About
I'm Vito Schuster, a designer and developer in Zagreb.
I design and build websites, apps and AI integrations, so far mostly for Croatian businesses: beauty studios, a health practice, hospitality and a 24/7 vending service.
How I think
I like taking good things apart to see why they work: a website, a design system, a map, an Apple product. Under almost everything good there's a clear structure — what comes first, what belongs together, what can be automated. I start there.
How I work
- 01
Structure
Who needs what, in what order? Sitemaps, flows and content before pixels.
- 02
Design
Figma, real content, mobile first.
- 03
Build
Fast, accessible front-ends in Astro, vanilla JS or Laravel/Blade; Shopify when it fits.
- 04
Automate
If something repeats, it becomes a component, a template or an AI workflow.
Experience
Freelance designer and developer
Self-employed, Croatia
May 2024 – Present
Websites, apps and AI integrations for businesses in beauty, health, hospitality and retail. I scope, budget and run every project directly with the owner, from first brief to launch.
Frontend developer, part-time
Informel d.o.o.
Jul 2022 – May 2023
Only frontend developer in a Scrum team on myenergycommunity.eu, an R&D platform for real-time smart-meter data (a pilot with HEP): standups, sprint planning, epics and backlog in Azure DevOps. Redesigned and built the dashboard UI in Vue.js.
Frontend intern
Cinnamon Agency
May 2023 – Sep 2023
Built responsive UI for elumity.com in React and Gatsby inside an agency team, with a mentor.
Teaching assistant
RIT Croatia
Sep 2022 – Sep 2024
Helped students with coursework and projects in programming courses.
Education
MBA, Management
Zagreb School of Economics and Management (ZSEM)
Sep 2025 – 2027
All courses and exams completed; writing the master's thesis.
BSc, Web and Mobile Computing
Rochester Institute of Technology, RIT Croatia
Sep 2021 – May 2025
Cum laude.
Tools
- Figma
- Astro
- Cloudflare
- Laravel
- Shopify
- Cursor
- Claude
- Git
- JavaScript
- HTML5
- CSS
Figma · HTML, CSS, JavaScript · Astro · Laravel/Blade · Shopify · Swup.js · Playwright · After Effects · Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor · Git
Currently exploring
Maps, dashboards and interfaces for AI tools, where geography, data and interaction design meet. If you're building one, I'd like to hear about it.
Languages
Croatian, native · English, fluent · German, intermediate