Maria Novik
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Maria Novik

User Experience Designer in Ingolstadt, Germany

open to work

4 months ago

About

As a User Experience Designer and Human Factors Engineer with a Master's in User Experience Design and a Bachelor's in Computer Science, my goal is to leverage my expertise in user-centered design and human-computer interaction to create intuitive and engaging experiences.

Projects

2022

Wondr is an interaction touch design concept primarily for fathers-to-be, as well as expecting mothers, to help them enhance their experience of pregnancy and enhance the family’s bonding with the unborn.

2021

Privy is a mobile application that enables user to access realtime data for the data upload and download for any application running in foreground or in background.The user can switch on/off data sharing of specific sections of data, Images & Videos

Awards

2024

Awarded 5rd place for a touch-based interaction design ecosystem for expecting parents to experience an unborn. Presented at conferences:
“World Usability Day” at Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt
“Mench-Computer Interaction” in Darmstadt 2022

2022

Nominated in a New Talent category for a project Wondr.

2021

Awarded 3rd place for an innovative UX concept on data privacy. Project Privy.
Presented on “Mench-Computer Interaction” conference in 2021.

Work Experience

2023 — 2024
Ingolstadt, Germany

Project: FlyingIn2Air as a part of Air Mobility Initiative. Focus - air traffic management systems. My objectives: as a student assistant my task is mapping a customer journey of a flight in a passenger drone in VR.
Responsibilities:

  • Taking active part in research group CARISSMA Institute of Automated Driving.

  • Assisting with user studies.

  • Implementing a customer journey for simulating an actual environment of use.

  • Creating immersive and realistic VR experience for future testing.

  • Collaboration and communication as well as independent working

2019 — 2022
UI/UX & Designer at Self-employed
Kyiv, Ukraine

Maintained partnership with international Marketing Agencies. Implemented design strategy for multiple clients, improving engagement and recognition of businesses. Managed multiple projects simultaneously under tight deadlines. Enhanced team performance through effective communication and collaboration, leading to successful outcomes. Fostered positive relationships with clients.

  • UI\UX design & Web design

  • Wireframing and Prototyping

  • Defining Design Strategy

  • Communicating Design Solutions

  • Client Meetings

  • 3D-Modelling, Digital Illustration

  • Design for Printing, Social Media

    Design tools: Figma, Adobe AI PS ID, Procreate, Vectornator, 3ds-max, Tilda, Webflow.

2021 — 2022
Web Designer at PREA Group
Berlin, Germany

Responsibilities:

  • UI\UX Design of Web-pages

  • Motion Design and Animation

  • Design for Marketing Department
    Tools: Figma, Adobe AI PS ID

2018 — 2019
Kyiv, Ukraine

Prototype and design functional, user-friendly websites and landing pages. Responsive HTML/CSS coding. Created more than 50 landing-pages for a wide variety of businesses.

Volunteering

2022 — 2023
Volunteer at Sportbad Ingolstadt
Ingolstadt

I helped Ukrainian kids to have a happier childhood, whose family fled to Ingolstadt (Germany). When the war began an Ingolstadt sports swimming pool organization allowed children and refugees from Ukraine to visit a pool for free. It has been a great challenge for their team to address the needs of their visitors due to the language barrier. So, I offered to be an interpreter, managed each visit, and helped out Ukrainian children and their parents with requests and communication. In addition, I managed the admission and collected statistics on attendance. It has been a success and I strongly believe partaking in this initiative has made a great difference in the quality of life for the local Ukrainian community.

Education

2021 — 2023
Iigolstadt, Germany

Master’s Thesis on the Topic: “The effect of Cognitive Biases on Explainable AI assisted Decision-making in Automated Driving”
Graduated: 30.10.2023
Average Grade: 1,9

The program equipped me with expertise in:

  • Usability Testing

  • Prototyping

  • Multimodality and Accessibility

  • Interaction Design

  • Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods

  • Human-Machine Interaction Natural User Interfaces

  • Design Strategy

  • Agile Project Management
    scientific thinking, writing, and enhanced intercultural and communicative competencies.

2016 — 2020
Bachelors in Computer Science at Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University
Kyiv, Ukraine

Bachelor’s Thesis: “Applying machine learning algorithms for identification and classification of non-normative online-language”

  • Average Grade: 2.1

  • Department of Computer Science

  • Speciality: Software Engineering

    Courses in Software Development, Calculus, Data analysis, Statistics, Machine Learning

Certifications

2021
English Language C1 from IELTS

Overall Band Score: 7.0
CEFR Level: C1

2021
Deutsch from TestDaF

Overall Score: TDN 5
CEFR Level: C1

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