Tomass Sola, Designer in Riga, Latvia

Tomass Sola

Designer

Location
Riga, Latvia
Toptal Member Since
August 16, 2016

Tomass is a senior-level UI/UX designer with over a decade of experience creating functional and beautiful user experiences that drive business success. He is a dedicated professional who strives to stay up-to-date with the latest design trends and techniques and is always looking for new opportunities to learn and grow as a designer. Tomass is a seasoned UI/UX designer with a proven track record in delivering successful projects.

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Work Experience

2019 - 2020

Lead Designer

Grove
  • Created a design system and UI style guide for rapid development.
  • Ran design sprints, led a team of designers, and worked with the tech team with whom we designed and developed 10 different web applications at the same time.
  • Designed entire user flows, user experience, and user interface for a marketing software suite.
Technologies: Figma, Sketch, Balsamiq, InVision, Zeplin, eCommerce UI, Forums & Social Networking Portals, SaaS Design, Best Practices in Design, Dashboards
2018 - 2019

Lead UI/UX Designer

Bridge
  • Designed a cross-platform solution for the beverage retail and wholesale industry.
  • Built a branding identity guide, design system, and UI style guide.
  • Designed a PWA to replace white-labeled native apps based on the latest research and best-in-class Google eCommerce guidelines. The scalable solution optimized retail eCommerce conversions.
  • Designed marketing websites and lead generation pages that are optimized for conversion.
Technologies: Figma, Sketch, Zeppelin, InVision, Balsamiq Mockups, Web Design, eCommerce UX, Data Visualization, SaaS Design, SaaS, Best Practices in Design, Dashboards, UX Audits, Mobile Design
2018 - 2018

UI Designer for a Web App

Trinity Global Investment (via Toptal)
  • Designed a platform for merchants to add, manage, and verify their products via IBM Blockchain.
Technologies: InVision, Sketch, Web Dashboards, SaaS Design, SaaS, Dashboards
2017 - 2017

UX Designer for a Marketplace MVP

Captiv8 (via Toptal)
  • Crafted the information architecture.
  • Created end-to-end user flows.
  • Designed the UX/UI for the complete content creator platform based on blockchain.
Technologies: InVision, Sketch, UX Design, SaaS, Dashboards, Marketplaces
2014 - 2016

UI/UX Designer

Tipsi
  • Created the wireframes, user flows, and information architecture across mobile, tablet, and desktop applications.
  • Designed the new user interfaces for cross-device products.
  • Created marketing website landing pages.
  • Built interactive prototypes.
  • Helped with the marketing using Material Design.
Technologies: Balsamiq, Principle, InVision, Sketch, Adobe Photoshop, SaaS Design
2010 - 2014

UI/UX Designer

Weru Music
  • Designed the information architecture and wireframes for the user interface.
  • Designed the complete user interface and icon set.
  • Art-directed the promo/marketing material and videos.
  • Designed the marketing website and landing pages and other marketing materials.
  • Worked with the founders to create the MVP prototype.
Technologies: Adobe Illustrator, Balsamiq, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe After Effects
2010 - 2013

Senior Digital Designer

Vitamin Bomb Ltd.
  • Worked on the web design, branding, advertising, layout design, typography, digital, vector illustration, and 3D conception.
Technologies: Balsamiq, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, WordPress
2009 - 2010

Web Designer | Motion Graphics Artist

TwoB
  • Created website designs.
  • Developed the front-end.
  • Created interactive website elements.
  • Designed animated motion graphics.
  • Edited videos.
Technologies: Adobe Flash, Adobe Dreamweaver, Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop
2008 - 2009

Interaction Designer

E950
  • Planned interactive content planning.
  • Designed interactive websites and elements.
  • Developed animated motion graphics.
  • Created interactive and animated advertisements.
  • Designed animated web banners.
Technologies: Adobe Flash, Adobe Photoshop

Education

2012 - 2013

Certificate in Lead Generation, Digital Marketing, Sales Funnels

Consulting Accelerator - Online

2004 - 2008

Certificate in Contemporary Art and Design (Graphic Design & Arts)

The Art Academy of Latvia - Riga, Latvia