CV
What have I done so far?
10+ years in digital strategy, design and product development.
Experience
American Express - Design Systems Director
New York, September 2018 - Present
frog Design - Creative Direction and Interaction Design
Leading large-scale product design and development for clients across multiple verticals. Mentoring design teams through craft and process in human centered design. Designing scalable, intuitive and engaging user interfaces and experiences.
New York, July 2014 - September 2018
TouchCast - Product Development
User experience and interface design for new digital video product along with quality assurance of iPad app pre-launch.
New York, March 2013 - August 2013
Virtual Identity AG - Web Strategy & Design
Designing information architectures, user flows and personas for large scale insurance, healthcare, engineering and automotive clients. Preparation of global roll-outs for website relaunches and content management systems. Developing multi-channel digital strategies across different platforms, devices and user groups.
Munich, September 2009 - July 2012
MetaDesign - Brand Consulting
Strategic brand management, workshop preparation for brand and identity creation. Primary focus on automotive and insurance sectors.
Berlin, January 2009 - June 2009
TBWA\ - Account Management / Planning
Preparing pitches and competitor analyses. Planning and conducting an empirical survey for the later development of a brand strategy.
Berlin, February 2008 - July 2008
Skills
Programming: HTML(5), CSS, JavaScript (jQuery, NodeJS),
WebRTC/Sockets, Asterisk, Network
Protocols (BLE, WiFi)
Software: Sketch, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, InVision, Zeplin,
Processing, Framer.js, Premiere Pro, After Effects, Max/MSP/Jitter,
JIRA, Slack, Trello, MS Office
Hardware: Arduino, Raspberry Pi
Languages: German (native), English (native), Spanish (intermediate) and
Japanese (beginner)
Education
New York University
Interactive Telecommunications Program
Masters of Professional Studies
May 2014
Accadis Hochschule
International Business Administration
Bachelor of Arts
May 2008
Frankfurt International School
Bilingual International Baccalaureate
May 2005
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