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[1]: https://oxygenbuilder.com/

We've learned over the years that we spend most of our time convincing clients to trust us and sign off on work we already know is good. Through Microawesome we're asking them to trust us, and in return they will get a good result fast.

It is definitely not for everyone, but that's why we're doing it "on the side", we still have our studio which offers a standard agency-type design service.

Currently seeking long-term projects to book in Q2 2018, but accepting short-term engagements as well.

Location: Novi Sad, Serbia

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: UX/UI, static front-end development and prototyping (HTML/CSS/JS)

Résumé/CV: https://sprawsm.com/

Email: dudes@sprawsm.com

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As a designer, sometimes all I work with sometimes are images (e.g. when working on a moodboard), and this would enable me to work much more efficiently.

Disclosure: it's my company's service which we use daily.

We've included it into our own starter pack, and I believe that the new Foundation framework uses it as well.

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https://github.com/rodneyrehm/viewport-units-buggyfill

We've finished the integration of the complete new UI (take a look at some screenshots on our portfolio http://sprawsm.com/project/funnel/) that we will be releasing in a few days.

We've been using it for over two years now for our design company, worked wonderfully.

If you don't have much experience in these fields (UI and UX, as if they are two different things) you will quickly learn that the above trumps most of what you might have learned throughout a formal graphic design education and/or experience as a graphic designer.

So, my direct advice would be to study user behavior on the Web, psychology, and usability. Learn (if you don't already have the habit) how to think through user flows in lo-fi mockups and wireframes, immerse yourself in good UI design, and make it your priority to pay attention to details when using other people's software; and I don't just mean on the UI side. Pay attention at the company behind the app, how they prioritize features, and how they handle unsexy, menial tasks such as recurring billing, support, and how they integrate that into their work, the software itself.

I strongly believe that you can't be just a UI designer. I mean, you can be to a certain point, but you need to know all of the ins and outs of what it takes to take a product to market in order to be one of the few superstars who we all look up to and learn from. You need to be aware of the entire process, have insight into the business decisions that need to be made, so that you can paint a whole picture.

You get to see a more complete picture of projects you work on. You mature a lot as a person, and develop various skills you wouldn't otherwise. It toughens you up, that's for sure.

My main intention was to warn you that it — more often than not — actually means doing more than one job. Both physically and mentally.

I guess the reason I chose to do this is that I get nervous when I'm not in control, and I still like to be in touch with what I set out to do in life; which is to be a good interface designer.

Best of luck to you.

I am personally in the situation that you want to be in, and to be honest it's the hardest thing I've had to do in my life (this is obviously personal).

Having meetings with customers after X hours of design work in front of a screen is hard.

Sitting down to design for X hours after dealing with an endless stream of information you need to process and be aware of, before lunch is hard.

Worrying about payroll is hard.

Delivering good design/code is hard.

What I'm trying to say is these things are hard enough on their own, and I find myself overwhelmed often. And I'm not trying to dissuade you from giving it a go, I'm just trying to paint a clear picture for you, so you know how it is.

If you think you'll be able to divide your managing hours vs. your production hours — you're deluding yourself. It's a mess and as the saying goes: when it rains, it pours.

The main difficulty with balancing these two roles is time management, and stress caused by having to manage when you'd rather be producing and vice versa.

So, it's interesting, it keeps you on your toes, it beats working in a coal mine, but it's still hard work.

It has personally made me discover that I much prefer working with people that I do sitting in front of a computer all day, so I'm working on transitioning myself from a designer role, to a manager role.