M A R I A L A U S T S E N UX DEVELOPER, RESEARCHER & DATA VISUALIZATION DESIGNER I N F O P R O F I L E ADDRESS As a UX designer it’s important to analyze technical constraints and know of Barcelona, 08022, Spain system limitations, when designing or re-designing user journeys. PHONE No journey starts without a map - clear requirements are essential. 632212015 Data-driven designs and lean UX are essential. EMAIL Design must support functionality, and not the other way around. [email protected] Due to my 10+ years as front-end developer and UX designer, I'm able to work on DATE / PLACE OF BIRTH a wide variety of projects. My main ability is to combine great UX with intuitive 1981-10-13 design and info-graphics (data visualization) Denmark My role as UX designer at BSC is mainly focused on research and requirements DRIVING LICENSE engineering. Most of the projects I work on are clean slate, while others are re- Full development of platforms. NATIONALITY I run weekly workshops with scientists from all our departments, we map out Danish requirements, elaborate on and test my prototypes. L I N K S Furthermore I develop climate prediction charts and dashboards with plotly.js and D3.js for Earth Science. I process NETCDF data and JSON. As we process Campaign PPC site multidimensional high res data, we create the models using R and Python. Our models are evaluated with machine learning algorithms. Low fidelity wireframes Low fidelity wireframes As a UX designer I’m using Axure Rp 9, Balsamiq and Sketch. Low fidelity wireframes Best practice for me is always to map out requirements with a flow chart, or a High fidelity wireframes sitemap in collaboration with stakeholders. High fidelity wireframes In order to avoid stakeholders getting tunnel vision, I firstly design low fidelity over high fidelity prototypes, in order to keep the journey transparent with the Dashboard prototype with Highcharts requirements. Dashboard prototype with The prototypes I developed for Lloyd’s Banking Group were high fidelity and fully Highcharts interactive, with form validation and various combinations of conditions for each Campaign blog site state. The reason for using Axure in this project, were for the developers to transfer Campaign site form validation and functional logic to React framework. LinkedIn For Lloyds Banking Group, I also developed a prototype dashboard for their admin trading platform. JS Fiddle sandbox S K I L L S At Edenred I designed for cloud computing software solutions and developed open source products. I worked on projects from requirement elicitation to UX Sketch deliverable. The variety of projects I worked on were everything from incentives and Axure recognition products, WordPress campaigns, A/B conversion testing with Google Analytics and data visualization design. Photoshop In order to automate Edenred's campaigns and PPC sites, I created a multi-site Illustrator WordPress installation containing all marketing sites. InDesign During my last 6 months at Edenred, I worked both as a business analyst and UX developer. I completed BCS Business Process Modelling certificate during my Dreamweaver employment. After Effects At Edenred I also developed an interactive dashboard for one of their incentives Adobe Premier Pro and reward platforms. Visual Studio & Team Foundation Server E M P L O Y M E N T H I S T O R Y Amazon Web Services Cloud Research Engineer & Data Visualization Designer, Barcelona Barcelona Supercomputing Center - Centro Nacional de Agile/Scrum Supercomputación Feb 2019 – Present Wordpress CMS My role as UX designer at BSC is mainly focused on research and requirements Tableau engineering. Most of the projects I work on are clean slate, while others are re- development of platforms. Highcharts I run weekly workshops with scientists from all our departments, we map out HTML5 requirements, elaborate on and test my prototypes. CSS3 Furthermore I develop climate prediction charts and dashboards with plotly.js and D3.js for Earth Science. I process NETCDF data and JSON. As we process multidimensional Bootstrap high res data, we create the models using R and Python. Our models are evaluated with LESS/SASS machine learning algorithms. JavaScript Native Lead Technical Consultant (Contract), Lloyds Banking London jQuery Group Aug 2018 – Jan 2019 PHP MYSQL My role was both technical and client facing, as I tested prototypes with the clients. QML QT I improved usability and user journeys for one of Lloyds B2B trading platforms - The Hub. I also created data visualization dashboards with Highcharts (JavaScript jQuery) UML (Unified Modeling The projects were two phased, as we upgraded the design pattern to Micro-services Language) architecture, and concurrently improving UX. Modelling Business Processes (BPMN) Lead UX Developer, Edenred London Aug 2017 – Aug 2018 Plotly.js Edenred helps organizations engage and motivate people to achieve enhanced D3.js performance. This is achieved through provision of unique and unrivaled total reward solutions. My first project at Edenred was a total redesign of their biggest