Product Manager, User Experience Professional
Paris Area, France
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- Product Manager at Steek
- Founder, Usability Expert at 8 Points
- Past
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- Product Manager at Boonty
- Product Manager GUI at Open Pricer
- GUI Product Manager at iMediation
- Layout Designer, Webmaster at Computer Press Agora
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Gabriel Radic’s Summary
User Experience Professional with a strong Product Management background and a penchant for Usability and elegant Design.
Gabriel Radic’s Specialties:
product management, functional specification, information architecture, GUI design, usability expertise, user testing, web development, CMS's, knowledge management, DRM, downloadable goods, project management, outsourcing.
Gabriel Radic’s Experience
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Product Manager
Steek
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
March 2007 — Present (2 years 5 months)
- User experience honcho
- Product roadmap juggler -
Founder, Usability Expert
8 Points
(Design industry)
September 2006 — Present (2 years 11 months)
- Web & Desktop Design
- Identity & Branding
- Usability Expertise -
Product Manager
Boonty
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 2005 — February 2007 (2 years 2 months)
Work on new products and features for the various Boonty sites and software applications:
* Build proof-of-concept prototypes;
* Write functional specification;
* Interface between the marketing and development teams;
* Constantly improve the overall user experience. -
Product Manager GUI
Open Pricer
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
October 2001 — December 2004 (3 years 3 months)
Resposable with the definition of the web user interface of the software product:
* defined user interactions and contributed to the definition of functional specifications,
* wrote the GUI technical specifications,
* designed prototypes for specific tasks,
* developed interactive SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) charts,
* drew pixelised icons for the GUI elements. -
GUI Product Manager
iMediation
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
December 1998 — September 2001 (2 years 10 months)
I began as a graphic designer and webmaster, working on the following:
* designed and maintained the corporate web site,
* designed the product packaging, including manuals and box,
* maintained the demo product installations, acquiring new technical skills.
A year later, I became the user interface designer for iChannel, switching teams from Marketing to Product Management. My assignments included:
* designing and prototyping the web-based product user interface,
* conducting usability tests with user groups,
* writing functional specifications, defining test cases,
* working close to the development team, validating development milestones,
* managing projects using Onyx CRM tools. -
Layout Designer, Webmaster
Computer Press Agora
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Publishing industry)
July 1996 — November 1998 (2 years 5 months)
Agora Press is the main publisher of IT content in Romania. As part of its DTP task force, I became a true expert in the following:
* publishing workflow: authoring, editing, page layout, proofing, validation and print,
* page layout for magazines and books,
* digital image acquisition and enhancement,
* conversion to various alternative formats (HTML, PDF, etc.)
At Agora I also had the opportunity to test-drive most graphics and DTP software available, and occasionally wrote reviews in IT magazines.
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Gabriel Radic’s Interests:
usability, typography, digital photography, martial arts, community web sites, agile software development, personal publishing, knowledge management, emigration theories, mac, free software
