Interaction Designer / Usability Expert / Project Manager
Århus Area, Denmark
- Current
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- Interaction Designer at mouseketeers <:3)-
- Past
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- Interaction Designer, freelance consultant (Self-employed)
- Interaction Designer and Project Manager at ACURE, An IBM Company
- Interaction Designer at Creuna
- Web Designer at Hypernaut (Self-employed)
- Education
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- Aarhus Universitet
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Henrik Olsen’s Summary
I'm a seasoned Interaction Designer and Usability Expert. My passion is designing simple, useful and attractive interactive products that everybody can use.
From 2003 to 2006 I was an employee at ACURE, An IBM Company. I worked as project manager and head of the user experience team on the Danish national e-health portal (www.sundhed.dk). In 2005, the site won the special prize of the year in the contest of the best government sites in Denmark. The prize was given for the “…impressive self-service solutions that fulfil their purpose and are easy to use.” The site was ranked 94% user-friendly.
In April 2006, I left my job at ACURE to freelance and find the time to write a book. In january 2007 I joined a partnership with mouseketeers (www.mouseketeers.dk), where I work part-time.
Among colleagues around the world, I'm known as the guy behind GUUUI (www.guuui.com). Here, I write weekly postings and quarterly articles about interaction design and user experience in general.
I'm particularly passionate about prototyping – the creation of quick and dirty models of interactive products that allow us to test their viability before they are put into production. I've written several articles on the benefits of prototyping and how to use prototyping efficiently throughout a development process.
Henrik Olsen’s Specialties:
Interaction Design, Usability testing, Accessibility, Information Architecture, Project Management, Web Design, Graphic Design.
Henrik Olsen’s Experience
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Interaction Designer
mouseketeers <:3)-
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
January 2007 — Present (2 years 11 months)
Interaction Designer, Web Designer, Project Manager
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Interaction Designer, freelance consultant
Self-employed
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Internet industry)
April 2006 — January 2007 (10 months)
Freelance Interaction Design consultant
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Interaction Designer and Project Manager
ACURE, An IBM Company
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
August 2003 — April 2006 (2 years 9 months)
Interaction Designer, Usability Expert, Graphic Designer, and Project Manager primarily for the Danish national health portal project www.sundhed.dk ("sundhed" is "health" in Danish).
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Interaction Designer
Creuna
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)
August 1999 — August 2003 (4 years 1 month)
Interaction Designer and Web Designer at a large amount of web projects - mostly b2b e-commerce projects.
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Web Designer
Hypernaut (Self-employed)
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Internet industry)
January 1998 — August 1999 (1 year 8 months)
Self-employed Web Designer
Henrik Olsen’s Education
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Aarhus Universitet
Cand.phil. , Information Science , 1993 — 1999
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Henrik Olsen’s Groups:
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Interaction Design Association -
UPA Denmark
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