Jan Srutek

HCI MSc. Student and freelance User Experience Designer

London, United Kingdom

Current
  • User Experience Designer/Information Architect at Freelance (Sole Proprietorship)
Past
  • Business Analyst - Online Marketing at SITA
  • Technical e-Marketing Coordinator at SITA
  • e-Commerce Shop Management Internee at Otto (GmbH & Co KG)
  • Sales Representative, Consultant at Nobel Software, s.r.o
Education
  • University College London, U. of London
  • Hochschule Zittau/Görlitz (FH)
Connections
87 connections
Industry
Information Technology and Services
Websites

Jan Srutek’s Summary

If you still don't know why is everybody talking web2.0, why your website visitors never find what you want and abandon shopping carts, why reporting web analytics numbers is waste of time, how to do think-aloud usability testing properly, why people don't understand your data visualisations, what the future interface will be like and why Second Life was boring... then you better talk to me.

Jan Srutek’s Specialties:

Human-Computer Interaction, Human Factors, Usability Evaluation,
Interaction Design, Information Architecture, Information Visualisation,
User experience, Web Analytics, Online Marketing, e-Commerce, SEO,
IT Project Management, Virtual Worlds (Second Life, MMORPG)


Jan Srutek’s Experience

  • User Experience Designer/Information Architect

    Freelance (Sole Proprietorship)

    (Sole Proprietorship; Online Media industry)

    February 2009Present (6 months)

    designing a new Web2.0 community website
    - user research
    - conceptual design
    - information architecture/interaction design
    - digital strategy
    - developing business plan

  • Business Analyst - Online Marketing

    SITA

    (Information Technology and Services industry)

    February 2008August 2008 (7 months)

    ´Information Services - Web Services´ team´s SPOC for internal customers (mainly Online Marketing team) for developments on the intranet platform and corporate website. Performing ad hoc analyses, supervising developments, reporting on progress, project work. Liasing with external suppliers and agenices. Investigating new technology trends.
    Supporting internally developed applications.

  • Technical e-Marketing Coordinator

    SITA

    (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    October 2007January 2008 (4 months)

    Contact point for Marketing dept. regarding corporate website and intranet.
    Marketing data analysis, sales and marketing database administration
    Intermediating application development requirements
    Cooperation and tech. support for e-marketing campaigns

  • e-Commerce Shop Management Internee

    Otto (GmbH & Co KG)

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Online Media industry)

    January 2007May 2007 (5 months)

    e-Commerce Shopmanagement department of Otto Group's flagship online shop www.otto.de
    - Managing otto.de backend multimedia database
    - Researching and benchmarking competition
    - Developing projects
    - Conceptual development

  • Sales Representative, Consultant

    Nobel Software, s.r.o

    (Information Technology and Services industry)

    August 2006November 2006 (4 months)

    - Selling online direct marketing solution


Jan Srutek’s Education

  • University College London, U. of London

    MSc , Human-Computer Interaction with Ergonomics , 20082009

    Modules: Physical Ergonomics, Usability Evaluation Methods, Applied Cognitive Science, Perspectives on Design, Organisational Informatics, Design Tools and Techniques, Design Experience

    Activities and Societies:
    Volunteer: Course support for virtual e-learning environment
  • Hochschule Zittau/Görlitz (FH)

    BSc. , Information and Communication Management , 20042007

    International study programe carried out in three different countries:
    Hochschule Zittau-Goerlitz, Germany,
    Technical University Liberec, Czech Republic,
    Politechnika Wroclaw, Poland

    Selection of modules taken:
    Distributed Information Processing, Databases, Multimedia, Software Engineering, Programming Paradigms, Networks, Project Management
    Fundamentals of Business Administration, Marketing, Accounting, Business Process Modeling, Enterprise Communication and Knowledge Management, Conduct of Negotiations, Psychology of Communication

    BSc. Thesis: e-Commerce marketing model of Woot.com
    - marked excellent

    Activities and Societies:
    leading Project Management module team, organizing class events

Additional Information

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Jan Srutek’s Interests:

online marketing, website usability, usability engineering and physical ergonomics, virtual worlds, cyberpsychology, communication, intercultural experience, life style and culture, extreme sports

Jan Srutek’s Groups:

  •    Interaction Design Association
  •    User Experience
  •    BCS Membership Group
  •    NetClub
  •    HCI Researchers
  •    UCL Interaction Centre (UCLIC)

Jan Srutek’s Honors:

2004 & 2005 - Excellent academic performance scholarship, Technical University Liberec


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