{"id":965,"date":"2023-02-02T09:51:51","date_gmt":"2023-02-02T09:51:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doramarinova.com\/?page_id=965"},"modified":"2023-03-16T16:43:20","modified_gmt":"2023-03-16T16:43:20","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/doramarinova.com\/?page_id=965","title":{"rendered":"About me"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"965\" class=\"elementor elementor-965\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4ed2904 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4ed2904\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d9b935e\" data-id=\"d9b935e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51a0dad elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"51a0dad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.10.2 - 29-01-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14,0000pt;\"><b>Hello, my name is Dora Marinova.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;\">I was born and grew up in Sofia. I graduated from <b>National Academy of Art<\/b> (Master Degree, Department Design in Advertising).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;\">&nbsp;I am an <b>artist<\/b>, <b>web&amp;graphic designer<\/b> and <b>illustrator<\/b>. I have almost two decades of professional experience in design.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14,0000pt;\">My sense of aesthetic is reflected in all areas of my life. Quality, functionality and attention to detail are part of my personality, which is also reflected in my work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;\">Since 2020, I\u2019ve illustrated three personalized children\u2019s books for <b>waberry.com<\/b>: \u201c<b>The star and (child\u2019s name)<\/b>\u201d, \u201c<b>Different in the colorful world of (child\u2019s name)<\/b>\u201d and \u201c<b>The letters of (child\u2019s name)<\/b>\u201d. \u0422hey are suitable for children whose age ranges between two and six years old. These books combine the power of storytelling, technology and design to create a wonderful gift for every child. You can personalized, preview, order a book with any name and even add a photo which is converted as a part of the illustrations.&nbsp;<\/span><font face=\"Arial\">Each book is personalized and printed just for you.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial;\">When children see themselves in a story, from learning about their own identity to discovering the world around them, they develop empathy, curiosity and confidence. I also wanted the books to be engaged for adults; after all, they\u2019re probably the people who will be reading the story together with their kids.&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial;\">I like the illustrations of two of the books which are digital, but in my heart there will always be a special place for traditional drawing and painting; it\u2019s just much more fun to do everything by hand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14,0000pt;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;\">Before Waberry, I worked as a Web&amp;Graphic designer in <b>PCstore.bg<\/b>&#8211; a Bulgarian online store which offers over 7000 products and solutions &#8211; laptops, smartphones, desktops, tablets, TVs, components and etc.&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;\">My responsibilities were to create landing pages for promotions and new products, visual content for newsletters, banners, social media and redesign of all website.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14,0000pt;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;\">Before PCstore I worked like freelancer. Freelancing gave me incredible flexibility during this time.&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;\">And I&#8217;m so grateful for having amazing clients and worked on exiting projects, learned a lot, and got to know so many talented people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;\">&nbsp;From 2007 to 2012 I worked for two of the leading web-based media companies-<b>Netinfo<\/b> and <b>Investor Media Group<\/b>.&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;\">\u0410s a member of the Creative department, working closely with project managers, marketing, developers and sales team, I&#8217;ve worked upon: Redesign of all landing pages &#8211;<b>Puls.bg<\/b> and <b>Az-zenata.bg<\/b>, weather forecast web design-<b>Dnes.bg<\/b>., banners, microsites in <b>Vbox<\/b> channels, brochures and print materials.&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;\">Everyday, there was a new lesson to learn about design, technology, business and people. I&#8217;m happy to have spent five years of my life learning and growing there. There are many people I had the pleasure of working with that I especially admire and especially miss.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;\">&nbsp;Before Netinfo and Investor I worked seven years for <b>Haemimont<\/b> company. 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