Dorit Mielke
Personal Details
Date of Birth: June, 7th 1977, Erlangen/Germany
Nationality: German
Summary of Qualifications
11 years of professional visual design experience in print
8 years of professional experience in designing new media
6 years of professional experience in interaction design
Extensive knowledge and skills in various software applications for interaction and graphic design. User centered design methods and various usability techniques (paper prototyping, user personas, scenarios, card sorting, user observation and testing etc.)
Bachelor's degree in interaction design,
University of Applied Sciences Potsdam, Germany, 2010
Certificate of apprenticeship in Designer of Digital and Printmedia,
goodtimes GmbH, Nuremberg, 1999
Working experience
since 2010/06
Interface Designer, Freelance
Usability Consulting, Information Architecture, Visual Design
Client: T-Labs
since 2005/12
UX Designer: Interaction Design Lab at University of Applied Science Potsdam Information Architecture, Project Management, Usability Consulting, Information Design
Clients: United Nations, T-Labs, Bayerischer Rundfunk, LG
2004/4 - 2004/11
Production Management: Volkspalast, Berlin (Theater Hebbel am Ufer, Berlin)
Program scheduling, curator of music program, production management
2001 - 2004
Freelance Designer for Cosmoblonde GmbH, Berlin
Web Design, Art Direction
Clients: Bacardi, Martini
2000 - 2004
Freelance Designer for gernBotschaft GmbH, Nuremberg
Art Direction,Visual Concept, Print Design, Final Art Work
Clients: Siemens AG, Vedes AG, Conrad
1999 - 2000
Junior Art Director, goodtimes Gmbh, Nuremberg.
General work on various graphic design projects
Internship
2006/10 - 2007/04
Fraunhofer Institutes for Applied Information Technology FIT,
Competence Center Mobile Knowledge, St. Augustin, Bonn
Internship in the field of usability engineering, interaction design and project management
Projects: MACE (Metadata for Architectural Contents in Europe),
senSave (Sensor Assistance for Vital Events)
Education
2003 - 2010
Bachelor's Degree: Interface Design,
University of Applied Sciences Potsdam, Germany
Major subjects: Design of Software Interfaces, Interaction Design
Bachelor Thesis »Patternset of new interface possibilities for household appliances, presented through the example of an induction hob« in cooperation with Bosch and Siemens Home Appliances Group
1997 - 1999
Certificate of apprenticeship in Designer of Digital and Print Media,
goodtimes GmbH, Nuremberg
Detailed knowledge in: design and layout of brochures, fact-sheets, magazines and newspaper layouts as well as print campaigns for various commercial clients
Exhibitions
2007/03
»this is interactive«
Innovationsforum Interaktionsdesign, Hans-Otto-Theater, Potsdam
Visualization of individuals' behavior with mobile communication
2006/08
»from dusk till dawn«
Underground Station Eberswalder Strasse, Berlin
interactive installation about awareness of mobile communication in public space
2006/05
»Flüsterwald«
Designmai 2006, Berlin
interactive soundinstallation to get urban people in the country
Publications
2007
»Personalized Mobile Health Monitoring for Elderly«
with Andreas Lorenz, Reinhard Oppermann and Lars Zahl
presented at mobileHci2007, Singapore
download paper
Awards
2006
:output 10 Winner Project »From Dusk Till Dawn«
2006
MY MOTOCHOICE Award: Motorola Seamless Mobility Award
Project »From Dusk Till Dawn«
Additional Skills
Language
German, Native speaker
English, fluent
French, Basic knowledge
Software
Expert: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Fireworks, Freehand, OmniGraffle, Keynote/Powerpoint
Highly Skilled: Microsoft Word
Skilled: Macromedia Flash, HTML / CSS, Microsoft Excel
References
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Frank Heidmann, University of Applied Science Potsdam, Germany, frank.heidmann@fh-potsdam.de
Prof. Boris Müller, University of Applied Science Potsdam, Germany, boris.mueller@fh-potsdam.de
Heinz Bergmeier, Usability Produktbereich Herde, BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH, Germany, Heinz.Bergmeier@bshg.com
Additional letters of references are available on request.