User Experience Designer, Consultant
Portugal
User Experience Designer, Consultant
Portugal
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I have participated in over two dozen software product projects, ranging from e-Learning products to Linux distributions to community and web 2.0 websites, from conception to development to launch to maintenance.
I am a passionate web professional and aim at helping build authenticity, efficiency and deepness in communities, products and companies through my work as an experience designer. My process involves combining and aligning multi-leveled parameters, from company strategy through user emotions.
- Strong analytical skills
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Fluent in Portuguese, French, English and Spanish
- Experienced in cross-cultural, multi-disciplinary environments
- Proven ability to create/adapt products and deliver experiences
- Comprehensive and up-to-date understanding of the web industry and practices
- Richly mixed cultural, academic, professional background and mindset, with a smile :)
Product design/conception, product review/refactoring, product strategy, prototyping, storyboarding, cross-disciplinary communication, copywriting/wording, information management, engaging with user and developer communities.
Barcamping ;)
(Information Technology and Services industry)
2007 — 2007 (less than a year)
(Internet industry)
December 2006 — July 2007 (8 months)
Managed a small team of developers and interacted with all actors in the company to launch and maintain different and concurrent web2.0 applications and community projects for key clients:
SFR Jeunes Talents - http://www.sfrjeunestalents.fr
Komball - http://komball.com
Showcase - http://showcase.fr
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As community evangelist, organized, helped setup and participated in several community events:
af83 Hackfest at Solutions Linux 2007 - http://hackfest.af83.com
Google Dev Day 2007 (Paris) - http://code.google.com/events/developerday/
BarCampParis11 hosted at Yahoo - http://barcamp.org/BarCampParis11
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As a web2.0 specialist, was regularly consulted by sister-companies, colleagues and Directors on web culture, novelties, trends, product reviews. Contributed various concepts and product ideas.
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; MLMAN; Computer Software industry)
January 2006 — October 2006 (10 months)
Audited and reviewed Mandriva's online services and products and engaged in a permanent conversation with all entities of the company, reporting directly to the CEO, resulting in immediate and future novelties.
Was a key participant in
- launch of Mandriva One, the company's most downloaded product
- launch of Mandriva Blog, the company's most read information channel
- launch of Mandriva Kiosk, a web-based software distribution solution
Actively contributed community-oriented approaches, sustainable strategies and business models, reporting to Directors and CEO.
Participated in the Nepomuk research project as a contributor in reputation management mechanisms.
Evangelised web2.0 and community-company synergy to all employees and Directors.
Hosted BarCampParis4 in Mandriva's offices.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Oil & Energy industry)
June 2005 — October 2005 (5 months)
Advised company owers and executives on Internet strategy.
Laid out premises of Web/Internet presence, digital coaching:
* What is the Web
* What is e-business
* What is e-commerce
* The Company and the Web : opportunities, strategic alignement, organisational impact, ROI
Designed Website and e-Catalog processes:
* Determined Content and Process owners
* Ensured Information Systems (SAP Small Business One) and e-Catalog compatibility
* Delivered employee Training and wrote documentation
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
September 2004 — February 2005 (6 months)
In the Business Sales Division, Transactional, successfully sold hardware, software and services solutions to small-medium sized Spanish companies.
Based in Montpellier, south of France.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Automotive industry)
October 2002 — July 2003 (10 months)
In the spanish e-Learning project, was responsible with providing assistance to the e-Learning project manager : project management, reporting, structure development, process enhancement, communication.
Was given responsibility over the "e-Learning product line", managing new product development and existing product use.
As part of the Dirección del Desarollo del Management y Formación, took part in Intranet and collaborative-work tools design and implementation.
Was responsible, in Spain's Corporate Division, for Campus project (Learning Management System) : process design, deployment
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
June 2001 — July 2001 (2 months)
Madrid, Spain.
In the Human Ressources and Training Consulting Business Unit, took part in creating e-Learning solutions for corporate clients with a team of specialists. Was responsible for technology and product benchmarking for the BU.
www and internet, semantic web, social knowledge, online communities, e-learning, knowledge management, open source, IT and web market, artifical intelligence, value chain models, music, reading, writing, movies.