Manuel Borst

As a UI and UX Designer with over 12 years of experience, I’ve shaped my skills in diverse areas ranging from concept to development.

Areas

3D Rendering

Art Direction

CMS Development

Content Strategy

Design Systems

Editorial Design

Frontend Development

Graphic Design

Information Architecture

Information Design

Installations

Interaction Design

Motion Design

Music Production

Prototyping

Typography

UI Design

UX Design

Usability

User-Centered Design

Visual Design

Visual Identity

Web Design

Wireframing

With roles as a contracted designer and as a freelancer, I’ve successfully supported companies and brands with projects in varied disciplines.

Clients and References

Berliner Zeitung

Bosch

Büro Hamburg Immobilien

Cream Colored Ponies GmbH

Creative Minds

DPV Deutscher Pressevertrieb

Deutscher Sparkassen Verlag

Engel & Völkers

Fielmann AG

Flimmer GmbH

Grund Genug Magazin

Heidenheimer Zeitung

HeiseVerlag

IBM

Kaufland

klingt gut! sound symposium

Kommunalverlag

lab3 mediendesign

Lithofin AG

Mark Seelen Photography

Mobilcom-Debitel

Motor Presse Stuttgart

Oppermann & Fuss

Peter Hahn

Peter Schmidt Group GmbH

REWE Digital

Reschke Immobilien

Samsung

Sonophilia Retreat Inspirer

Volkswagen Nutzfahrzeuge

Volkswagen

ZDF

Work Experience and Education

UI/UX Design

Freelance

2016 – heute

UI Designer & Design System Architect

JAKALA Germany

2024 – 2025

Kommunikationsdesign M.A.

HAW, Hamburg

2016 – 2019

Art Director

Creative Minds

2015 – 2016

Digital Concepter

Grabarz & Partner

2014

Art Director

brandpfeil

2013 – 2014

Art Director

synergetic agency

2012

Informationsdesign B.A.

Hochschule der Medien, Stuttgart

2008 – 2012

Post Production

V4 GmbH

2010 – 2011

Wirtschaftsinformatik

Fachoberschule, Kirchhain

2007 – 2008

I constantly enhance my skills by integrating the newest tools and emerging technologies into my skill set.

Tools and Technologies

AI (General)

Ableton Live

Adobe Acrobat

Adobe After Effects

Adobe Audition

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe InDesign

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Premiere Pro

Affinity

Apple Keynote

Apple Logic Pro

Arduino

Astro

Atlassian Confluence

Atlassian Jira

Atlassian Trello

Blender

ChatGPT

Claude

Cursor

Draw Things

FigJam

Figma

GSAP

Google AI Studio

Google Workspace

HTML/CSS/JavaScript

MS Office

Microsoft Teams

Miro

Notion

Perplexity

Processing

Processwire

Sketch

Slack

Storybook

Sublime Text

Tailwind

Unity (Basics)

VS Code

Webflow

Zeroheight