Antun Debak

Setting up my own studio enabled me to pursue projects which could really benefit from my experience and skill set while giving me freedom to work with multiple clients at the same time All of my energy is focused on making and breaking things – literally

By “making”, we meant designing digital experiences from scratch and by “breaking”, we are speaking about consulting and redesigning existing products As of October 2017, my personal studio is on-hold due to my full-time engagement in running the MVP Workshop R&D agency

make + break is an independent design and consulting studio dedicated to making and breaking stuff In order to make something valuable, it's often necessary to break it apart into small pieces In doing so, we’re able to view products and ideas from a different perspective and can use that experience to build something unique

UX Manager Lead Product Designer

I joined ManageWP in October of 2014, right when the team decided to rebuild their entire platform from scratch Having the opportunity to work on such a big project with such an amazing team is what attracted me to the company in the first place There, I led the product design team and helped them form a business strategy Together, we excelled in customer experience on all of the product touch points

Designing an experience for more than 10,000 users with different tech skillsets was challenging but the quality of the feedback we received helped us build a new platform called “Orion” About two years later, the new version of ManageWP has been released and the work was recognized by one of the leading hosting companies in the world

Eventually, ManageWP was bought by GoDaddy My final goal as part of the team was to aid in the successful transition to the GoDaddy Pro platform while making sure that the experience and product values remain top notch

Launched in 2011, ManageWP is currently one of the biggest names in the WordPress world - it revolutionized website management, providing WordPress users with an easier way to manage multiple websites at once In the last 5 years, ManageWP became a leader for WordPress productivity tools, managing over a quarter of million WordPress websites Every day ManageWP help WordPress professionals around the world save over 40,000 work hours on website management More than 280,00 websites are managed with ManageWP, packed up with 10,000+ loyal customers - all the way from Stanford and Harvard Universities to the biggest WordPress agencies out there, and even NASA

Head Of Design Design Mentor

At Devana Technologies, my primary goal was to introduce design thinking to the development-oriented culture By creating and managing the in-house design team as well as collaborating with developers and the growth, branding, and marketing teams - we were able to transform the entire company in 18 months

In addition to working on design culture and helping the company to achieve its business goals, I was put in charge of mentoring different groups of talented young people in the Devana Labs, an innovative playground used to explore cutting edge technologies I also helped build the UX design community in Belgrade, where Devana is located, by organizing local meetups and gatherings

Devana is a software development company working on new Internet technologies, mobile, and web applications The company’s goal is to simplify human-to-machine interaction through the use of modern software engineering as well as to build services that actually reduce the time we spend on the web In 2015, Devana opened its own R&D department with the aim of pushing boundaries via researching and developing new ideas focused on how future technologies may be used

UX Designer Design Partner

The founder of Score Alarm got in touch with me when he tried to expand his business and reach new customers I helped with implementing scalable design system and introduced design thinking to the company Our focus was on delivering exceptional, engaging, and new interactive experiences to its users

From helping with the marketing strategy to envisioning and designing new features and delivering needed assets to mobile developers, my goal was to amuse users with an innovative way of tracking sports games

Score Alarm is a company fully specialized in the development of native mobile apps for the sports tracking industry Its focus is to provide sports lovers with the best experiences for monitoring the results of events in 19 different sports games while simultaneously supplying the market’s lead betting operators with the additional sports data From mobile and tablet apps to TV and live stats, Score Alarm is one of the leading app players in the mobile sports tracking industry

At UX Passion, I took part in leading all aspects of business development and design activities within the company From sales activities, company growth, design management, internal branding, and marketing development to client-related projects, I did it all My design work focused on user experience, expert usability analysis, and UI design for mobile, web, and desktop apps

I had the pleasure to build and work with an amazing team of people at UX Passion Built from scratch with two other colleagues, the team started off extremely small However, in the end, we became a group of 12 employees who were able to nail all the aspects of product and service developments that were thrown at us

Since I was included in so many aspects of running a business, I'm still gratefully looking back at the time I spent at UX Passion There, I learned a lot about getting things done and design industry in general

Art Director Lead Designer

Starting off as a graphic designer at Mirakul - I ended up leading all of the company’s design efforts, particularly around their BIZdirekt publication My role included overseeing the entire design and production process of the region’s biggest business magazine

I collaborated closely with journalists, editors, marketers and with other designers to make it happen In addition to contributing to the magazine itself, my design team set the standard and brand guidelines that are still in place after eight years

Mirakul is a consulting company that specializes in education and business consulting for entrepreneurs and managers Since 2006, Mirakul has been providing consumers with the top-notch, informative and educational material through their magazine, BIZdirekt BIZdirekt is a quarterly business journal that is received by 12,000 leading entrepreneurs and managers throughout Croatia and many of them contribute to the magazine itself, which makes the included content more reliable and informative

During the three years I spent at RealNetworks, I was included in different mobile and tablet design projects as well as some other smart device experiments As the interaction designer, I was involved in full product lifecycle processes I did everything from researching and envisioning products to designing, testing and helping producing them

My main focus was designing and testing user interface and user experience for various client apps, including those of huge telecom carriers like Vodafone, Verizon, T-mobile, Sprint, MetroPCS, A1, and more I worked closely with product managers from big corporations as well as with other designers and developers to ensure the mobile design seen by a few hundred million people would be implemented in the best possible way

In 1995, RealNetworks first introduced RealAudio – the Internet’s first audio streaming program Today, RealNetworks creates products and services that make it easier for people to access and enjoy digital media on whatever devices and platforms they choose to use Whether it's music, movies, games, live streaming video, or apps that allow them to remain close to the people who matter most, RealNetworks thrives on giving people the fresh and entertaining experiences they deserve – whenever and wherever they want

My role included opening a franchise in Zagreb, the capital of Croatia, as well as directing all branding and design efforts for the local office Along with two other partners, we successfully brought UX as a term, methodology, and process to the local community in its formative years

Within a few years, we successfully transformed many regional companies towards creating more engaging experiences for their customers

Established in 2006, FatDUX is an international design agency that creates better UX experiences via on and offline personal services and communications FatDUX is on a mission to ensure that every company projects a unique and positive image at every customer touchpoint throughout its offices in Canada, Croatia, Denmark, Hungary, the Czech Republic, and the United States