ABOUT
I am a hybrid of psychology & design.
I have 5+ years experience from client facing roles as a consultant and researcher, a broad international background and a track record of self-driven learning. I am skilled in gaining trust and creating effective communication between all stakeholders in projects.
Data-informed decisions and actionable insights have always been at the core of my work. My passion lies in human-centered design and I was able to deepen my skills in this area while studying product design in San Francisco as well as through various courses in design thinking and service design. Combined with my background as a psychologist, this gives me a unique foundation to help create great products and services.
EDUCATION
MA industrial design—Academy of Art University, San Francisco, USA
Sept 2017 - 2018
MSc Social psychology and industrial/organizational psychology—University of Bern, Switzerland
Oct 2007 - Nov 2009
Social psychology, industrial/organizational psychology, advanced statistics
Exchange student—Tischner European University, Cracow, Poland
Sept 2006 - Feb 2007
BSc general psychology—University of Fribourg, Switzerland
Oct 2003 - June 2007
Cognitive psychology, experimental psychology, HCI, clinical psychology & counseling, statistics
CERTIFICATES
Currently enrolled in UX nanodegree by Udacity and Data Visualization +D3 by Superhi
Design Thinking (DesignThinkers Academy, 2015)
Facilitating Service Design (DesignThinkers Academy, 2015)
Leading for Creativity (online course through IDEO-U)
Yoga & Mindfulness: Over 500 hrs of various teacher trainings
Assessments: Hogan Personality Inventory Hogan Assessment Systems (2014); Team Management Profile TMSDI (2014)
Research methods experience:
Experimental design, surveys (design and analysis), field observations, interviews (conducting and analysis), statistical analysis (from descriptive statistics to factor and cluster analysis, hierarchical regressions, longitudinal analyses), contextual inquiry, testing and refining prototypes, and more.
Consulting experience:
Designing and leading workshops in the fields of change, innovation, high performing teams, and conflict resolution, for groups ranging from 4-80 people. Report writing incl. actionable insights and recommendations based on qualitative and quantitative data. Communicating results via reports and presentations.
Design methods and tools experience:
Working with mood boards, personas, journey maps, creating storyboards, sketching by hand, physical prototyping (pretty much any material), creating digital 3D prototypes (in Rhino), renderings in Keyshot.