Experience Research & Design
Inken Alber
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- Mahatma Gandhi
Be the change that you wish to see in the world
Mission
Creating meaningful experiences to shape a sustainable future that encourages tolerance and acceptance.
Work Experience
Check out a more detailed CV on my LinkedIn profile.
Senior UX Designer
@ HDI Global, 2023-2025
Discovering the world of insurance, I research and design for the complexities of modern underwriting, contract management and claims in an international context.
Product Management & UX Design
@ GovMarket (now Possible), 2022-2023
Continuing the work with the public sector, I joined the Start-up GovMarket focusing on procurement processes of the public sector.
Read more about my time at GovMarket:
Service Design Intern & Working Student
@ PwC, 8 months in 2021/2022
Returning back to one of my passions: Working with the Public Sector whilst gaining experiences in consultancy.
UX Design Intern - Interaction Design
@ Fitbit - Google, 3 months in 2021
Gaining amazing insights into Google's design processes as well as shaping the future of Fitbit's trackers.
UX Design Working Student
@ SAP, 4 months in 2021
Working with the tools team to improve services for SAP's employees.
UX Design Intern, Focus on UX Research
@ usability.de, 5 months in 2020/2021
Focusing on User Research I gained insights in several different quantitive and qualtitative methods whilst getting to know the insides of a design agency.
Design Fellow
@ Tech4Germany, 3 months in 2020
Combining agile and user-centered approaches with the german public sector. Read more about my experience in this article.
UX Design Intern
@ Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, 10 months in 2019
First contact with UX Design and Research. Originally I was hired to be a Motion Design Intern, but well - you never know. :)
Education
Following my curiosity and desire to grow.
M. A. Design
ECTS Grade: A [ 1,0 ]
@ HAWK Hildesheim, 2020 - 2022
Design Thinking Advanced Track 2022 - 2023
Design Thinking Basic Track 2021
@ Hasso-Plattner-Institut
CPUX-F
UXQB, 2020
B. A. Digital Media Design
ECTS Grade: A [ 1,3 ]
@ HAWK Hildesheim, 2016 - 2020
Life Experience
International living & traveling as well as achievements.
Roadtrip through Europe
Norway, Austria, France, Italy [ ... ]
2022, 3 months
Personal record: 20m deep dive
@dive4life Cologne, 2021
Scholarship Deutschland-Stipendium
2020-2021
Work and Travel
Australia
2014/2015, 10 months
Living with an australian hostfamily
Australia, Sydney
2012, 5 months
Personal
Things I like | traveling, getting to know cultures and humans, chocolate, black coffee, minimalism, sustainability, plant-based-food, free-diving, the ocean, urban sketching, videogaming, stepping out of comfort-zone, solving problems ;)
Things I dislike | intolerance, prejudices, ignorance, arrogance
Softskills | empathy, teamplayer, dependable, taking ownership, honest, curious, motivated, communicative, flexible, self-reflected, wanting to learn more and more...and even more :)
Values | honesty, acceptance, respect, enjoying life
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