I'm based in Aalborg, a city in the North of Denmark.
I was probably 11 or 12 years old when I got into creating fan art for these social networking websites on which you could adopt virtual pets and create small landing pages for them using basic HTML/CSS (shoutout to whoever remembers Neopets or Subeta 😅 ). I believe that was the moment I discovered my passion for digital drawing and coding. I used to design buttons, graphics, and animations in GIMP and trade them for points within the games.
Another “side-hustle” for 12-year-old me was making landing page templates. I was self-taught at the time, and I definitely feel old remembering those times. 🙈
Years later, after graduating high school, I moved abroad to study Graphic Design. By slowly transitioning towards Web Design and UX, I discovered that there was so much more behind a product besides the way it looked. I then became passionate about investigating what people think, what they believe in, and how they behave.
If I have to use only one sentence, I am a UX designer to improve people's life by making complicated products easy to use and because I love problem-solving!
A typical day for me starts with a morning run and making a detailed plan of my day. I listen to an audiobook or some good music while getting ready and go to the office.
I’ve been fortunate enough to have physical access to my workplace most of the time, which has immensely helped me stay on track and be productive. I spend most of my day in meetings to ensure across-team communication and working on creative tasks. I always try to keep a good balance between the two!
After getting home, I spend a couple of hours working on my Master’s thesis. Trying to juggle between a full-time job and finishing my degree is challenging, but I still get some free time, even if it’s not much. I like to chill with a good book on a bench in the park, go for a walk in nature, binge TV shows, work out or do yoga. And yes, most of the days, I eat my lunch while being in a Zoom call!
Across my iPhone/ iPad and MacBook
I don't usually share my work online, but I am proud to be a part of redesigning the product portfolio at Trackunit. It is still a work in progress, and we have a long way to go, but I am so excited to be a part of the journey. You can see some of my older work on Dribbble.
Without a doubt, that would be FigJam, the new collaborative whiteboard tool introduced by Figma during Config2021. I have only tried it for a few minutes before getting incredibly excited to start using it within my daily workflows, combined with existing design files.
One of the biggest struggles (but also one of the most important things to overcome) is the communication between engineering teams and UX designers. I believe in creating a bridge between these teams where the communication flow begins at the very early stages of problem definition and discovery. As it is not easy, I am always working on improving that.
Lately, I have been blasting the 'Songs to Sing in the Shower' playlist on Spotify. I listen to it either when I am working, going out for a run, or actually taking a shower. 🚿
