Resume

EDUCATION
08/2007–present ::: Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA
MDes in Interaction Design Candidate
Graduation date 05/2009

06/2005–05/2006 ::: ICPNM-Academy
Providence, RI
International Certificate Program for New Media (ICPNM)
Emphasis on web programming and design, information visualization, 3-D technologies.

10/2002-06/2005 ::: HTWK Leipzig (University of Applied Sciences)
Leipzig, Germany
BSc Computer Science/Digital Media

EXPERIENCE

05/2008-present ::: Adobe, XD Platform, User Experience Designer
San Francisco, CA
Worked on interaction design for Thermo, created several motion vignettes in ActionScript 3 for crucial interactive aspects of Thermo, developed visual specifications for Thermo components for the engineering team.

06/2006-6/2007 ::: SAP, Design Services Team/Emerging Solutions Imagineering, Interaction Designer
Palo Alto, CA
Worked on the enterprise widgets team, designing desktop widgets and their interactions, and conducting user research. Developed the information structure and design for a community platform.

01/2006-04/2006 ::: SAP, Research, Research intern
Palo Alto, CA
Developed a prototype for a just-in-time intelligent tutoring system for business applications.

09/2005 ::: User Experience Conference, Student volunteer
Boston, MA
Registered conference attendees, assisted speakers by running the microphone and monitored sessions.

01/2005-05/2005 ::: i-fabrik GmbH, Web & Information Designer
Leipzig, Germany
Developed websites for elderly and disabled users focusing on infirmary portals. Responsible for the information design of i-fabrik’s ongoing projects.

09/2004-12/2005 ::: i-fabrik GmbH, Web Designer, Intern
Leipzig, Germany
Conceptual design, information design, web design, user research, and website development in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

02/2004 ::: abisz-Publishing GmbH, Photography Intern
Leipzig, Germany
Digital Photography, Company Marketing

2004- present ::: Splend - Art Group
Different projects in the field of experimental video, cross media, web, and interactive video installation

AWARDS

06/2005 ::: ini-GraphicsNet Scholarship, for the participation in the International Certificate Program for New Media

04/2005 ::: Tschichold Scholarship, for outstanding work
Sparkasse Leipzig, Germany

STRENGTHS

::: Computer Skills
Photoshop, Fireworks, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver, Flash, After Effects, Premiere, Final Cut, HTML, CSS, ActionSript 3, Ajax

::: Methods
Contextual Inquiry, User observation, Information Synthesizing, Scenario development, Story boarding, Wireframing, Prototyping, Product testing, Video sketching