Maria Duvidzon

About

With a background in digital marketing and product ownership, I am able to effectively balance out business requirements with user needs. Having worked in-house, agency and freelance roles, I have experience across a number of industries and hit the ground running quickly on new projects.

Experience

• UX Designer · Freelance04-01-2022

  Via Toptal, as well as directly with clients. Latest project: - Worked in a small product team to take the project from zero to one through a full set of medium-fidelity wireframes. - Collaborated with a UI designer to bring the product to life while keeping in mind the accessibility and low-tech requirements of our demographics, i.e., the middlers. - Iterated through wireframes and prototypes to find the best e-learning approach for asynchronous community-driven learning.

• Senior Product Designer · FutureFit AI11-01-2021 – 03-01-2022

  - Built and managed a design system for the whole platform from the ground up. - Redesigned the end-user platform experience in two months. - Acted as a user advocate in a multidisciplinary launch committee, ensuring usability and intuitive user experience are our priorities. - Used behavior psychology principles to develop product loops and encourage positive habit-forming activities.

• Product Designer · Venngage06-01-2019 – 08-01-2021

  - Oversaw more than 13 projects through the end-to-end design process, from discovery and shaping to building and shipping. - Defined and executed product vision for an innovative, responsive editing experience with MVP version improving the tool's usability by 23%. - Acted as a product owner and led autonomous multidisciplinary teams to successful feature launches against strict time constraints. - Conducted user research to inform product decisions, including user interviews, quantitative data analysis, and usability studies.

Education

• University of Arts LondonShort Course, Graphic Design
• King's College LondonMasters, Cultural and Creative Industries
• University of BristolBachelor, French and Italian

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