About me

I am a UX/UI designer who one day figured that I don't have to do the old 9-5 for someone else to be a UX/UI designer.I can work for clients and help them achieve their goals, have fun and talk about UX/UI…

That's why I decided to embrace my "night-job" (freelancing and sharing practical UX/UI tips on social media) and turn it into all I do (still kinda 9-5 but it's all for myself.)

Since I was 12, I knew I wanna be some kind of a designer -cough- character designer for cartoons -cough-. but with time, I found usability – the perfect balance between aestethics and technology, humans and computers.

My timeline

Started my first freelancing job in 2012. (khmm, or not, 13 is too young…) doing twitter backgrounds and in 2024. officially starting my own business.

Here's a little appreciation of my timeline (and a bit of credibility so you know I have experience to help you on your project).

Started my first freelancing job in 2012. (khmm, or not, 13 is too young…) doing twitter backgrounds and in 2024. officially starting my own business.

Here's a little appreciation of my timeline (and a bit of credibility so you know I have experience to help you on your project).

Petra Designs – Self-employed, Present

Finally, I took the courage to start my own business and do the job that fulfills me. Working for SaaS, helping businesses in their digital transformation.

First-time in-person speaker! SXC 2023, Stockholm Sweden

K15t – Product Designer, 2022–2023.

Product designer for Scroll Viewport, fastest growing application in the company. Working in the core team of the project as a lead of Frontend team (FE + UX/UI)

Deepr – UX/UI Designer, 2022.

UX/UI designer for a digital agency in Stuttgart. Working as a senior UX/UI designer, working on various CMS projects and mentoring working students in UX/UI design and Figma.

Locastic – UX Researcher & Junior UX/UI Designer, 2020-2022.

Started as a UX Researcher in a digital agency, working on over 50 projects with complex custom softwares, prototypes and flowcharts. I was go-to person for UX and transitioned into product design & design system creations.

Freelance – Visual designer, 2017. – 2020.

While in UNI, I started freelancing for various projects mostly including branding design & web design. I’ve done over 70 projects on platforms like Fiverr, 99designs and helping local businesses.

UMAS – Visual Communication Designer Bacc.art 2017. – 2020.

Getting my bachelor in Visual Communication design on Art’s Academy in Split, Croatia. Learned typography, photography, sociology, UX/UI and 40+ more subjects. Organizator of first two KOMBO festivals, various work exhibitions.

GOGGS – Media technician (High School) 2013. – 2017.

Getting my high school diploma as media technician in School of design, graphics and sustainable development in Split, Croatia. Learned animations, photography, web development. Presented Croatia in European Parliament in Strasbourg as part of EuroScola.

Forums – Designer (Hobbi) 2009 ??

My passion for web design started with forums... you remember those, right!? I had a series I loved and I made graphics of my favourite characters in Photoshop (aged 11). I started creating my own forums and first interactions with admin panels & CSS. <3