HELLO! MY NAME IS NICOLAS, I'M A UX DESIGNER AND GRAPHIC DESIGNER
FROM ZURICH.
01 HOW I WORK
Whether it's a new or existing product or service, it's important for me to get market and user feedback as quickly as possible. In this context, I like to talk about VCD (Value Centered Design), because not only the end user but also other stakeholders have an interest.
However, for a product to succeed, I put the user at the center and make assumptions that I test through user research or exploratory prototyping within the UCD process. The experience gained is in turn incorporated into the final hypotheses about user behavior, resulting in a continuous cycle between analysis, design, visualization, and evaluation.
The further the project progresses, the more certain I am that I will create a solution that takes into account the interests of both the user and the business and that will be successful in the long run.
That's why my preferred approach is Lean UX (Jeff Gothelf and Josh Seiden), where I not only live Design Thinking, but design and develop exploratively and iteratively up to market maturity and beyond. Situationally, I apply the following UCD methods.
ANALYSE
User Shadowing | Interview
Contextual Inquiry
Personas | Use cases
Online Questionnaire
Storyboards | Moodboards
EXPLORE
Affinity Diagram
Card Sorting
Paper Prototyping
Storyboard | Szenario
Rapid Prototyping
Customer Journey Map
DESIGN
Sketching | Wireframes
Hi-Fi Mockups
Clickable Mockups | Flows
Design Studio
EVALUATE
Remote Usability-Test
RITE-Testinig | Hallway Test
Heuristic-Evaluation
Expert-Interview
Wizzard of Ozz
02 PORTFOLIO
03 EXPERIENCE
2023 – Today
BKW Management AG
(Energy industry)
UX/UI Designer (Freelancer)
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Conception and design of comprehensive user experiences for digital products and services of the customer portals
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Interaction design: sketching, wireframing and prototyping
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Design lead and development of our component-based BKW Design system FUSE in Figma (publication in Storybook)
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Development of interactive prototypes, design system components, hi-fi mockups and user flows with Figma, Balsamiq and Adobe CC Suite
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User research (user interviews, usability testing and evaluation)
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Leading ideation workshops (Design Studio, Affinity Diagramming) to support the business support the business in the development of the product vision
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Reviews and analysis of existing web and mobile apps according to user experience standards and corporate identity.
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Interface to business / realization / programming in close cooperation with product owners and software developers in an agile environment (Scrum with Jira and DevOps)
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Training of interns in the field of user experience design.
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Further development and documentation of our UX design processes
2022 – 2023
DIE ERGONOMEN USABILITY AG
UX/UI Designer
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Development of design concepts and visual designs
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Creation of operating concepts, wireframes and prototypes
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Conception and development of design systems
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Use of Figma, Balsamiq, Axure and Adobe Creative Cloud applications
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Presentation and moderation of usability workshops
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Problem and requirements analysis
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Usability testing of mobile and web applications
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Close collaboration with software developers in the Scrum team
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Projects in rail transport (SBB: Gleisspiegel App) and medical technology (Ypsomed AG: Tempo Pump System)
2021 – 2022
CREATERIA
NICOLAS EHLERT
UX/UI Designer (Freelancer)
Ideation, conception and design of user-centered products and services such as websites and apps. UX research and moderation of usability workshops, design studios and software branding.
2019 – 2021
NDD MEDIZINTECHNIK AG
Senior Graphic Designer & Brand Manager
Develop visual concepts for websites and marketing campaigns in the international digital marketing team. Conception and further development of the NDD brand and sub-brands in all channels. Responsibility for CI/CD and its guidelines. User interface design and UX consulting for spirometry devices. Design of key visuals, newsletters, banner sets, product and corporate brochures and illustrations. Art direction and redesign of imagery and product photography.
2015 – 2018
NOBEL BIOCARE SERVICES AG
Graphic and UI designer
Creation and production of digital and analog advertising media. Development of key visuals, logos and infographics, design and layout of magazine “Science First”. Rebranding and user experience design of online shop and digital composing. Supervision of CI/CD related questions and technical expert in brand management tools.
2019 – 2019
ERGOSIGN SWITZERLAND AG
UX Designer (Internship)
Development and design of customer projects. Ideation, UI and UX design incl. icon sets and prototyping with sketch, Figma and Antetype. Testing and creation of advertising collateral for events. Collaboration in customer projects for Helvetia, B3i and Stöcklin in research, corporate and screen design, prototyping and Testing.
2013 – 2015
SCHILLER AG
Graphic designer (digital & analog)
Conception, design and production of advertising & communication material for online & print media in an international setting. Studio photography of products and live scenes, creative retouching and art direction. Development, project management and implementation of corporate rebranding. Development of user interfaces and coordination of production.
2009 – 2012
KOVIKOM
WERBEAGENTUR AG ASW
Polygraph with project leadership and representation of agency head
Conception, creation, design and realization of periodicals, stationery, advertisement and communications material of international groups. Complete management and consulting of key customers with responsibility for conclusion in printing and offer development. Development and design of house styles for new customers.
2008 – 2009
MAN INVESTMENTS AG
Art worker (designer) in the internal agency
Creative development of visual identity, brochures, product pages, ads, posters, flyers and merchandising products incl. production, graphical and technical consulting. Evaluation of K4 publishing system and the Marketing resource management system of iBrams as pilot project.
Positions before 2008
AGENCIES AND INDUSTRY
Graphic Designer and IT Engineer
For further information please download my CV.