Nik Karakatsianis - Senior Digital Product Designer, Nikos Design LTD

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Work Background

Freshfields Bruckhaus DeringerLead Product Designer

May. 2024

Nikos Design LTDDirector

Apr. 2024Consultant Design Services specialising in: • Creative Direction • UI Design • Usability Design • Brand Design • Iconography Design

Deutsche BankSenior User Interface Designer

Sep. 2022 - Feb. 2024London, England, United KingdomDeutsche Bank Design, Anti Financial Crime

LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group)Senior User Interface Designer

Aug. 2021 - Jul. 2022London, England, United KingdomResponsible for design & interaction updates, as well as designing and documenting design systems work for the 'Monitor' product within the Refinitiv Workspace product suite.

XDEFI WalletCreative Director

Dec. 2020 - Aug. 2021United KingdomResponsible for the overall creative vision and identity of the company & overseeing all design operations. From our brand identity & development, marketing collateral, as well as being the sole UI designer across our products, I have been an integral part of the inception and rapid growth of XDEFI Wallet. I am responsible for building and managing multidisciplinary project teams consisting of freelancers at all levels & across disciplines. Additionally, I have been heavily involved in implementing & improving work processes across the product team. My main focus in this have been the prioritisation of agile methodologies and iterative workflows.

TangitySenior Visual Designer

Oct. 2019 - Dec. 2020London, England, United KingdomPart of the NTT Data Design Network. UX/UI Design consulting at Virgin Media.

NTT DATA DesignSenior Visual Designer

Oct. 2019 - Jun. 2020London, United KingdomWhile at NTT DATA I’ve been mostly involved in workshops, conceptual work and aiding in the creation of pitch documents for BT/EE, Vodafone and Telefonica. I’ve spent time mentoring a Junior Designer, some UI work for HSBC and helping with the building of a Virtual Agent capability internally.

BiglightUI Designer

Apr. 2018 - Oct. 2019London, United KingdomMy role at Biglight was varied, generally split across digital transformation projects and customer experience optimisation backed up by multi-variant testing - where the greater part of my time was spent. In addition to UI Design, I worked on the majority of the Interaction Design - animating in After Effects - and iconography informed by best-practices, having become the ‘go-to’ in these areas. Responsible for reviewing work and up-skilling more junior designers, whether through conducting workshops or assisting on a day-to-day basis. I’m also often required to present work both internally and externally, to clients and colleagues.

The Team Brand Communications LimitedDigital Designer

Feb. 2016 - Apr. 2018London, United KingdomPart of an internal digital team, working together with a Digital Creative Lead, senior UX architect and an in-house developer - as well as external development suppliers - to design and develop digital products with which I was involved from the very beginning of the project all the way to QA’ing developed work to ensure the final build reflected the designs. My time was split between working on standalone projects - liaising directly with the client, and as part of larger branding projects where I worked closely with other teams across the agency to ensure a consistent brand experience. I was also responsible for briefing and overseeing freelance designers as and when it was necessary.

BT TVUser Interface Designer

Mar. 2015 - Feb. 2016London, United KingdomResponsible for the design of the TV Everywhere platform across Mobile, Table, Web and TV. Reporting directly to the UXD lead and key members of the product team I worked closely with a Senior UX designer and aid in the direction contractors to ensure cohesive design across platforms that adheres to a strict set of brand guidelines. I'm in constant communication with remote development teams providing guidance for the application of visual elements.

VirtTradeGraphic Designer

Jan. 2015 - Mar. 2015Tunbridge Wells, United KingdomAt Virttrade I was responsible for taking designs supplied by franchise holders and amending the layout and design to fit in with a 'white label' set of wireframes and flows across tablet and mobile. Mainly working solo in the studio I created a range of assets & artwork and, working directly with an in-house development team, provided guidance in relation to the look and feel of these design elements. Taking direction from the Art Director I created layouts for complex sets of information and figured out ways of presenting it in concise and understandable ways, which then filtered down into the design for similar areas in their range of apps.

BT TVFreelance Graphic/UI Designer

Oct. 2014 - Dec. 2014London, United KingdomIn my time contracting as part of the UXD team at BT TV I worked directly with the team lead to produce user flows as well as work through initial design solutions across TV, web, and mobile. Working to strict brand guidelines I aided in the creation of assets for special promotions which would feel at home living alongside existing solutions.

we r creativeJunior Graphic Designer

Aug. 2014 - Oct. 2014London, United KingdomWhile at We R Creative I had the opportunity to work on a variety of projects across many design disciplines including Branding, Packaging, and web design. Reporting to the studio's Art Director I started with some simple artworking and quickly progressed to live projects, working collaboratively as well as independently to strict deadlines, working to brand guidelines, and creating brand identities from scratch after having liaised with clients.

JDOIntern

Apr. 2013 - May. 2013Tunbridge WellsInterning at JDO during my studies was extremely insightful and taught me a lot about how a studio works and highlighted the skills I was lacking and what to work towards improving. It helped me to understand working processes, best practices, and studio life in general. I was given a small packaging project to work towards and was required to report to a senior designer and present & pitch my work at the end of my 2 weeks to the Creative Director.

Freelance IllustratorFreelance Illustrator

Nov. 2011 - Apr. 2014I worked with a varied collection of clients ranging from bands and photographers, to game development studios and chauffeuring companies. I threw myself in at the deep end and exposed the strengths and weaknesses in my creative practice, the experience was instrumental in advancing my skills both personally and professionally, and taught me a lot about maintaining good client relationships.

Sore Throat ClothingOwner/Designer

Nov. 2010 - Sep. 2011Designing and Selling clothing online in limited runs. I commissioned Photographers and models, worked with printers, and packed and posted the products.