Nicole Balid

Nicole Balid has a diverse work experience in the field of design. Nicole is currently working as a Product Designer at Tempo Software, where they lead the end-to-end design solutioning and shipping features according to customer needs. Nicole collaborates with engineers and stakeholders to find viable solutions, creates actionable goals for MVP, and releases features through an iterative feedback loop.

Before joining Tempo Software, Nicole worked as a UI/UX Designer at an undisclosed company in 2020. In this role, they focused on creating user interface and user experience designs.

Nicole also has experience as a UX/UI Designer at Cosmic Design, where they worked on the VEGANDALE food festival web app. Nicole collaborated with stakeholders to find solutions for the best user experience, built an interactive prototype in Figma, and conducted competitive analysis by researching competitor apps.

At Tirgan, Nicole served as a UX/UI Designer. Nicole designed a responsive and user-friendly platform based on the one-stop-shop model, created user personas, journey maps, and flow diagrams, and built a component library, wireframes, and an interactive prototype.

Nicole worked as a UI/UX Designer at Moralyzer, where they designed a user-centered social media platform for mobile and web. Nicole analyzed user control and error handling, collaborated with teammates to create sitemaps, user personas, stories, and journeys.

In their early career, Nicole worked as a Designer at Aspire Speech Pathology, where they improved the user experience of a Wordpress website and designed reading materials for children with speech impairments. Nicole also gained experience as a Graphic Designer at Signarama.

Overall, Nicole Balid has a strong background in product design, UI/UX design, and graphic design, with a focus on creating user-centered and visually appealing solutions.

Nicole Balid pursued their education from 2015 to 2018 at Sheridan College, where they obtained a degree in Visual and Creative Arts, specializing in Art and Design. Additionally, they have completed various certifications to enhance their skills. In September 2020, Nicole completed a certification course on Web Design: Strategy and Information Architecture from Coursera. In August 2020, they obtained certification in UX Design Fundamentals from the same institution. In July 2020, they completed a course on Visual Elements of User Interface Design through Coursera. Most recently, in December 2022, Nicole acquired a certification in Designing Strategy from IDEO U.