Jan Raposa

Jan Raposa

UE Manager - Concept Design at Vodafone

London, United Kingdom

Current
  • UE Manager - Concept Design at Vodafone
  • Product Designer / Design Lead - E-Commerce & Telecom products/services at Skype
Past
  • Head of Marketing at Telargo
  • Creative Director at Parsek, Ltd.
  • Visiting Professor - Interaction Design at Famul Stuart - School of Applied Arts, Ljubljana
  • Art director at Parsek
  • Designer at Infonova
Education
  • University of Ljubljana
  • IDI Ivrea
  • University of Ljubljana
Connections
280 connections
Industry
Marketing and Advertising
Websites

Jan Raposa’s Summary

I have a lot of experience and am currently busy working on my goals.

Jan Raposa’s Specialties:

Researching, thinking, designing, prototyping, building, branding, marketing, selling, getting things done. And taking really good photographs.


Jan Raposa’s Experience

  • UE Manager - Concept Design

    Vodafone

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; VOD; Telecommunications industry)

    October 2008Present (2 months)

    Working in top secret on upcoming technologies, products and services.

  • Product Designer / Design Lead - E-Commerce & Telecom products/services

    Skype

    (Public Company; 201-500 employees; EBAY; Internet industry)

    February 2007Present (1 year 10 months)

    I was responsible for designing, testing and promoting Skype's telecom features and services that are used by hundreds of millions of people worldwide.

    I'll write more here when I get a chance...

  • Head of Marketing

    Telargo

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    November 2005March 2007 (1 year 5 months)

    I joined this exciting startup, formed by Ultra - the world's first company to implement SMS-based parking payments nationwide and NTT DoCoMo, to head marketing.

    Managed a small international team in developing the brand, collateral, case studies, websites; organized and ran conferences and fairs, advised on usability and design of core products and services, contributed to prototyping and sales, and recruited a number of good people.

  • Creative Director

    Parsek, Ltd.

    (Marketing and Advertising industry)

    July 2003November 2005 (2 years 5 months)

    Ran a small creative team in this fast-moving interactive agency. Conceptualized, pitched and delivered a great number of effective marketing and e-com projects in FMCG, Cosmetics, Insurance, Automotive, Banking and Financial industries, won some awards at regional festivals.

  • Visiting Professor - Interaction Design

    Famul Stuart - School of Applied Arts, Ljubljana

    (Fine Art industry)

    October 2003September 2004 (1 year)

    Designed the interaction design curriculum
    Tought a small class in ID and ran prototyping workshops
    Mentored personal development and thesis works

  • Art director

    Parsek

    (Marketing and Advertising industry)

    May 2000September 2001 (1 year 5 months)

    Started as a pixel pusher and banner maker and quickly made it up to the AD. Worked on a number of exciting campains with a team of designers and producers, won some awards at advertising festivals, left to do a master's in interaction design at the IDI Ivrea under the sponsorship of Olivetti Group and Parsek.

  • Designer

    Infonova

    (Information Technology and Services industry)

    19961999 (3 years)

    Worked as a designer on a number of commercial online projects.


Jan Raposa’s Education

  • University of Ljubljana

    BSc, Graphic Design and Print Technology, 20002006

  • IDI Ivrea

    MSc, Interaction Design, 20012003

  • University of Ljubljana

    Studies in, Computer Science, 19972000


Additional Information

Jan Raposa’s Websites:

Jan Raposa’s Interests:

Technology, Design, Business, Life.

Jan Raposa’s Groups:

APTA, UITP, AIGA, IDassociation, IDII Alumni

  •    Olivetti Alumni
  •    ULTRA Connection
  •    eBay Employees and Alumni Group
  •    AIGA | The Professional Association for Design
  •    NewOrder
  •    I like to work with Jan

Jan Raposa’s Honors:

2005 - Index Nominee - http://www.indexaward.dk
2004 - Slovenia's Photographer of the Year


Jan Raposa’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

  • career opportunities
  • consulting offers
  • new ventures
  • job inquiries
  • expertise requests
  • business deals
  • reference requests
  • getting back in touch

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