Dimitrios Tragas
UI/UX Designer & Independent App Developer
Resume
Twenty years, thirteen roles, one discipline.
UI/UX design, prototyping and front-end development — Chicago, Illinois. Amazon, Nielsen, CNH Industrial and my own products.
Experience
Where I have worked
2009 – present
Principal & Owner
2Pens Media Inc. · Chicago, IL
2022 – 2023
UX Designer
Amazon
2020 – 2022
Senior UI/UX Designer
Koffler Sales · Lake Zurich, IL
2019 – 2020
Senior UI/UX Designer
Options Travel · Mount Prospect, IL
2019
UI/UX Designer & Developer
ImageMaster, LLC · Milwaukee, WI
2018 – 2019
Project Manager
DOSL, LLC · Chicago, IL
2018
Senior UI/UX Designer
Nielsen · Tampa, FL
2016 – 2017
Senior UI/UX Designer
RDI/A · Chicago, IL
2016
UI/UX Designer
Municipal Systems Inc. · Palos Heights, IL
2014 – 2016
UI/UX Designer
CNH Industrial · Burr Ridge, IL
2013 – 2014
Senior UI/UX Designer
SRVR LLC · Schaumburg, IL
2011 – 2012
UI Designer & Developer
SocialDealer · Oak Brook, IL
2006 – 2009
UI Designer, 3D Animator
Digital Aisle · Woodridge, IL
Education & certifications
Training
1998 – 2002
Bachelor’s, Media Arts & Animation
The Art Institutes
2020
Certified UX Design Professional
UX Design Institute
2019
Adobe Certified Expert (ACE)
Adobe
Capabilities
What I work with
Design
- Interaction design
- Information architecture
- Wireframing
- Rapid prototyping
- Design systems
- Visual design
- User research
- Usability testing
Build
- Swift & Objective-C
- Java & Kotlin
- HTML, CSS, JavaScript
- PHP & MySQL
- REST APIs
- Responsive front end
Tools
- Figma
- Sketch
- Axure
- InVision
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Xcode
- Android Studio
- Unity & Maya
Shipping
- App Store & Play Console
- Analytics & A/B testing
- Ad monetization
- Push & lifecycle messaging
- ASO