired, the company had set an ambitious goal of establishing 2,000 strip malls across Poland over 10 years. The company belonged to a large enterprise sector that employed over 500 people.


— Monitoring the work of an external PR agency, crisis management
— Creating advertising campaigns for traditional media
— Producing and supervising special events organized to mark the opening of strip malls across entire Poland
— Ongoing press monitoring
— Participation in housing trade shows
— PR activities in the local market
— Managing a team of 5 (event specialist, graphic designer, housing market specialists)
— Contributing on budgeting

Achievements:
— Performing an advertising campaign across all significant industry print media in Poland in cooperation with leading media house
— Successful completion of 3 strip malls opening events

Head of Marketing Department

EDUKACJA I DIALOG

I was responsible for redesigning the brand image of the magazine with a long-established tradition. In 2008, the publisher set new strategic goals and needed to have the magazine re-branded. As the art director I was responsible for enhancing the layout to raise the effectiveness of business goal execution and to set higher standards for the education magazine market.

Duties:
— Redesigning the layout of the magazine according to new strategic goals and technological limitations
— Taking photographs for the publishing purposes
— Contacting the authors and other stakeholders
— Contributing in organising the events

Achievements
— New layout: the magazine gained an entirely redesign face which changed the perception of the magazine in the eyes of teachers in Poland
— Cheaper production: due to cost cutting, I had to find a solution that lowers the production costs (fewer inks, different cover refinements)

Art Director

I am a designer with 15 years of experience across creative, brand and digital product design helping organisations achieve their goals using Human Centered Design methodologies. I create experiences that bridge brand communication with UX research and user needs.

Industries I worked with:
– Agriculture
– Automotive
– Art&Culture
– Education
– Finance
– MedTech
– Real Estate

My work revolves around of e-commerce, custom web, mobile, and software development solutions.

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