Mariana Bukvic — Head of Design
I’m a multi-disciplinary design leader with 20+ years of experience, envisioning and launching digital experiences for global brands. My passion is to design experiences that have a meaningful and positive impact in people’s lives. I believe that great design has the ability to shape culture, improve people’s lives, create emotional connections, drive engagement, resulting in ROI that grows the business. / Experience Throughout my career I’ve achieved a wide variety of experiences, from leading, managing and building multi-disciplinary design teams that define the vision and execution of multi-platform digital products and services, brand experiences, content creative direction, digital advertising campaigns, intersection of digital and physical and everything in between. My core expertise is in the intersection of digital product and brand design. In my design and strategic process I create the connection points for how all facets of design (visual/UX/brand/content) come together to truly represent the right strategic outcome, brand expression with best-in-class user-centric design. In Brazil and the USA I had the opportunity to work with an incredible range of industries, disciplines and cultures, which allows me to have a very broad view when approaching business and design problems, plus win awards. Brands such as: Nike, NBC Sports, Starwood SPG, Tommy Hilfiger, Tumi, Estée Lauder, Levi’s, Puma, Theory, Steve Madden, Globe and Mail, Google, Motorola, Adobe, Sony Pictures, Coca-Cola, Sprite, Glaceau Vitamin Water, Webby Awards, NY.gov. / Leadership Style I cultivate a nurturing environment for teams to explore their full potential and bring their best every day. I foster a culture of openness and honesty where teams can safely bring diverse perspectives. I believe in inclusive design practices of co-creation that are user-centric in its core. / Specialties Design Leadership, Visual Design, User Interface Design (UI), User Experience Design (UX), Branding & Brand Strategy, Brand Experience Design, Service Design, Content Creative Direction, Motion Design & Interactive Prototypes, User Research, Design Team Building, Creative Leadership, Design Management, Creative Strategy, GenAI, AI. / Awards Cannes Cyber Lions, London International Awards, Clio Awards, Commarts interactive design, D&AD, FWA site of the day, Webby Awards, CommunicatorAwards, IMA
Stackforce AI infers this person is a B2C design leader with extensive experience in digital product and brand design.
Location: Burt, New York, United States
Experience: 23 yrs 5 mos
Skills
- Design Leadership
- Digital Product Design
- User Experience (ux)
- Ui/ux Design
Career Highlights
- 20+ years of experience in design leadership.
- Led design for major brands like Nike and Netflix.
- Expert in user-centric design and brand strategy.
Work Experience
Thistle
Head of Product Design (5 mos)
Netflix
Creative Design Manager, Design Foundations (8 mos)
Hinge
VP of Product Design (1 yr 6 mos)
Nike
Sr. Director, Digital Product Design (2 yrs 2 mos)
Sr. Creative Director - Global Digital Design/Studio (1 yr 1 mo)
Design Director - Nike Training Club App (4 yrs 7 mos)
Code and Theory
Creative Director (10 mos)
Fluid
Creative Director (2 yrs 9 mos)
Associate Creative Director (5 mos)
Your Majesty
Associate Creative Director (2 mos)
AKQA
Associate Creative Director (8 mos)
Senior Art Director (2 yrs)
R/GA
Art Director (7 mos)
Big Spaceship
Art Director (11 mos)
F/Nazca Saatchi & Saatchi
Art Director (2 yrs 10 mos)
Tribo Interactive
Art Director (2 yrs)
Education
Bachelor of Arts (BA) at Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho
