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I am a 2D game artist with experience designing UI/UX, characters, and in-game assets for mobile games. I’m skilled in Unity, Figma, and Adobe tools, with a strong eye for clean design, player experience, and visual consistency. I am currently partly working in a mobile game studio, contributing to live projects and promotional content. I have 8+ years of experience as a UX/UI and Graphic Designer, delivering user-centric digital and print designs across technology, publishing, and gaming. I’m adept at creating seamless, immersive user experiences for web and mobile, and I bring a versatile skillset across print media, branding, social media design, and custom illustrations, with experience managing projects from corporate identity to large-scale campaigns.…I am a 2D game artist with experience designing UI/UX, characters, and in-game assets for mobile games. I’m skilled in Unity, Figma, and Adobe tools, with a strong eye for clean design, player experience, and visual consistency. I am currently partly working in a mobile game studio, contributing to live projects and promotional content. I have 8+ years of experience as a UX/UI and Graphic Designer, delivering user-centric digital and print designs across technology, publishing, and gaming. I’m adept at creating seamless, immersive user experiences for web and mobile, and I bring a versatile skillset across print media, branding, social media design, and custom illustrations, with experience managing projects from corporate identity to large-scale campaigns.

Ali Calkan Menekse

Game Designer, UX Designer, UI Designer, +2

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I am a 2D game artist with experience designing UI/UX, characters, and in-game assets for mobile games. I’m skilled in Unity, Figma, and Adobe tools, with a strong eye for clean design, player experience, and visual consistency. I am currently partly working in a mobile game studio, contributing to live projects and promotional content. I have 8+ years of experience as a UX/UI and Graphic Designer, delivering user-centric digital and print designs across technology, publishing, and gaming. I’m adept at creating seamless, immersive user experiences for web and mobile, and I bring a versatile skillset across print media, branding, social media design, and custom illustrations, with experience managing projects from corporate identity to large-scale campaigns.…I am a 2D game artist with experience designing UI/UX, characters, and in-game assets for mobile games. I’m skilled in Unity, Figma, and Adobe tools, with a strong eye for clean design, player experience, and visual consistency. I am currently partly working in a mobile game studio, contributing to live projects and promotional content. I have 8+ years of experience as a UX/UI and Graphic Designer, delivering user-centric digital and print designs across technology, publishing, and gaming. I’m adept at creating seamless, immersive user experiences for web and mobile, and I bring a versatile skillset across print media, branding, social media design, and custom illustrations, with experience managing projects from corporate identity to large-scale campaigns.

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I am a 2D game artist with experience designing UI/UX, characters, and in-game assets for mobile games. I’m skilled in Unity, Figma, and Adobe tools, with a strong eye for clean design, player experience, and visual consistency. I am currently partly working in a mobile game studio, contributing to live projects and promotional content.

I have 8+ years of experience as a UX/UI and Graphic Designer, delivering user-centric digital and print designs across technology, publishing, and gaming. I’m adept at creating seamless, immersive user experiences for web and mobile, and I bring a versatile skillset across print media, branding, social media design, and custom illustrations, with experience managing projects from corporate identity to large-scale campaigns.

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Work Experience

Game Artist at SNG Games

January 1, 2025 - June 30, 2025

Designed UI assets: menus, buttons, popups, onboarding flows. Created animated intros, text effects, and character idle animations in Unity. Designed characters based on existing style guidelines. Developed in-game UI using Unity Canvas and managed asset integration. Created particle effects for events like wins, rewards, and effects. Designed promotional screenshots for social media, app stores, and A/B tests.

Senior UX/UI Designer at Zero2Hero Ltd

February 1, 2022 - June 30, 2024

Directed art and design efforts for web design, UX/UI design, and mobile UI for an innovative event platform tailored for the metaverse. Conceptualized and delivered user-centric designs that enhanced virtual event experiences, ensuring seamless usability across desktop and mobile platforms. Created visually engaging and brand-consistent designs for social media, boosting audience engagement and driving platform awareness. Applied cutting-edge trends in metaverse design and digital marketing to deliver immersive and impactful user experiences.

Self-Employment at MagentaBear Studio

January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2022

Sole proprietor; collaborated on various organisations and projects including game UI design for pool game; game UI redesign for BubbleD duel; drew illustrations for Halloween event installations; logo design and landing page for Zero2Hero crypto; social media management, product photography, menu design for Torono Pastry; web page design for Mars Media and Mars Telekom; sold t-shirts online.

Senior Graphic Designer at Turkish Airlines Skylife Magazine

May 1, 2019 - April 30, 2020

Drafted monthly layouts for a 450+ page print magazines Skylife, Skylife Business and Anadolu Jet; coordinated with photographers, illustrators, editors; mentored junior designer and photographer; supervised photo shoots; prepared print-ready files and attended press checks.

Graphic Designer at Muessese Communications and Publishing

May 1, 2015 - April 30, 2019

Prepared articles for fashion sections; chased trends on social media; attended photo shoots; drafted monthly layouts for a 128-page print magazine (Skylife Business); collaborated on branding, corporate identity, social media, and web design with over 10 team members.

Graphic Designer at Touch Design

February 1, 2011 - April 30, 2011

Illustrated design ideas using storyboards and sitemaps; prepared client presentations.

Graphic Operator at Argema Printing A.S.

May 1, 2006 - September 30, 2008

Developed artwork and layout for print and digital signage, banners, posters, magazines, publications and flyers.