Hi, I’m Maria! 👋
I’m a product designer and illustrator who calls the wonderfully mythical Transylvania, Romania, my home.
My path has been a creative mash-up. I honed my craft studying Graphic Design in my hometown of Oradea before earning a BA (Hons) in Design from The University for the Creative Arts (UCA) London. This blend of local roots and global perspective fuels my work.
Professionally, I’m a multi-disciplinary generalist—a fancy term for someone who loves connecting different dots. By day, I work as a freelance Product Designer, crafting digital experiences. My career has taken me on a fun ride through diverse worlds like the automotive industry, travel & leisure, and media & advertising, giving me a unique toolkit to solve problems.
At heart, though, I’m a storyteller. Whether I’m designing a sleek user interface or illustrating a character with a hidden melancholy, it all comes from the same place: a love for visual narratives that resonate.
My Design World
UI Designer and visual branding for Atelieru.ro marketing and media agency in Bucharest.
Product design and Design Systems Lead for Renault Group corporate Design team.
Also dabbled in
IT Creative and tech editor for “Jurnalul de dimineata” daily local newspaper.
Graphic and Social Media designer for Flysky.ro travel agency.
Personal projects
Comics Illustrator for Revista Comics, participating in multiple events.
Jane Candy – My personal project with character building and story telling with its own universe.
Passion projects
Previously a Lounge and DNB dj with a Sunday nights club residency & a weekly radio show in Canada.
Assistant to Freespace Records with music video production, online promotion & social networking.
Professional
Silver Effie Award with the Atelieru.ro and JWT teams
for Jacobs 3 in 1 – Pasionati de Relaxare web game
Branding Foundations
Branding & identity
Linkedin
SAFe Agile Practitioner
Certified
SAFe Scaled Agile, Inc.
Got a project that’s itching for some creative magic?
Whether it’s a sleek digital product, an eye-catching illustration,
or something in-between, I’d love to hear about it.