Portfolio — Est. 2007

Hi. I’m Andy Manea.

I started my career in 1992, at the age of 3, as a clandestine painter of my home walls and mom’s furniture. With a passion for painting and nature, my journey in the creative world began. When the digital age arrived, that passion turned into digital graphics, and in 2007 I finally found the force that held all my creative leaps together: the web. My first job as a graphic designer landed in June 2007, on Rent A Coder, today’s Upwork. I’ve been a Top Rated freelancer there ever since.

Roles

Senior Graphic Designer
UI/UX Expert
Product Designer & Manufacturer
AI Automation Builder
Growth Marketing Consultant

In numbers

20 years in the field
220+ clients worldwide
1 bestseller board game
30+ apps built and shipped

Capabilities

What I do.

Over the years, client work turned into products of my own. I designed and manufactured many small ones that came and went, and one that stuck: Dosarul Detectivului, Romania’s bestselling detective board game. These days I also build software tools for my own businesses, and AI has a place in almost everything I make.

Design & growth

UX Research
Wireframing & Prototyping
Web and Mobile Design
Graphic Design
Branding
Advertising
User Testing
Analytics
Conversion Rate Optimization

Product to market

Concept to Product
Production Planning
Manufacturing
Import & Logistics
Shipping Agents
Quality Control
Packaging & Print
Board Game Design

AI & automation

Prompt Engineering
Custom GPTs & Skills
Business Automation
Process Automation
Custom Software Tools
AI Design Workflows
ChatGPT · Gemini · Claude

Software

Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe XD
Figma
Canva
Miro
Balsamiq
Google Analytics
Hotjar

Clients & collaborations

Some brands I’ve worked with.

EA Games
BOSCH Service
Procter & Gamble
Johnson & Johnson
Boston Dynamics
Shape Robotics
Upwork
Hamilton Medical
Orchard
Worldsoft AG

Reishunger
Armed Angels
Maison Heroine
Beyer & Söhne
Treetopia
Natural Mojo
Lemke Berlin
Skin Good
SureIN
Darrel Wilson

+ 200 more

Own product — Board game

Dosarul Detectivului

My own game. Designed, manufactured and published in Romania, from the first sketch all the way to the store shelves.

Role

Game Concept & Design
Graphic Design & Illustration
Production & Manufacturing
Import & Logistics
E-commerce & Advertising

Results

Romanian bestseller
Top 3 board games on eMAG

www.dosarul-detectivului.com →

Detectiv

2025 — AI development

AI development.

In 2025, AI became the tool that completes my work. I design websites and apps the way I always have, then build them myself, pixel-perfect, from design to working code. I also write prompts and skills for ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude, built on everything I learned in 20 years of design and production.