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Vienna, Austria

Vienna, Austria

Vienna, Austria

As a Senior UX/UI Designer within the product team at Shpock, I am responsible for adopting and implementing Design as a business critical discipline.Working with business stakeholders, product managers and developers to establish Design Thinking as a core part of the company culturePresenting designs, workshops, inspiration sessions and company wide talksMentoring of four Designers in the team, lead them to take initiative with design critique and defend design in from of product management and development Established design as part of the product development processPrioritising of tasks within the team via Design Kanban and the introduction of design reviews of implemented features before releaseSuccessfully guided the design team to deliver specifications two sprints ahead of developmentDefined the design vision and introduced a design system by breaking up the UI into components, a sketch library and internal UI guideline websiteCreation of concepts, user flows, wireframes, visual designs, prototypes and specifications in line with the product road map using Sketch, InVision and PrincipleCollaboration with User Researchers to plan and conduct user tests and other research activities (e.g. online card sorting)Best practise research, competitor analysis and creation of a concept and designs for a greatly improved search, filter and browse experienceInstrumental contribution to the successful launch of the delivery feature

London, United Kingdom

My passion for sport and design contributes to TomTommaking first class sports and fitness products by:Creating engaging and beautiful UI solutions and guidelines for TomTom’s range of watches, fitness trackers, apps and websiteEstablishing and maintaining style guides for data visualisation, iconography, typrography and all aspects of designSuccessfully launching a complete app & web overhaul greatly improving user satisfaction measured by app store reviews and star ratingArt direction of an ecosystem wide new feature to help users improve their fitnessIterating prototype designs and live software on the back of user research activitiesMentoring and guiding midweight designers in the teamPresenting and reviewing designs with senior management staff on a weekly basisStreamlining the specification and communication process with development teams

London, United Kingdom

In this multinational, consumer facing company withover 9 million users worldwide I was responsible for:Ensuring the quality and consistency of detailed interaction and visual UI design across all platforms (desktop- tablet and mobile web/apps)Creating and maintaining style guide and UI specification documents to ensure consistency and scalabilityBuilding prototypes for usability testing and iteration of designs based on resultsSetting the design vision and art direction, managing a team of 2 Visual DesignersKey influencer in working with IA teams to define user flows and functionalityMain contact person for app and web development teams on a daily basisFacilitating workshops with business stakeholders and product teamsGaining deep understanding of user needs with user researcherActing as a key decision maker for brand direction with commercial teams

Graz, Austria

Created user interfaces for highly complex 3D software applications in the field of infrastructure, chemical and food industry automation. Responsible for the user interface on an industry leading highway tunnel control room featuring a 40 m² video wall. Defined the visual direction for the new software suite and introduced an icon library and user interface standards.

Munich, Germany

Desiged rich media interfaces for the entertainment and medical sector including screen-, icon- and animation design. Diploma thesis written in cooperation with Siemens designing a mobile interface for a domestic security system applying a user centred design process. Conducting of user interviews and usability tests.