Hi! I am Dora and I accelerate the design delivery process.
Transforming challenges into smooth customer experiences is what I am known for. I specialize in creating exceptional products for different platforms and complex systems while building processes that help the Design team to reach their potential.
Rich of 17 years of experience, my strategic approach prioritizes understanding business challenges, data analysis and collaborating with stakeholders to deliver market-ready solutions. Dive into my work through case studies, publications and reviews for a glimpse of my expertise in action. Don’t hesitate to get in touch!
T E S T I M O N I A L S
“(…) She truly strives to understand the impact that her work will have on our customers' experiences, which tremendously helped in delivering great results.”
- Jonathan, Chief Product Officer & direct manager at Futurehome
“Dora is a quick-witted, talented designer who always asks the right questions and delivers quality hand-offs.”
- Kriszti, Frontend Developer at JSConf Budapest 2024 team
“She ensures that everyone is included and brings constructive feedback, she always turns issues into opportunities and she's an extremely strong link between product and tech, ensuring that designs are both feasible to build and pleasant to use.”
- Christian, Senior Researcher at Futurehome
Knowledge sharing
How to train your designer? - React Day Berlin 2024
Cooperation between the members of the Product Trio is necessary in order to deliver high quality product, while evolving as a professional. Interesting resonation with the popular movie “How to train your dragon”.
The talk has been presented on DroidCon Berlin earlier this year, so it will be somewhat different this time.
How to train your designer? - #HelloStavanger 2024
I will give a talk about the collaboration between designers and developers. Observing the perspective of the designer, the manager and the developer, while giving tools and ideas on how to involve each other to the process.
The talk has been presented on DroidCon Berlin earlier this year, so it will be somewhat different this time.
The cost of not having a designer - RenderCon Kenya 2024
I’ll be discussing the crucial role of early design integration in engineering and business. By fostering collaboration, we can enhance user satisfaction and drive innovation. It’s a topic I’m passionate about, as design plays a vital role in shaping successful products and organizations.
Slides and recording will be available after the conference.
How to grow in UX - UXGraz Meetup
It's always inspiring to explore potential UX growth journeys together, sharing ideas and learning from each other as we navigate this vast field. I’m really looking forward to meeting like-minded people and having meaningful discussions. We're all on this path, growing and evolving together!
The ripple effect: how information architecture transforms your product, company, and (almost) everything - World IA Day
This talk highlights the importance of IA for a company’s success, using a mobile app company as an example to illustrate the issues and provide solutions. A well-structured IA ensures sustainable growth, aligned teams, ultimately enhancing the product, UX, and overall organization for continued success.
Slides are available in English. Recording is available by clicking either to the image or the title.
How to train your designer? - DroidCon Berlin 2024
I gave a talk about the collaboration between designers and developers. What are the best communication strategies? How can designers meet your needs, and can communication be improved? What are the best ways to integrate designers into your workflow for future collaborations?
Slides are available at DroidCon Berlin 2024. Recording is available by clicking either to the image or the title.
Starting a thread: pin the right questions - JS conf Mexico 2020
Through my journey of learning to code, I concluded a few thoughts on how mentors should help their mentees.
Slides are available in English. Recording is available by clicking either to the image or the title.
Flawless flows: The psychology of harmonious teamwork - JS conf Japan 2022
This presentation will explore how to pull the strings in the background so that in the end we actually DEVELOP the product.
Slides are available in English. Recording is available by clicking either to the image or the title.
In 2020, I participated in Code.X program of voluntary teaching Albanian teenagers. I taught them about human-centered design - including the following topics:
Basics of design
User experience: the basics of UX research
Prototyping: low-fidelity wireframes and user testing
User interface design: heuristics, branding, benchmarking
Quality assurance and documentation
Featured case studies
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ONBOARDING TO THE MOBILE APPLICATION
Futurehome provide a complex yet seamless smart home ecosystem. To ensure a smooth onboarding, particularly for electricians installing systems for homeowners, the mobile application required updates, focusing on the user journey.
This case study shows my ability to provide simple yet comprehensive solutions, addressing every aspect of the requirements at all levels.
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THE POWER OF CONTENT DESIGN: HUMANIZE AN APP
This company has a widely recognized and highly-used app that allows them to manage their devices effectively. Feedback from users and surveys indicate that users perceive their app to be hard to comprehend.
Consequently, this company requested my assistance to add a more human touch to their app and make it more appealing.
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UX AUDIT FOR AN MLOPS APP'S FUNCTION
This product provides robust experiment tracking and model registry for MLOps teams. Users frequently compare model training runs to evaluate performance across versions, analyzing metrics and hyperparameters.
I audited the "Compare model training runs" feature to pinpoint user experience issues, while providing recommendations for the UX.
Discover more case studies
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Everyone should recognize the significance of organizing our health records. While healthcare systems vary by country, the handling of sensitive medical data by various providers and institutions is a common challenge. It should be simple to access and readily share these records with healthcare professionals. Considering the obstacles faced by doctors, why not develop a solution that simplifies health data management for all parties involved?
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I was given a business initiative that provided information on user personas and general market background. My objective was to design a low-fidelity prototype that enables users to take action based on the data. This will help users understand their consumption better, showing them ways to save energy and reduce costs.
Discover project -
Adding a new feature to an already existing application seems overwhelming. Especially when it’s an application that is used by millions of users every day. That is why, I think it’s crucial to think through every step, test carefully and validate each step. More eyes see more, and it’s easier to fail fast in the design phase.
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This project functioned as a test. I was tasked with exploring the effective internationalization management of B2B software, focusing on improving speed and seamless integration. I investigated how users could easily manage multiple languages. This task sparked my reflection on whether it is possible to automate these procedures and provide users with alternative solutions.
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A new feature utilizing AI-generated Speech-to-Text for automatic transcription of recorded interviews is being introduced with the aim of streamlining interview processes. The task is to develop a launch strategy to drive user adoption, engage existing users, and attract new customers. To achieve this, gather customer insights and requirements, and then create marketing materials such as promotional content, product demonstrations, and user guides to support the product launch.
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JSconf Budapest is the Hungarian edition of the renowned global JavaScript conference, known for its fresh design each year across offline and online components. I joined the organizing team as a designer this year and experimented with incorporating the famous brand-triangles into the logo design.
