Intro
Hello, my name is Benjamin and I am a curious Senior User Experience Design Manager at the telecommunications provider Vodafone in Düsseldorf, Germany.
I am passionate about design but also dabble in the field of React and front-end development in general and I am eager to learn, advance and step up into a leading role to share my knowledge and experience.
Experience
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Senior User Experience Design Manager at Vodafone Germany
In my current role as Senior UX Design Manager on the design systems team, I work on simplifying and optimizing a more modern design system built with Figma and React with the help of AI in close collaboration with developers and editorial, guiding our consuming Sales teams.
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Freelance Interaction Designer
Working as a UX expert and Interface Designer for advertising agencies, startups, and large corporations, I was responsible for building up internal design teams, creating concepts, wireframes and designs for mobile apps and responsive websites in Sketch and later Figma, communicating and collaborating closely with developers. Clients included adidas, Mercedes-Benz, Lidl and German drug store chain dm.
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Lead Designer at Tweek (acquired and shut down by dailyme.tv)
Did UX + UI for the showcase iOS app (a hub for all your streaming apps and accounts to watch content casually or based on what your friends on the Facebook Social Graph liked or watched). Front-end tasks like newsletters + landing pages for our API and services were also part of my work there.
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Art Director at Jung von Matt
Right after university, I started as a Junior Art Director, got quickly promoted to Art Director Online and was responsible for clients like Nike, Nikon, Bosch and Mercedes-Benz. Main tasks included screen designs and layouts, but also pitch decks, client presentations and mood boards.
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Multimedia/Animation Intern at Ogilvy Healthworld Spain
Helped with Motion and Graphics Design and did some animation for healthcare clients like Cialis.
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Graphics Design Intern at Jung von Matt
First steps into the realm of advertising during my studies which were more centered on traditional Bauhaus grid systems, strong typography and structured layouts in contrast to the shiny, experimental and creative Mad Men-like promotions and graphics at the agency.
Education
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Bachelor of Arts, Communication Design
University of Applied Sciences Schwäbisch Gmünd
3.5 years course
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Abitur
Rosenstein-Gymnasium Heubach
9 years course
Skills
Design
UX / UI and icon design, user research, prototyping
Leadership
Mentoring, training apprentices
Engineering
HTML, CSS, JavaScript / TypeScript (React)
Contact
Email
Portfolio
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