Nadia El-Imam

Know thy User. Love thy User

Stockholm Area, Sweden

Current
Past
  • Creative Strategist at ATNA
  • User experience strategist & co owner at Partners In
  • Owner at Cookies and Code
  • Lecturer at Konstfack University College of Arts, Crafts and Design
  • Creative Planner at McCann Erickson
  • Planner at Agency OH!
  • Head of trade and Industry Relations at Näringslivsgruppen för Medieteknik på KTH
  • Marketing Manager at The Harlem Hotshots
Education
  • Hyper Island, the Interactive Art Director Program
  • Kungliga Tekniska högskolan
  • Taylor´s college, Subang Jaya
Connections
336 connections
Industry
Marketing and Advertising
Websites

Nadia El-Imam’s Summary

Nadia EL-Imam a young cosmopolitan from a multicultural background, interested in using digital technologies to address complex societal challenges. She is passionate about the power and potential for young people to make a difference in the world by creating and testing innovative solutions to local issues.

Nadia has a proven track record in designing usable, accessible, visually-arresting interactive interfaces. She combines creativity and business savvy with expertise in usability research, and human-computer interaction to produce innovative digital communication products. She has a strong sense of aesthetics and attention to detail.

Language skills:
English, Swedish, Arabic. Conversational Malay and Italian.

Other skills:
Prize-winning interactive design, user experience design and information architecture. Well documented social skills.

Nadia El-Imam’s Specialties:

Interactive design, interaction design, user experience design, information architecture, planning, concept development, business development


Nadia El-Imam’s Experience

  • User Experience Expert

    Syrup

    (Privately Held; Design industry)

    2009Present (less than a year)

  • User Experience Geek

    Mikamai srl

    (Privately Held; Internet industry)

    2009Present (less than a year)

  • Creative Strategist

    ATNA

    (Marketing and Advertising industry)

    20082009 (1 year )

    Communication-driven business development.

  • User experience strategist & co owner

    Partners In

    (Online Media industry)

    20082009 (1 year )

  • Owner

    Cookies and Code

    (Online Media industry)

    October 20082009 (1 year )

    User experience- and interaction design consultancy. Clients include Syrup Stockholm, Mikamai, Critical City update and the European Commission.

  • Lecturer

    Konstfack University College of Arts, Crafts and Design

    (Arts and Crafts industry)

    June 2008December 2008 (7 months)

    Put together and taught an open studio course on user experience design to undergraduate students. The course was commisioned by the department of Interdisciplinary studies at Konstfack.

  • Creative Planner

    McCann Erickson

    (Public Company; 201-500 employees; IPG; Marketing and Advertising industry)

    April 2008October 2008 (7 months)

    Strategist.

  • Planner

    Agency OH!

    (Marketing and Advertising industry)

    February 2008April 2008 (3 months)

    User experience strategy and interaction design

  • Head of trade and Industry Relations

    Näringslivsgruppen för Medieteknik på KTH

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

    September 2004September 2005 (1 year 1 month)

  • Marketing Manager

    The Harlem Hotshots

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Entertainment industry)

    April 2003August 2004 (1 year 5 months)

    Art Direction, Developing Marketing Strategies


Nadia El-Imam’s Education

  • Hyper Island, the Interactive Art Director Program

    Higher Vocational Diploma , Interactive Art Direction , 20072008

  • Kungliga Tekniska högskolan

    Msc. , Media technology & Cognitive neuroscience , 20022007

    Activities and Societies:
    Board member of the Trade and Industry group for Media technology at the Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
  • Taylor´s college, Subang Jaya

    A-Levels , Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology , 19961997

    Activities and Societies:
    Too many to mention.

Additional Information

Nadia El-Imam’s Websites:

Nadia El-Imam’s Interests:

Visual and performance art, design, photography, interactive films, gaming, music, literature, alain de boton, social anthropology, psychology, history, user experiences

Nadia El-Imam’s Groups:

  •    eOffice
  •    KTH medieteknik alumni
  •    Interaction Design Association
  •    Boxes and Arrows
  •    KTH, Royal Institute of Technology
  •    ASMALLWORLD.net
  •    Life, Art, Literature & Fashion
  •    Sweden Mobile Association (Open)
  •    Hyper Island
  •    Girl Geek Dinner Italia
  •    Mobile Content
  •    Art Director's Kingdom
  •    User Experience
  •    Big Shoes Network
  •    Conspiracy to Change Advertising
  •    Sustainability Practitioners
  •    Mobile Social Networking
  •    CREATIVE DESIGN PROS
  •    Reboot10
  •    Usability and Web 2.0+
  •    Creative Intensive Network - For All Advertising Creatives
  •    Mobile Social Network
  •    Future Social Media
  •    Mobile Money Transfer Group
  •    User Experience Jobs
  •    Catlin Arctic Survey
  •    QUE™ by Plastic Logic
  •    I REALIZE
  •    UX Intensive Berlin 2009
  •    Digital Storytellers

Nadia El-Imam’s Honors:

http://www.wyatt.se/pressreleaser/254871/
http://computersweden.idg.se/2.2683/1.201234/har-ar-it-projekten-som-far-statsmiljoner
http://www.alltomstockholm.se/StockholmsArtikel.aspx?bid=859537&ct=9&kid=2
http://193.10.144.138/sv/svensk-film/Filmdatabasen/?type=PERSON&itemid=368911
http://www.norstedtsord.se/widget/
http://www.annamalmlof.se/framtidens_vardagsrum.pdf
http://www.cookiesncode.com
http://www.kikazette.com


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