Arleta Szalast

After 10 years of experience in the creative field and developing a broad skill set, I now focus on what I enjoy most: Human- and user centered product design along with Information Architecture, User experience-, Interaction- and User Interface design for software products, applications and websites on any device and platform.

Currently I'm working as a Senior Product Designer at Microsoft in Lund, Sweden since April 2017. I'm responsible for the functionality of the app architecture, navigation structure and visual content experience for Microsoft Photos.

Before that, in summer 2015, I moved to Norway and worked for Opera Software as a Leas UX Designer. I was driving and optimizing the whole structure and design of opera.com.

From 2008 till 2015 I was working as an Art Director and UI Designer in several big design- and advertising agencies in Munich and Hamburg in Germany. I was responsible for clients like: BMW, Lego, o2 Telefonica, TUI, Hansgrohe and more.

INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE
Organization of complex navigation- and content structure, sitemaps, hierarchies, categorizations and metadata.

UX DESIGN & RESEARCH
Interaction design, flow chars, wireframes, interactive prototypes, user scenarios, analysis, UR studies, A/B tests, surveys and SEO.

VISUAL DESIGN
User Interface design, compositing, consistency and design principles.

LEAD & STRATEGY
Art direction, co-ordinate project- and time management.