Product Experience Designer, Writer and Mentor; contributing to design at Sainsbury’s. Managing the product experience for colleague tools by crafting experiences, so Sainsbury’s can continue to evolve, as a modern digital retailer. Using diverse thinking to solve human problems in the modern world. Writer for UX Collective, an independent design publication built to curate and elevate unheard design voices all over the world (ISSN: 2766-5267). And mentoring at Sainsbury’s, Loughborough University, De Montfort University and through Interaction Design Foundation courses. I’ve worked as an Experience Designer for over 12 years both client side and agency side. During that time I’ve supported the digital strategy and creation of design teams across 2 large national brands. Currently as a hiring manager I care deeply about the personal development of my own team (and wider design team), so I’ve been leading a design mentoring scheme of 10+ mentoring pairs for over a year now.
Silvia is a Senior User Experience and Interface Designer with front-end development expertise. Designed iOS applications featured in the Apple App Store’s Best New Apps, Lifestyle, Productivity and Sports categories. Approaches challenges to design adaptable solutions to complex problems. Collaborates with managers, developers, and clients to design products useful to targeted audiences. She teaches visual design and digital applications to students from various fields. Creates new curriculum based on industry standards to provide students real-world context and application of design concepts. Cumulatively taught more than 500 students in part-time courses, bootcamps and workshops as of 2020.
Engineer, Business Consultant, Service Designer, UX Designer, and now, Product Designer. Whatever the title you want to call me, whatever the stage I am, I am simply a problem solver that advocate for the users. I am focusing on Service/ UX design. By utilising the most strategic methods to holistic approach and deliver meaningful experiences and beneficial values.
I am a Strategic Partner / Head of Design @ Nomad.ag with 20 years of experience working in the Interactive Communication and Digital Marketing field and 15+ years as a teacher. I am passionate about digital life, digital interfaces, digital marketing, technology and focused on working with product development by managing teams, researching, designing interfaces and applying creative methodologies and digital strategies for innovative outcomes. As a team player, I tend to view myself as a committed and rigorous person and have a strong background in design, digital marketing, visual, creative and art direction.
I am an analytical UX designer with a technical background, focused on user research and concept generation. I believe UX functions best as the product team’s connection to the customer, developing functional prototypes to meet user needs. With me you will get a great blend of process and practical knowledge of how to efficiently design the right product to solve the right problem. Designed projects for eBay, Salesforce, GE, Microsoft, Mayo Clinic, and consumer startups in US and Europe.