platform - Incentives and Rewards. We worked Agile in two weeks iterations, every two weeks I H O B B I E S took requirements from the product owner, translated them to flow charts and low fidelity wire-frames. I used Balsamiq and Axure for wire-framing. I also co-operated with I enjoy windsurfing and our Lead designer with the skinning. My key responsibility was to create scale-able and open water swimming in feasible solutions with early validation from our IT tech team, so I worked closely with our Barcelona development team. Concurrently I designed campaign landing pages for marketing. I developed with L A N G U A G E S Twitters Bootstrap, HTML5, CSS3 and native Javascript. For building campaign content management pages, I used WordPress Visual Composer. Danish Lead UX / UI Developer (Contract), LiDCO Ltd London Feb 2017 – Aug 2017 English LiDCO supplies minimally-invasive and non-invasive hydrodynamic equipment to hospitals worldwide. I created new designs for their monitors. The platform was build on Spanish C++ and designs were implemented with QML 4.8. Front end developer & UX designer / UI tester London (Contract), Movolytics Nov 2016 – Feb 2017 Movolytics is a startup company. They have developed a fuel management app in order to help companies managing their fleets more profitable, by controlling fuel consumption and fuel wastage. At Movolytics my key responsibilities were to make asp.net web applications responsive (mobile first), as well as creating CTA/PPC websites and WordPress campaigns. (bootstrap/HTML5/CSS3). Furthermore I fixed bugs for the testers. Freelance Videographer, Astound Group Toronto CA May 2014 – Jul 2014 I produced internal videos for Astound: Kick-Off Week. My biggest job in Toronto was for Miller Coors exhibitions. I produced a highlight reel video : Miller Coors exhibition Freelance Videographer & Web Developer, Microsoft Denmark Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 I produced 50 videos for Microsoft’s YouTube channel, for the launch of Office 365: Microsoft 365 Freelance Video Editor & Logger, Halbye Kaag JWT & Copenhagen Friendly Film Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 I was working freelance as logger/batcher. We used Final Cut Pro 7 and Adobe Premier Pro for video editing. Web Developer, Creuna A/S Copenhagen Sep 2011 – Jan 2013 For my undergrad dissertation project, I produced an app in cooperation with Creuna digital bureau. The client was Egmont. We made a Facebook app in Flash actionscript 3.0 The app was nominated at True Award 2013 for best interactive film. Photographer & Web Designer, Lauritz.com Copenhagen Jan 2008 – Aug 2010 Lauritz.com is Scandinavia's biggest auction house providing online auctions. Swedish founder and owner Bengt Sundstrøm's vision was to focus on customer requirements, and online all auctions from the physical saleroom. My job was to photograph items for the online platform and maintain their website. Freelance, Television Production, Duckling Post Copenhagen Production, Nordic Film & TV, TV2, Fremantle Media, BBC May 2005 – Jan 2008 During my degree in Film & Television at Media & Technical College of Copenhagen (DK), I worked as Technician, Camera Operator, Photogra pher for following media companies: Duckling Post Prod uction, Copenhagen (DK), where I gained knowledge about video compression, encoding / decoding digital data stream for distribution. Nordic Film & TV, Copenhagen (DK), where I was trained in multi-came ra studio- productions and OB transmissions. TV2 (Channel 2), Copenhagen (DK), where I was trained in ENG news production: Camera operating (Sony XD Cam) and editing (Avid News-Cutter). Every day I produced a story for the daily news program with a journalist. Fremantle Media (Blu), Copenhagen (DK), where I worked as camera operator on 12 episodes of the television program “Extreme Makeover”. BBC Natural History Unit, Bristol and BBC News, London where I was as a trainee. E D U C A T I O N City University, Computer Science: Postgrad courses London Sep 2015 – Sep 2016 I studied following core courses: Business Intelligence & Analytics, Business Engineering with ERP solutions, Databases, User Centred Design, System Specifications (UML) and Web Applications. Zealand Institute of Business & Technology & Mission Copenhagen (DK) & College, Bachelor, Information Technology: Web Santa Clara (US) Development Sep 2009 – Jan 2013 I topped-up my AP degree with a Bachelor's degree in web development. I studied in Denmark and the US. In California, I specialized in digital photography, video editing and programming. Media & Technical College, AP degree in Film & Copenhagen Television Sep 2005 – Jun 2009 For admission to college, it is required to be intern at a professional photographer or production company. I completed different internships in Denmark and The United Kingdom as part of my degree. C O U R S E S British Computer Society Business Process Modelling certificate, QA Learning London Feb 2018 – Feb 2018 Agile Methodologies, Itnove May 2019 – May 2019 R E F E R E N C E S References available upon request.