Day 1
An introduction to everything surrounding the world of UX&UI Design.
This will include what the discipline entails, the platforms/tools used e.g., Figma, the careers that use this discipline, and what the field is like.
• What is UX & UI?
• What are the various tools used?
• What are some of the dos and don’ts?
• The importance of using components and variants.
Day 2
A demonstration of how to create a mock-up in the respective tool (workshop p.o.v – actively working)
Follow along and create one of their own based on the knowledge from day 1 and day 2 – presently
• How to draw basic elements?
• How to implement colour and images in your project?
• Build a paper prototype to add interactivity to designs.
• And more
Day 3
Demonstration and feedback on designs; Q & A session on everything that took place over the
3-day course
Speaker(s) can judge and give feedback on Attendee design
• Attendee will show their design
Currently working as a design executive consultant with the Bridge Social on international McKinsey projects.
As one of the founding team members, Michael led design and research at Ank, an awesome fintech startup funded by the Itaú Unibanco group operating initially in Argentina and following up with a regional scale. Previous to co-founding Ank he was in charge of UX at OLX Group, leading UX teams in Argentina, India, and the Middle East. Before OLX Michael was the UX evangelist at Despegar.com for all LATAM markets where he found and lead the User Research team for various years. Since 2017 Michael is one of the head mentors at Google for the Startups Accelerator program that helps startups build and scale great products by matching them with the best of Google - its people, network, and advanced technologies.
Also, Google certifies Michael officially as Design Sprint Master and as an Assistant Expert of Google's International Developer Experts Program (GDE).
Michael Dorka has more than 10 years of experience as an entrepreneur of various companies and 20 years of experience as a professional designer and consultant in which he worked more than 15 years as a UX professional and more than 5 years of creating and managing UX teams.
After graduating from the Cologne University of applied sciences with a major in interface design and minors incorporating design and design theory [Excellency] he was working more than 5 years as an art director in different advertising agencies in Germany he dedicated himself to Information Architecture, Interface Design and User Experience Design. He worked as a consultant for Vodafone Global, German Telekom Laboratories, T-Home, and T-mobile. In 2010 Michael won the IF Design award as a responsible designer for the User Experience and User Interfaces of the German Telekom landline phone Sinus A 201. In 2008 Michael Dorka gained the EXIST scholarship from the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology in Germany. He investigated mobile technology services in Japan. Michael published articles on the website of the Design Research Network, in the book Designing Public, in the design magazine Tipografica and in the newspaper Buenos Aires Daily Herald. As a guest lecturer, he gave classes on the career of Interface Design at the Köln International School of Design [KISD], University of Buenos Aires (UBA), The National University of Technology Buenos Aires (UTN), and the University of La Plata [UNLP].
Specialties: User Experience Design, Service Design, Design Thinking, User Research, conversational design
UX/UI & Digital Strategy Product Expert on Google Expert Program of Google
Google Launchpad Mentor
Google Design Sprint Master
Google Street View Trusted
Local leader in GDG (Google Developer Groups) Montevideo
Local leader in IxDA (Interaction Design) Montevideo
Nicolás has worked for more than 12 years in advertising agencies and software technology companies, developing digital marketing and design strategies for these companies and their clients.
This has allowed him to be able to comprehend widely the different processes and mechanics of work in the area of marketing and product development from the different points of view that each of them requires.
Nicolás has been a mentor (coach) in the area of Digital Marketing, Design, and UX of recognized international events such as Startup Weekend, Lean Startup Machine, Google NextLevel Startup Reality (Argentina), among others.
He is currently actively involved in the Google Developer Groups Montevideo (Uruguay) as manager of the organization, and the organization of Google DevFest, an annual technological event where more than 400 people attend.
In terms of courses and conferences, Nicolás has given several courses on layout and user interface design with special emphasis on UX, as well as lectures on "UX/UI Design" in Uruguay and the region (Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia, Perú, Colombia, Ecuador).
He also works as a UX / UI consultant for startups, helping them develop skills they often lack or do not know how to develop in-depth and in the right way.
For more than 4 years, Nicolás works as a CMO in a great technology company in Uruguay leading the team where they develop Digital Marketing strategies for the company and its clients, as well as design and development user interfaces in all the projects that the company carries out.
Currently, Nicolás is working at Mercado Libre (leading e-commerce company in South America) as Sr. UX Designer.
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