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For over 13 years, I have been the interface between IT and business departments. I manage complex digital projects, teams, and stakeholders, and advise clients from the initial idea to the finished product. In doing so, I combine a deep understanding of UX and design with entrepreneurial thinking and operational execution strength.
German
Native or bilingual
English
Conversational
Can work on-site
Mannheim (up to 50km)
Experience
- Merlin Schuster DesignFreelance IT Consultant & Project ManagerMarch 2024 - Today (2 years and 3 months)More about me at merlinschuster . deFor over 13 years, I have been the interface between IT and business departments. I manage complex digital projects, teams, and stakeholders, and advise clients from the initial idea to the finished product. In doing so, I combine a deep understanding of UX and design with entrepreneurial thinking and operational execution strength.
- UID GmbHSenior UX Consultant & Project ManagerJuly 2013 - February 2024 (10 years and 7 months)Project Management, Multi-Project & Portfolio Management
- Multi-project and project portfolio management, including for one of UID's largest clients
- Consulting, planning, and execution of design, usability, and interaction design projects
- Projects from requirements gathering to go-live
- Capacity and resource control across parallel projects
- Quality assurance and project controlling
Team & Resource Leadership- Monitoring of team finances and team utilization
- Resource and utilization planning
- Guidance and onboarding of new employees, trainees, working students, and interns
- Organization and moderation of regular business team meetings
- Representation of the team in the company-wide Business Development Board
- Support for HR in job interviews
Acquisition & Business Development- Acquisition of project budgets including calculation, planning, and negotiation
- Development of new services and offerings
- Development of processes in the Business Development Board for optimizing company structure and organization
- Presentations at conferences and symposia
Research & Requirements- User Requirement Engineering (personas, usage context, core tasks, user groups, usage requirements)
- Moderation, planning, and execution of interviews and test sessions
- Analysis and evaluation of results
Concept, Design & UX- Implementation of the user-centered design process
- Conception and creation of interactive prototypes
- Information architectures as well as user group-oriented preparation of content and navigation structures
- Holistic style guide and design system development
- Design style development (branding, corporate identity, corporate design)
- High-fidelity screen design, icon, and logo design
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Education
- Media DesignerUID GmbH & Johannes Gutenberg-Schule2013Mediengestalter
- Certified Project ManagerIHK Rhein-NeckarCertified Projectmanager