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Chicago, Il, Us

Chicago, Il, Us

Trends & Futures Project Lead at a Chicago-based innovation hub exploring the future of the food and foodservice industry.

San Mateo, Ca, Us

Future-focused business strategy consultancy tackling growth challenges for Fortune 100 leaders facing disruption. Partnered with senior leaders at a major healthcare company to determine a path for revenue growth centered around the patient experience within a high-complexity, high-regulation environment.

Dearborn, Michigan, Us

Innovation, human-centered design, and venture lab at Ford Motor Company, formerly in collaboration with IDEO. Work included defining, piloting, and evaluating new products and services while working alongside technology teams to bring proposals to life. Led interdisciplinary teams through 100+ research interviews, 200+ diary study completions, and 1000+ unmoderated video sessions. Research was primarily generative, iterative, and qualitative with supplementary evaluative and quantitative work. Responsibilities ranged from full-scope research planning and execution to design strategy implementation. Public projects include:— A self-driving delivery service pilot with Walmart— A premium security service with ADT(linked below)Greenfield Labs / D-Ford Palo Alto / Advanced Digital Product Design

Dearborn, Michigan, Us

Exploring the future of mobility through human-centered design at Ford Motor Company. Contributed to qualitative research and UX prototyping for new vehicle technology. Work included drafting discussion guides, designing research stimulus, documenting in-home interviews, and aiding in synthesis. Additional project work included brand voice & tone, UX writing, and trend forecasting.

Berlin, Berlin, De

Boutique creative agency. Managed the bilingual (EN/DE) weekly editorial newsletter “Cee Cee Berlin” with a readership of 35,000 and contributed to consulting projects for both German and international clients. Work included: 1. Writing short and long-form features on travel, food, art, and culture.2. Conducting and transcribing interviews, copy editing, fact checking, and proofreading.3. Coordinating deadlines and managing workflow for a network of remote freelance writers, translators, photographers, and graphic designers.4. Location scouting, developing branded content, and project management.5. Social media management, Mailchimp email listserv management, and publishing to Wordpress.ceecee.cc (magazine) / ceeceecreative.com (consultancy)

Cincinnati, Ohio, Us

International branding agency. Conducted competitive audits, trend analysis, and market research to inform brand strategy, new product development, UX design, and social media growth strategy. Work categories spanned CPG, beauty, fashion, health, home appliances, and banking for Fortune 500 companies to local non-profits.

上海市 静安区, Cn

Innovation consultancy. Work included China e-commerce market research, product prototyping, print design, event photography, video editing, and English copy editing for international clients entering China’s market.

New Bremen, Oh, Us

Logistics corporation. Studied the influence of fleet management software data on logistics decision-making in warehouses to support UX design team. Analyzed Crown’s behavior-based safety program for warehouses and manufacturing.

Cincinnati, Ohio, Us

School of Architecture research department. Visual analysis of Polish Renaissance-era urban centers. Studied the influence of Italian architectural styles on Polish construction.

Bachelor’S Degree, Industrial And Product Design

Certificate, Spanish Language And Literature

Exchange, Industrial And Product Design

International Summer School, Mandarin Chinese