Cut out the noise & zero in on personal progress
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Design Lead + Sr. Product Designer
Currently based in Timisoara, Romania (GMT +3)
Available remotely for freelance starting ⎯ Early 2025
Hey, I’m Horia
pronounced [ˈhori.a]
Lead Product Designer with 7+ years of experience across multiple industries, I aim to craft honest, simple, and practical design experiences for everyday use.
Taking complex ideas, simplifying them, and working together with teams to develop optimal experiences for users is the primary area where I thrive and also enjoy working.
Currently booked on projects through the end of 2024, but open to discussions and new opportunities for 2025.
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Thoughts & Writings
Published in Bootcamp · January, 2024
Published in Bootcamp · January, 2023Using gamification techniques to encourage a healthy walking habit
Introducing Piggy Boost, your friendly walking companion. Boost is one of Sweatcoin’s main features and it helps our users engage in a healthy daily walking habit while also earning extra Sweatcoins.
Published in UX Collective · August, 2020Impostor Syndrome: living as a fraud daily
Constantly doubting yourself can prove to be a strength, not a flaw, in the long run. You can define impostor syndrome as a psychological pattern in which one doubts one’s accomplishments and has a persistent internal fear of being exposed as a “fraud”.
Published in UX Collective · March, 2020I should get out of the house more — a designer’s tale about working remotely
Remote working or, how some of my friends see it — laptop in your backpack, smile on your face and cycling to that coffee place down by the beach to crunch some working hours — sounds like a dream, doesn’t it?
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