Product Design Lead

Empatic, Innsbruck, AT

Design leadership role for many different projects.

• Leading research to understand user and company needs, and turning this into strategic and design guidance.
• Working with clients from over 10 industries, around the world, in co-creation workshops and projects
• Managing the full lifecycle design of digital products, from user and stakeholder requirements, to information architecture design, to wireframes, to pixel perfect UIs

Co-Founder/Product Designer

Ameliate, The Netherlands / Remote

• Developing e-healthcare tools for mental healthcare practitioners and individuals
• Mockups, wireframes, and initial testing of iOS app
• Developing business plan, communicating the vision to investors, and potential users

Interaction Researcher

Ex)situ Lab, INRIA, Paris, FR

• Led an interaction design research project creating and testing embodied creativity support tools for creative professionals.
• Collaborated and supported various other interaction design research projects in the lab.

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Graphics/Media Production

Art History and Visual Art Department, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, CA

• Head designer for a user-centered redesign of the safety and training information architecture, coupled with an overhaul of their website into a new digital safety and training information hub.
• Introduced and evangelized user-centered methodolgies, working with students, professors, technicians, and administrators.
• Created graphic designs and typography for their website, promotional materials, and special event posters, plus developed design guidelines and templates for print and digital media.

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Undergraduate Interaction Researcher

eDAPT Lab, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, CA

• Lead researcher for a team designing, prototyping and user-testing a kiosk application to teach seniors to use smart phones.
• Recruited seniors through local community centers and libraries, and conducted two rounds of usability testing.
• Presented work at the B.C. Tech Summit ‘18, ASSETS ’18, and to Samsung R&D, Vancouver.

Artist-in-Residence

MELT Collective, Vancouver, CA

• Researched and prototyped creative uses for recycled plastics.
• Organized presentations for the community, university events, and lab visitors on my own artwork and MELT's messaging about sustainability.

Design Contractor

Ck-12 Foundation, Palo Alto, USA / Remote

• User-center web and mobile app design mockups, wireframes and interactive prototyping,
with presentations to the executive team.
• Conceptualized and designed a new “Study Guides” feature.
• Usability tested content development tools, liaising between development team and science teachers.

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Master of Science

Major - Human-Computer Interaction; Minor - Innovation and Entrepreneurship

European Institute of Technology • University of Twente, NL/Université Paris-Saclay, FR

Bachelor of Arts

Major - Computer Science; Major - Visual Art

University of British Columbia