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Maurits Montañez

Project Manager & Creative Director

€600/day
Paris, FR
8-15 years
Product management
Design Thinking
Business Strategy
Agile method
Scrum

Average response time: 1 hour

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About Maurits

Project Manager and Creative Director with over 10 years of experience in managing Ed-Tech products and cultural initiatives. Multidisciplinary training in strategic design, digital technologies, and business entrepreneurship. Named MIT Technology Review Innovator Under 35 in 2016.

VERSATILE SKILLS

Design thinking, trend analysis and forecasting, ethnographic research, behavioral science, product design and management, editorial direction, UX/UI design, mobile/SaaS development, cultural/creative/design training, digital marketing, multimedia storytelling, and artificial intelligence.

More information:

  • English

    Native or bilingual

  • French

    Fluent

  • Spanish

    Native or bilingual

Can work on-site
Paris (up to 50km), Paris (up to 20km)

Experience

  • Manuvo
    Founder/CEO
    DIGITAL AND IT
    March 2009 - March 2018 (9 years)
    Mexico City, Mexico
    Manuvo was an award-winning Ed-Tech company dedicated to developing children's literacy in Latin America and making culture accessible to disadvantaged communities through educational apps, games, websites, SaaS platforms, ebooks, as well as new media and museum installations.

    - Creation of Kernaia, an ecosystem to prevent indigenous languages from becoming obsolete, while integrating native speakers into the digital economy through workshops, a marketing platform, and joint digital content creation.

    - Led the research, design, and development of over 100 interactive storybook and digital comic apps for children aged 4 to 12 from major Latin American publishers, featuring animation, interactions, narration, music, sound effects, and playful activities.

    - Creation of Naaybox, a mobile and traveling library that promotes reading and spreads the love of reading in rural areas of Mexico.

    - Responsible for the research, design, and development of 7 poetry apps facilitating access to Mexican literature, including: Blanco by Octavio Paz, Muerte Sin Fin by José Gorostiza, El Fantasma Soy Yo by Amado Nervo & Seducciones de Sor Juana.

    - Responsible for the design, development, and content curation of cultural heritage applications that preserve and disseminate Latin America's memory, including the Codex Mendoza, Allende Voices in Chile, Open Archive in Mexico, and MITO in Colombia.

    - Responsible for the design and development of interactive museum modules, digital labels, and media installations for permanent and temporary exhibitions, including: The Great Museum of the Maya World, Keramiká, META Expo Michoacán, among others.

    - Creation of Juan y Sofi, four digital tools that combine character storytelling and mathematics for children in Chile.

    - Responsible for the design and development of Map To The Stars, a digital toolkit and social network helping children in France, Italy, Spain, and the Netherlands develop their creativity through body awareness and the language of dance.
    Project Management Design Thinking Director Artistic direction User Experience Design Mobile design Agile method
  • The New School - Parsons School of Design
    Professor
    EDUCATION AND E-LEARNING
    August 2018 - Today (7 years and 10 months)
    Paris, France
    The Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in Strategic Design and Management prepares students for entrepreneurial and managerial roles in the creative industries, through creative projects, seminars, business case studies, and liberal arts.

    - Taught mandatory and elective courses, including: Strategic Management, Research & Development, Portfolio & Prototyping, Project Planning & Management, Quantitative Reasoning, Information Visualization, and Team Projects.

    - Thesis Advisor for upper-level synthesis projects, and coordinator of student projects focusing on: Children's Literacy, Culture and Community Development, Smart Cities, and Sustainability, Counterfeiting, and Cultural Appropriation in Fashion.

    - Restructured core courses, formulated new elective courses, and managed a strategic partnership with Deutsche Telekom.
    Coaching Design Thinking Creative Business model Business creation Prototype

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Education

  • Global Executive MS in Strategic Design & Management
    The New School - Parsons School of Design
    2017
  • BS in Computer Systems Engineering
    Instituto Tecnológico Nacional de México (Tecnológico de Morelia)
    2008

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Skill set

Project Management
User Experience Design
Digital Transformation
Digital Communication
Content Marketing
Branding
Business Development
Project Management
Director
Artistic direction
Mobile design
Agile method
Coaching
Creative
Business model
Business creation
Prototype

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