My Experience

Principal Product Designer

May 2022 - july 2023
vitamin
(Berlin, GER)

Close collaboration with the head of product and UX strategist during research and discovery phase. Ownership of the whole product design process from discovery to launch including wireframing, user testing, high end design delivery and quality control.

Developing a solid design system alongside the development team to ensure the quality of components and patterns in storybook. Responsible for preparing and conducting user interviews on a regular basis. Helping interns and fellow product designers to overcome their design challenges.

Senior Product Designer

june 2018 - April 2022

Working on B2B (Sales person and Broker) and B2C projects, depending on priority. Main focus on usability testing and research for new features of the B2C wefox app and the B2B broker portal to validate created assumptions and to generate the best possible customer experience. This includes writing test scripts and usability tasks, conducting the interviews and gather relevant pain points and findings.

In charge of qualitative user interviews to understand the customer, sales representatives or indendent broker, and analyse the data by creating affinity maps to discover their pain points. Also responsible for direct and indirect competitive analysis, as well as SWOT analysis.

Creating prototypes in Framer for more realistic user testing and new wireframes in figma. UI Design for the new app features including wireframes, user flows and final high end design delivery. Close and constant communication with the development team and product managers. Close collaboration with the product designers of other domains to ensure consistent brand language and design system.

Senior Product Designer

Aug 2017 - May 2018

New website redesign with focus on a human centred approach from concept and wireframes to high end product, including all digital assets and case studies to create a better user experience that is consistent throughout all channels.

In charge of implementing the new website with wordpress and beaverbuilder, making sure the site functions across all devices. Working in collaboration with UI designers to align the new UI Elements with the new software design.

Senior Designer

NOV 2015 - Jan 2017

Responsible for the redesign of the Mon Purse retail website as well as new corporate identity and user interface design for the webgl bag builder to create a more luxurious brand image. This included design concepts, wireframes and high end designs, as well as collateral assets, brand books and packaging design.

Responsible for multiple retail pages in different hemispheres and making sure the design is targeted to the different customer needs. Close collaboration with the development team to ensure the design is pixel perfect.

UX Designer

NOV 2013 - oct 2015

B2B end-to-end website concepts of responsive landing page campaigns from creating wireframes to finished high end designs for various clients such as Google, Medibank, Atlassian and netApp.

In charge of designing reusable templates for landing pages that can be used as a library to speed up the design and development process. Close collaboration with the development team to ensure a seamless workflow.

Europe here we come

may 2013 - oct 2013

Because live is too short not to travel.

Digital Designer & Developer

NOV 2011 - may 2013
Design and developing services as freelancer for various clients in Sydney. Projects included newsletter design and build, interactive flash games, website design and 
development, and corporate identity.

Travel

nov 2010 - oct 2011
Personal growth and development.

UI Designer & Developer

sept 2009 - oct 2010
Development and design of Flex based interactive media libraries with custom video
playlists using Actionscript 3. User interface and application design, maintenance of 
existing flash and flex applications.

Education

2014

User Experience Design Course

General Assembly (Sydney, AU)
2008 - 2009

Web Developer Internship

argonauten g2 (Berlin, GER)
2004 - 2009

B.A. Computer Science and Media
Degree: 1.0

Beuth University of Applied Sciences
(Berlin, GER)
2001 - 2004

Web Design Internship

concept factory (Cologne, GER)

Tools