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Hub Ocean - app bridging the gap between researchers and citizen scientists

Designer

By exploring physical, digital and everything-in-between interactions, learning new methods and processes, and collaborating with various companies such as BMW, Komatsu Japan, Laerdal, and Microsoft, I have been able to build my designer's toolkit and enhance my skills both individually and collaboratively.

✼ Helped develop a video-based performance analysis tool for CPR session debriefs, focusing on data visualisation, interface implementation, and user testing,

✼ Led a research project focusing on a more engaging sign-up experience for [QCPR Training app](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Laerdal.QCPRinstructor&hl=en&gl=US),resulting in new principles and a user flow that was implemented in the app.

✼ Developed an interactive and gamified dashboard for an australian national CPR competition.

UX/UI Design Intern

✼ Led a multi-team effort to enhance smartwatch and trackers accessibility through auditing, conceptualising, and user testing, resulting in a production-ready feature.

✼ Advocated for accessibility company-wide, presenting work during Accessibility Week.

UX Design Intern

Facilitated workshops on various topics: sketching, prototyping, paper modeling, brainstorming techniques and design thinking methods with a strong emphasis on the process.

Design Tutor

✼ Supported  a swiss digital accessibility startup with a product prototyping and pitching to get product market fit and funding.

Freelance UX Designer

✼ Building a B2B2C digital product in a Norwegian startup Kan, helping people in financial distress and promoting financial health in a close collaboration with tech, marketing, sales and financial advisors,\
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✼ Shaping product roadmap and supporting planning by prototyping key flows, IA, and concepts,

✼ Created, tested, and delivered numerous features from the ground up, researching and testing concepts with users, co-creating in 6-week cycles,

Senior Product Designer

✼ Designed, patented and supported development of an innovative writing tool for individuals with limited upper limb dexterity through comprehensive UX research, prototyping of accessible interaction,\
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✼ As a sole designer in Human Interface Technology Exploration Team, I was responsible for the design of this digital solution while implementing technical strategies in a cross-functional team,

✼ Orchestrated research efforts in terms of recruiting, interviews and prototype testing to inform product proposals and improve understanding of accessible interactions,\
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✼ Successfully adapted the projectto a new user group following a company strategy change,

UX Intern for Accessibility

✼ Created a concept of a citizen science app for  [Ocean Data Platform](https://www.hubocean.earth/platform), to expand HubOcean’s  product vision through an 8-week sprint with marine biologists and technologists,

✼ Organized research with academia and industry, synthesising insights to build a proof-of-concept and product vision, while testing  the concept iteratively throughout the process.

Anna Puchalska

2023