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TITLE of Company or Mentoring Area: Spire Innovation
MENTOR:
Laura Ballay
MENTOR contact:
TBD
OVERVIEW:
New Product Development, Interaction Design, & User Research
PROJECT or Industry Area GOALS:
Specific goals to be developed with student.
My own professional experience has been in the software, mobile and web domain, but my personal interests lean more toward interactive environments, tangible interfaces and gaming. I have experience in the following industries:
- Gaming (web/desktop applications; user research)
- Finance (web/desktop applications; user research)
- Telecom (web, desktop, voice UI, kiosk UI; user research; business cases)
- Media (print-to-web; content strategy; writing)
- Online Communities (web-based)
And I’ve worked in the following capacities:
- New Product Development
- Interaction Design
- Usability Testing
- Field Studies
- Visual Design
- Content Management
- Strategic Design
PROJECT or Company DESCRIPTION:
Project Description TBD with students
I’ve been working in the User Experience field for the past decade, and functioned in several roles over the years, including Interaction Designer, Consultant, Producer and Design Manager. I have a Masters in Interaction Design from Carnegie Mellon University, and my undergraduate focused on English Literature at University of Washington. I am very interested in working with students who would like to explore and develop new, innovative concepts; particularly in the area of gaming or tangible interfaces.
IMAGE[s] or URLs that exemplify project concept or research area
TBD
SPECIAL SKILLS REQUIRED:
Ideally, students who are:
- Entrepreneurial
- Interested in new product development or interested in developing and pitching a viable concept through a business case and working prototype
- A mix of students who can represent each area of product development, i.e. UI Design, Developing, Project Management etc