Barbara Nowacka

Current

• Co-Founder at yoomoot LLP
• Freelance Interaction Designer at Aquent
• Freelance Interaction Designer at besign

Education

• University of the Arts London
• University of the Arts London
• Politechnika Szczecinska

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Industry

Online Media

Barbara Nowacka’s Summary

I am a Co-Founder of yoomoot.com and a Freelance Interaction Designer that enjoys creative challenges.

I love solving human-centred problems, researching, experimenting and analysing especially in new media area.

I truly enjoy meeting new people, working with people and creating something meaningful for people.

I love challenges, the more difficult the task the more I love it.
I love gaining new skills and learning new languages.

I am interested in technology, sciences (computer science, biology, physics etc), innovation, entrepreneurship, intellectual property, futurecasting, photography and graphic design.

I am very enthusiastic, hard-working and well-organised.
I trully enjoy working in teams. I am efficient and productive.

I have a wide range of experience: webdesign (BT Vision), flash presentation (Honda), multilanguage website (Cinzano), exhibition website for nearly 80 students (www.originality07.co.uk), open day project management and interior design (etc.venues), event co-ordination (etc.venues), flash elements for variety of websites, logo design, stationery and webdesign (while working for Scholz&Friends), photographs (advertisement: Blavod, Scholz&Friends' portfolio), cocktail preparation, cooking and acting.

Barbara Nowacka’s Specialties:

I specialize in creative problem solving, branding, interface development and user experience. I understand the technical, legal, business and marketing side of web 2.0.

Proficient using Photoshop, Indesign, Illustrator, Flash, Dreamweaver, Word, Excel and PowerPoint
Confident using Adobe AfterEffects, Fireworks, Flash Lite, Device Central, Actionscript, XHTML, CSS, JavaScript
Experience using Flex, 3D Studio Max, Director, C++
Photography, screen-printing, bookbinding skills

Barbara Nowacka’s Education

• University of the Arts London

  MA , Interactive Media , 2007 — 2008

  Final major project: I was responsible for front-end development to produce an online tool for long and complex discussions.
  
  Dissertation title: How to improve custom search engines by organising data using mass collaboration and machines?

  Activities and Societies:

  Usability, User Center Design, Project Management, Entrepreneurship, Theory, Futurecasting, Flash Lite and Device Central, Video Compression, Presentations and Pitches.

• University of the Arts London

  Design for Graphic Communication 2005 — 2007

  Activities and Societies:

  1-3 day courses: Screenprinting, Letterpress, Black and White Photography, Studio Photography, Indesign, Illustrator.
  5-week courses: Visual Thinking, Flash and Director, Copywriting, Bookbinding, 3D Modelling (3D Studio Max), Studio Photography Skills

• Politechnika Szczecinska

  MSci , Computer Science , 2002 — 2004

  Activities and Societies:

  Mathematics, Programming (C++), Electronics, Data Structures and Algorithms