I'm a multidisciplinary designer with over 14 years experience out of which 8 yearsin digital consumer products, based in Bucharest, Romania. Currently Product Design Manager at Fitbit and founder at Bucharest Design Meetup, the informal meetup place for the design community in Bucharest.

I'm passionate about building and growing design teams and design communities, challenging the status quo, balancing customer centricity with business needsand delivering engaging successful products.

With solid background in Visual Design and Interaction Design I can own the whole Product Design process or guide a team through it, and with good skills in User Research I can validate the work being done. For the past years at FitbitI've been overseeing multiple projects from kick-off to launch and managed an amazing team of highly skilled designers.

Radu Cristian VuceaProduct Design Manager!

hello@raduvucea.com ☎

+40 740 060 057

Working ExperienceProduct Design Manager @ FitbitSeptember 2017 – Present (2 years 2 months)

As a design manager at Fitbit my tasks included:• Build and grow the design team in Bucharest by interviewing, hiring, mentoring younger designers and organising team-growth opportunities such as design critiques, workshops or knowledge sharing sessions• Establish a good relationship between the Bucharest UX Team and the design community• Ensure the Bucharest UX Team delivers great design solutions for 2018 and beyond• Support the UX Team re-org in order to decrease silos and barriers and increase awareness, collaboration, output, and success• Overview and offer guidance on the UX and UI of products and features being developed in Bucharest

Senior Visual Designer @ FitbitJanuary 2017 – September 2017 (9 months)

• Owned the UX and UI design for the Fitbit App Store• Developed the UX for apps on mobile and wearable devices• Delivered visually appealing and functional designs for mobile and wearable devices• Provided support for recruiting designers and front-end developers See less

UX / Visual Designer @ Vector WatchSeptember 2015 – January 2017 (1 year 5 months)

• Designed & developed the company's main website, integrating it into Magento• Designed & developed marketing campaigns• UX & UI design for wearables, such as apps and clock faces• UX & UI design for the Vector Watch Developer Portal

UX / Visual Designer @ AdobeSeptember 2011 – September 2015 (4 years)

• Design marketing assets & campaigns for Business Catalyst• Design & develop newsletters and landing pages for Business Catalyst• Design & develop reusable templates integrated with Business Catalyst• UI & UX Design for Business Catalyst CMS Backend• UI & UX Design & development for Adobe NextGen Products

Freelance & AgencyJanuary 2005 – August 2011 (6 years 8 months)

Courses & Specialisations• Franklin Covey - The 6 Critical Practices for Leading a Team (Management Training)• Process Communication Model with Paul Olteanu (Management Training)• Crucial Conversations (Management Training)• MHS - EQ-i 2.0 (Management Training)• Graphic Design Specialisation – California Institutes of the Arts (Online Class)• Interaction Design Specialisation – University of California San Diego (Online Class)• Calligraphy & Lettering with Sorin Andrei & Georgianul Constantin• Illustration Class with Mircea Pop

Soft Skills

Hard Skills

• Hiring, growing and managing design teams• Collaborating with and withing cross-functional teams• Mentoring• Building comunities• Networking

• Interaction Design• Visual Design• User Research• Wireframing• Prototyping• Agile & Lean UX methodologies• Graphic Design, Illustrating, Calligraphy