Studies
2010 – 2017
Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Communication Design
BA Grade: 1.2 (Very Good)
FHP – University of Applied Sciences Potsdam
Field of Study: Communication & Product Design
2008 – 2010
Magister (MA) in Philosophy, Literature, Religion Sciences
Interim Audit Grade for Magister (MA): 1.8 (Good)
LMU – Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich
Field of Study: Philosophy, Literature, Religion Sciences
Permanent positions
06.2021 – Present
The Stepstone Group – Job Tech Platform
Role: Senior Product Designer, Product Facilitator, UX Management (In-House)
Tasks: E2E Product Design Ownership, UX Leadership, Continuous Product Discovery, Project Management, Product Operations, Training, Design Sprints, UX Research, Managed & Mentored Designers
05.2018 – 04.2021
PRODYNA – IT Consulting & Development
Role: Art Director – Communication Design
Tasks: UX Leadership, Art Direction, UX/UI Design, UX Workshops, Interviews, User Testing, CI & CD, User-Centered Design, Managed & Mentored Designers, Direct Customer Contact
04.2015 – 04.2018
jovoto – Co-Creation & Open Innovation Platform
Role: Senior UX Designer (In-House)
Tasks: Design Area Leadership, UX/UI Design, Corporate Design & Rebranding, Event Design, Creative Community Management & Care
10.2013 – 07.2014
PwC (IXDS) – Innovation agency
Role: Graphic & Interaction Designer (In-House)
Tasks: Corporate Design, Branded Products & Docs, Materials for Interaction & Service Design Projects
Work as a freelancer
2012 – Present
As a Lead Product Designer, successfully collaborated with various agencies, major companies, institutions, brands, and startups.
Examples: PRODYNA, Bitmapboogie, Eat, Sleep + Design (E,S+D)
Certification & Training
2024
3 Design Sprint Trainings & Certification in London:
- Design Sprint Facilitation Certification
- Problem Framing Training Certification
- Design Sprint Training Certification
2023
- Product Discovery Training 1 & 2
- Accessibility in UX & Visual Design
- Certified by Teresa Torres – Continuous Interviewing
- Jobs-to-be-Done Training
2022
- Online Presentation Skills – Rhetoric & Storytelling
- Leadership Certificate “Empower & Lead”
- Product Discovery Training
2021
- Project Management Part 1 & 2
- Scrum Training 1 & 2
- OKR Training
2019
- CPUX-F Certificate at UXQB
User Experience Certificate – “Basics Usability & User Experience”
Certified by the UXQB – International Usability and UX-Qualification Board
Graduated at artrop – Institute at the Humboldt University Berlin
Certification Trainer: Knut Polkehn
- Project Management Essentials (PME) p3m global
Project management Level 01: Project Lifecycle, Planning, Managing & Controlling, Project tracking and controlling, Change Control Management Method, Project reporting and communication, Closing
Merlin PM Software introduction: Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), Formatting and customizing, working with Resources and Assignments, managing Resource Over-allocations, Project Baselining, Tracking and Control
Awards
- B-Unique Sanus AG – Interior Design Concept RAL 7010
- 12° Calendar – ADC Young Talent Award 2015
- Aqua Nordic – Redesign of Aqua Nordic bottles & campaigns (Husumer Mineralbrunnen)
- KWER – Art Magazine
- ADC Awards – 2015 & 2016
- Novum Design Magazine – Best Uncoated Paper Printer 2017
Industries
Job Tech | Fin-Tech | Banking | Finance | Insurance | Pension & Insurance Funds | Medicine | Pharma | Healthcare | Marketing | Communications Services | Business Innovation | Technology | Logistics | Transportation | Automotive | Construction | Interior Architecture | Housing and Urban Development | Household Appliances | Food & Beverages | Food-Tech | Food Innovation | Agriculture | Environment | Sustainability | Design | Art | Culture | Event | TV | Movies | Sports | Fitness | Cosmetics | Beauty | Fashion
Customers
The Stepstone Group, Williams Lea Tag (wlt), tag., DIVI-Intensivregister, Robert Koch-Institut, AstraZeneca, Adama, VW, BMW, Schott, Lufthansa Aviation, Marco Polo Reisen, Accenture, tesa, Avaloq, Degussa Bank, Sparkassen Versicherung, Deutsche Bank, BVR (Bundesverband der Volksbanken Raiffeisenbanken), SOKA-BAU, vhw – Bundesverband für Wohnen und Stadtentwicklung, DIEPA GmbH Personal, JobClips24 – Jobbörse, Siemens, Bosch, Mobile World Congress, Greenpeace, Unicef, Cinema for Peace, Solaire Box, Ignore Gravity, NGIN Food – Future of Food, rbb Fernsehen, Täter Opfer Polizei, arte, Down under Berlin – Australian & New Zealand Film Festival, Lange Nacht der Museen Berlin, Qiez, DMY – International Design Festival Berlin, Nachtschicht – Berlin Design Night, KWER – Kunstmagazin, Henkel, Aqua nordic, Husummer Mineralbrunnen, HACH AG, Hagebau, Adidas Group, Rocco by Rodenstock, Glossybox, Freundin
The Stepstone Group, PRODYNA, IXDS (PwC) , Eat,Sleep+Design, jovoto, Bitmapboogie, VORSPRUNGatwork, Uta Zepnick, David Kahn, Vanessa Holliday, Rahel Straheli