“Attitude is everything”
Leadership - Design - Research - Brand - Consulting
Hello, I'm an experienced German Design and Research leader who helps people all over the world to step out of their comfort zones. I firmly believe in balancing business needs with user needs. I've often seen firsthand the detrimental effects of user-only and business-only thinking. I'm a pro at being curious and passionate about new people and new experiences. This is one of the many reasons why I invest most of my time in traveling and learning new things. And in doing so, I challenge myself every day to do at least one simple thing that would normally scare me.
For me, UX is more than a job - it's an attitude, even a lifestyle. It allows me to connect with people from different cultures, live in their reality for a while and learn in the most natural way. Accustomed to thinking in simple yet sustainable solutions to drive key business metrics, I have ore than a decade of experience in mixed-method UX practices as well as academic research across multiple industries including Healthtech, Fintech, and Real Estate. In addition, I offer experience from more than 10 years of freelance work with clients in the fitness industry, with Olympic Athletes and from my own performance sport career.
Looking forward to connect, Jess.
Values that guide me
Responsibility
I believe in leading by example. I want to give fair and deliberate responses in order to provide direction. Responsibility facilitates reliability, which creates a safe space required for innovation and magic.
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NO TO: head-in-the-sand, passiveness and stagnation
Resilience
I prefer long term commitments and impactful work. I believe it’s more rewarding to pull through difficult things, but finally master them. Flexibility, transparency and candid communication are key for me to invest and build trust.
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NO TO: Blind Activism and job-hopping
Complexity
I believe that the commitment to complexity is essential to understand and create simplicity!
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NO TO: Overconfidence and confusing pragmatism with shallowness
Beauty
All things emotion or aesthetics catch my interest. No matter if it’s about music, fashion, movies, relationships, art or design, You will have a hard time getting me to stop talking about or working on solutions when it comes to these things.
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NO TO: big egos and “testing the button color”!