Highly proficient Interaction Designer, with four years working experience in the field of New Media Design. Diversity of skills developed through studies and job experience, include the design and development of web-based applications (Wire-frames, Mock-ups, HTML-CSS templates), with focus on usability issues and human factors. Furthermore, obtaining an MA degree in Design for Interaction improved my conception and creativity concerning the overall user experience that can be achieved by the interaction with a device and/or a user interface. Enthusiastic and committed to the timely completion of high quality work, I am willing to meet new challenges.
Education
09/10/2003-30/09/2004 University of Westminster United Kingdom,
MA Degree in Design for Interaction
25/09/2001-06/10/2003 University of Wolverhampton United Kingdom,
BA (hons) Degree in Design for Multimedia
28/09/1999-20/06/2001 Intercollege Cyprus,
Associate degree in Multimedia Computing
Professional Experience
March 2006 - Present
Interface Designer - European Dynamics SA (Greece)
November 2005 – February 2006
Interaction Designer at Onyro creative design agency (Greece)
October 2004 – November 2005
Interaction Designer at Dynamic Works (Cyprus)
Specialities
Theory based knowledge:
• Able to develop new approaches to complex interaction design problems for applications and web pages within the constraints of different mediums (different screen size) and form factor ;
• Ability to integrate a user-centred approach into the design process;
• Develop, plan and execute various techniques for gathering user requirements such as interviews, focus groups, contextual inquiries, user testing etc.;
• Conduct comparative reviews of similar applications to build domain knowledge in the realm of similar/competitive applications in the market. Stay informed of new developments and best practices in improving user experience;
• Ability to suggest, develop and evaluate designs that enable and/or facilitate interaction, usability and communication;
• Ability to analyse stakeholders to determine goals, scope, usability issues and to better understand needs and establish realistic user profiles;
• Knowledge and application of Common International Usability and Accessibility Standards, fully validating CSS and browsers support.
Practical knowledge:
Excellent knowledge of software programs: Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash (basic actionscript, Dreamweaver (html-css), Fireworks, Microsoft Visio. Four years of working on the above mentioned software programs, gave the ability of working fast on Windows and Mac OS.
Skills
• Solid understanding of current web and mobile technologies
• Strong organizational skills; ability to handle multiple parallel projects and keep to deadlines, deriving from experience of working on different projects at the same time and sometimes of different medium.
• Work well within a team, as well as, being proactive and reliable when working alone.
• Excellent problem solving skills, well organised and hard working as to achieve successful results and work well under pressure.
• Employment and education led to good communication skills both in English and Greek, to support and explain design suggestions, as well as, to give effective presentations, to fellow colloquies, and clients.
