Curriculum Vitae

Natan Nikolič is Slovenia London based designer currently working in digital marketing industry. With over 8 years of professional experience he specialized in the field of user experience design with strong strategic, technical & collaborative skills.

Education

Work experience
2004 – 2011

Freelance work

Freelance work as a designer and consultant for clients such as Adrema, Domenca, Obsessn, Klarena, K&S Consulting, Tobonet, Videofon etc.

2008 – 2010

Renderspace

Full-time work as an art director working on projects for clients such as Telekom, Mobitel, Mercator, Fructal, Gorenje, Pošta Slovenije, Zavarovalnica Triglav etc.

2007 – 2008

Third Frame Studios

Full-time work as user experience designer on R&D of “web2mobile” & “mobile2web” product for Ericsson.

2007

Sonce.net

Worked full-time as a senior designer on various online projects for clients such as Coca Cola, Wrigley, TeTOL, Citroen, Magdalena etc.

2002 – 2006

Renderspace

Worked from part-time intern to to full-time senior designer on various web projects for clients such as Mercator, Telekom, SiOL, Mobitel, Microsoft, Iskratel, Dnevnik, NEK, Klinicni center etc.

Knowledge
Know-how

information architecture

user interface design

motion graphics

visual identity design

user experience consulting

digital marketing consulting

Tools

Photoshop. Illustrator, Fireworks, Flash, Premiere

Coding

HTML, XHTML, XML, CSS, basic ActionScript

Languages

Active: english, croatian, serbian, Passive: german

Talks
Nov 2010

Designing an Adaptable Web

Gave a talk at Mobile Monday event about contemporary rivalry between open web and closed native mobile applications which bred a birth of new and more flexible design approach.

Nov 2010

Responsive Web Design & Webfonts

Gave a talk held at H5C3 conference where multiple speakers covered the novelties in the industry regarding the upcoming HTML5 and CSS3 technologies.

Nov 2009

You’ve Come a Long Way, Foxy: Mozilla Labs Design Challenge – Reinventing Tabs in the Browser.

Talk as invited speaker for 5th anniversary of Mozilla Firefox which was held in Cyberpipe. I presented Mozilla Labs Design Challenge events and my submission for Summer 09 challenge.

Mar 2009

Design beyond painting facade

Talk as invited speaker for weekly event Spletne urice (”Web hours”) in Cyberpipe on design as a discipline, it’s role in modern society and elements of user experience design.

Awards and recognitions

10th Annual Webby Awards Offcial Honoree Selections for website “Stop that noise!”

http://et2005.mddsz.gov.si

Slideshare “Top Presentation of the Day”

for “Designing an Adaptable Web” talk

SOF golden award

http://www.mypartyfusion.com

Netko bronze award

http://www.mypartyfusion.com