ABOUT
WORK
Senior designer
Orbit Technology, Oslo & remote
Sept 2021 - present
Co-founder and leading all things design
Meliora Impact, Oslo & remote
Feb 2021 - present (currently on ice)
Design researcher, UX designer & service designer
Freelance, remote
Oct 2018 - July 2021
EDUCATION
1st year 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
Double concentration in social psychology and 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
RESEARCH METHODS EXPERIENCE
Experimental design, surveys (design and analysis), field observations, in-depth interviews, 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, conflict resolution and more—for groups ranging from 4-80 people. Report writing incl. actionable insights and recommendations based on qualitative and quantitative data. Communicating results via workshops, reports and presentations.
DESIGN METHODS AND TOOLS
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. Figma, Sketch, Adobe CC programs, Miro, Maze, and more.
Basics in HTML, CSS and JS
CERTIFICATES
Currently enrolled in
- UX nanodegree by Udacity (expected finish: Autumn 2020)
- Data Visualization +D3 by Superhi (expected finish: Winter 2020)
Design Thinking (DesignThinkers Academy, 2015)
Facilitating Service Design (DesignThinkers Academy, 2015)
Leading for Creativity (online course through IDEO-U, 2016)
Healthier Materials and Sustainable Building (Certificate, Parsons School of Design, 2021)
Yoga & Mindfulness: Over 500 hrs of various teacher trainings
Coaching: Certified coach (Right Management, 2014)
Assessments: Hogan Personality Inventory Hogan Assessment Systems (2014); Team Management Profile TMSDI (2014)