Johannes Billey

  • Art Director UX
  • Hamburg, Germany

Hi, my name is Johannes Billey and I am a designer based in Hamburg, Germany. Currently I am working as Advanced UI Designer at local e-commerce agency diconium (recently became a Volkswagen company).

I always had a thing for art - especially Graffiti - which turned into graphic design when I first got to try a copy of Photoshop at the age of fifteen. Through my high school years I decided that I need to help in shaping the way things look and behave around humans. I set my sight on advertising- and interaction design at the HAW and found love in creating clean user interfaces and websites.

I'm passionate for everything crisp, sophisticated and minimal - from design to furniture, cars, music and movies. When travelling I'm constantly on the hunt to freeze the perfect moment into a photograph. Off-work I create handmade furniture and leather goods.

You can always contact me or connect via Xing or LinkedIn.


Fun fact: You might know me from my days at deviantART - as I'm probably responsible for most of those colored irises you see in photographs - my "Eye Color" photoshop action has been downloaded more than 241k times. I also created a special B&W action counting 385k+ downloads.

Experience

Advanced UI Designer at diconium digital solutions

03/2021 – Present Hamburg, Germany

Art Director UX at diconium digital solutions

05/2018 – 03/2021 Hamburg, Germany

Art Director Digital at Scholz & Friends

06/2015 – 03/2018 Hamburg, Germany

Jr. Art Director Digital at Scholz & Friends one:zero

03/2014 – 06/2015 Hamburg, Germany

Student Assistant Art at Scholz & Friends one:zero

09/2013 – 01/2014 Hamburg, Germany

Art Intern at Scholz & Friends

03/2013 – 08/2013 Hamburg, Germany

Design Intern at AS grafik.design

02/2010 – 03/2010 Stralsund, Germany

Clients

Volkswagen, Opel, Vodafone, Siemens, Bosch, Elli.eco, Edeka, airberlin, Unicef, PSA Direktbank, SICK, Beiersdorf, Meßmer, Milford, Taxofit, ZEB, Deutsche Bank, Coop, Actimel

Education

Bachelor of Arts – Communication Design at HAW Hamburg

09/2010 – 01/2014 Hamburg, Germany

Bachelor Thesis: A minimalist approach to prototyping. Grade: 1,0

Specialties

UI / UX DesignInteraction DesignAdvertising DesignMotion DesignDesign Systems

Skills

SketchAbstractPhotoshop (16 years of experience)InvisionZeplinIllustratorInDesignAfter EffectsPremiere ProJira / ConfluenceHTML & CSS