Resume

Product organizations rely on research to enrich their knowledge of the market and consumers to create innovation. I collaborate with tech organizations on a business level to drive innovation through business intelligence analysis and -prioritization.

Working in product- & software development since 2015, I explored multiple fields, from process digitalization to marketing, and have found my passion for consumer-facing products. It was during my early career that I recognized the effects my craft has on people’s lives and this is when I learned to treasure user-centric design.

Work experience

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User Experience Researcher, 2021—present

Since May 2021 I work at mobile.de, Germany’s leading motors classified. My goal was to broaden my quantitive abilities after having built up strong experience in qualitative research, to become a mixed method researcher. The UX research team at mobile.de creates and drives the sustainable usage of business intelligence around user behaviors and needs to generate impactful work. Here I lead the UX research across eight product teams to help drive innovation for their consumer business.

Freelance Product Designer, 2021

Supporting a startup for medical equipment management with UX re-designs to improve the usability of their product.

Senior Product Designer, 2020

From July — December 2020 I worked at Getsafe in their Sales Team. With a focus on user needs, I created qualitative research measures while informing strategies, roadmaps, and backlogs with my data insights. These insights resulted in design improvements of their core product: their insurance app.

UX Designer & Researcher, 2017—2020

From March 2017 to mid-2020, I worked full-time for sovanta AG as a User Experience Designer. Aside from the core focus of HR applications, I was lucky enough to have worked on various VR products and big data projects with their data science lab. Their approach to early discovery methods and later testing phases taught me a focus on research as a key component of my UX design.

UX & UI Designer - working student, 2015—2017

I worked as a working student at sovanta AG aside from my studies. This is when I first experienced the effect of my craft: understanding the user and making their life easier with a focused and simple design.

Communication Designer - internship, 2016

During my studies, I worked as an intern at Daedalic Entertainment in their PR and marketing department. After gaining an insight into the industry I was able to apply my knowledge later in my career.

Education

Apprenticeship in graphic design

2009—2012

After finishing my high school degree I pursued an apprenticeship in graphic design at Johannes Gutenberg Schule in Heidelberg. Learning about the basics of design, marketing, PR, photography, & coding.

Bachelor of Arts, communication design

2012—2017

Right after my apprenticeship, I started studying communication design at the University of applied science in Mannheim, Germany.
My focus during my studies was interaction design, motion graphics, and spatial design.

Life

Born in 1992 in Darmstadt, Germany, I grew up with great encouragement from my family towards my passion for drawing & illustration. This eventually made me pursue a career in graphic- & communication design.

Working in IT and software development since 2015, I learned the effects my craft has on actual users. This is when I learned to treasure user-centric design and how to develop it through impactful research methodologies.