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John AkinciProduct Designer • UX/UI Design
Profile

Seasoned IT professional with experience in Defense pursuing a Product Designer role. Currently contracting for clients in various industries by delivering design transformations and brand assets to enhance user experience.

Design Projects

Bitcoin News Inc (Contract)

Design Lead
Jan 2024 – present
  • •BitcoinNews.com - Collaborating with co-founders and developer to deliver a redesigned news website with revitalized color, layout, and typography while creating the company's first UI library to streamline branding
  • •BitcoinInsights.io - Designed a sister platform for blockchain charting, from scratch. Created a new branding and UI kit for a premium identity to host proprietary charts and maximize paying users
  • •Designed social media assets including banners, thumbnails, and content to enhance brand consistency and engagement

    • Angeli's Pizzeria

    Marketing Designer
    Nov 2023 – Apr 2024
  • •Designed franchise print material such as menus, flyers, and promotional posters to all branches across Baltimore reaching +10,000 target customers.
    • Skills
    Figma
    Wireframing
    User Research
    Canva
    Visual Design
    Framer
    Prototyping
    HTML/CSS
    Professional Experience
    Textron
    IT Infrastructure Analyst
    Sep 2020 – Oct 2021 | Hunt Valley, MD.
  • •Performed server-side enterprise software installs and updates
  • •Designed and managed GPOs, ensuring an organized and secure network environment
  • •Maintained a diverse fleet of over 120 multi-vendor print machines
    • Information Security Analyst
    Aug 2017 – Oct 2020 | Hunt Valley, MD.
  • •Business Unit liaison collaborating with corporate IT Risk Management to successfully deliver enterprise-wide security implementations to protect information confidentiality, integrity, and availability
    • IT Analyst - Leadership Development Program
    Jul 2015 – Aug 2017 | Louisiana & Texas
  • •Launched the first on-campus Help Desk by service designing and planning of all operations serving +2,000 employees. The new support model brought cost savings and drastically improved employee satisfaction
  • •Designed shipping labels for over 2,000 military parts sent globally, ensuring compliance by meticulously translating data requirements into design solutions
    • Education

    DesignLab

    UX Academy
    Feb 2023 – Jul 2024

    Pennsylvania State University

    B.S. Information Sciences & Technology
    Aug 2011 – May 2015
    other Languages
    Turkish
    Persian