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What I'm currently doing:

Working as Service Design & User Research Consultant at Valtech on Public Sector projects such as Department for Work & Pensions, NHS Business Services Authority, Civil Service Human Resources and LNER.

 

Publishing an industry research project (Master's thesis) on "Designing responsibly with AI".

 

Design

for

meaning.

My rollercoaster learning journey.

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I am a London based Service Designer and Hyper Island alumna with a Human-Centred Design approach. Specialising in User Research, Organisational Design and Culture change. I am looking to work on Discovery projects to create a positive impact on public & private digital services at scale.

Graduate of a Digital Experience Design Master at Hyper Island, with 15 years of experience in the Design industry. I am a Purpose-driven and empathic design thinker, passionate about how emerging technologies can meaningfully and responsibly enhance people’s life and society while meeting business opportunities.

My entrepreneurial spirit led me to a broad experience from fashion and product designer to brand manager and founder, to digital creative strategist. I worked for a wide range of clients from large global brands such as Decathlon, Adidas and Lego, to small organisations in the social innovation sector to the UK government and NHS.

Core competencies.

BUSINESS DESIGN

SERVICE & PRODUCT DESIGN

BRAND DESIGN

EXPERIENCE DESIGN

Skills I bring along.

Prepare and facilitate client workshops

Lead user research and in-depth interviews

Synthesise industry trends & technologies

Frame business & design challenges and identify opportunities

Ideate & generate concepts through creative brainstorming

Build prototypes from sketch to digital

Craft information architecture, user flow & wireframe

Translate design concepts into compelling narratives and visual presentations​

How I like to work.

DESIGN PROCESS

Design Thinking

Human-Centred Design

Agile / Scrum / Kanban

Google Design Sprint

TEAM DEVELOPMENT

Reflection

Feedback

Facilitation

Experience.

2017

DIGITAL CREATIVE STRATEGIST INTERN

North Kingdom | Experience Design Firm (Sweden)

2017

   |

2014

MARKETING & COMMUNICATION STRATEGY CONSULTANT | VISUAL DESIGNER

Freelance | Various organizations in social innovation (France)

2014

   |

2017

BRAND MANAGER & FOUNDER | ART DIRECTOR

Nekomori | Fashion & Home accessories (France)

2018

DIGITAL EXPERIENCE DESIGN MASTER STUDENT

Hyper Island | Design Business School (UK)

Now

   |

2018

SERVICE DESIGN & USER RESEARCH CONSULTANT

Valtech | Global Digital Agency (UK)

2016

SERVICE DESIGNER & DESIGN STRATEGIST INTERN

Hello Future Kingdom | Service Design Agency (Sweden)

2006

   |

2002

SPORTSWEAR FASHION DESIGNER

Decathlon, Quechua & Cent's Jeans Wear | Outdoor Apparel (France)

Some of the tools I use:

Interviews

Shadowing

Surveys

Persona

Customer journey

Experience Map

Storyboard

Service Blueprint

Value Proposition

Competitors analysis

S.W.O.T.

P.E.S.T.L.E.

Business Model Canvas

Blue Ocean Strategy

E.R.R.C.

Team Canvas

My readings:

-> Future Ethics (Cennydd Bowles, 2018)

-> This is Service Design Thinking (Marc Stickdorn, 2010)

-> Sprint: How to solve big problems and test new ideas in just 5 days (Jake Knapp, 2016)

 

-> Creating Effective Teams (Susan Weeland, 2010)

Education & certification.

2019

   |

2018

Design Thinking, Understanding People, Business Transformation, Experience Design, Managing Projects & Teams. Graduated with distinction.

2017

HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION CERTIFICATE

Interaction Design Foundation (Online)

Interaction Design, Cognition & Perception, Memory, Thinking & Action, Emotion & Experience, Implementation.

2008

   |

2007

G.E.A.I. COMPANIES'INCUBATOR

Entrepreneur Training Program (France)

Marketing, Business Management, Communication, etc.

2001

   |

1998

FASHION DESIGN DEGREE

Atelier Chardon Savard (France)

Fashion Design, Pattern Making, Art History.

DIGITAL EXPERIENCE DESIGN MASTER OF ARTS

Hyper Island (UK)

2018

ELEMENTS OF AI CERTIFICATE

University of Helsinki (Online)

What is AI? | AI problem solving | Real world AI | Machine Learning | Neural Networks | Implications.

Contact.

Hi!

To discuss new collaboration or just say hello, you can use this form or email me at :

marioniks@gmail.com

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