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Product Design Manager
Carina Christensen
Experienced Product Designer with Technical Flair and a Natural Eye for Aesthetics - currently expanding my competencies within people management
I aim to create experiences that are engaging and friendly yet functional and professional. In a world of complexity; I value and admire simplicity in design and beyond.
This Month's Featured Project
Lean UX Canvas
Working with the Lean UX Canvas to align and manage stakeholder expectations and to build clarity around the initial product vision.
SurveyXact
Rambo Design System
PeopleXact
Award Nomination and Voting System
National Trivsel / Elevtrivsel
Hjernen&Hjertet
SDG Impact Assessment
Dynamic Reporting
Professional Profile
In Highlights
I have a natural eye for visual design aesthetics combined with a well-rounded holistic understanding of UX and product design.
I have extensive experience with data visualization; for infographic and presentation purposes as well as in product designs allowing end users to visualize complex data in reports and dashboards.
While building a design system from scratch, I enjoy the process of collaborating with developers to create shared ownership and mutual benefit, as well as first-class modular components.
I enjoy designing for complex products with users who have continually evolving needs.
I have built an excellence and efficiency in using the Adobe Suite.
I have an ability to understand highly complex topics and can discuss these with engineering or management counterparts.
I have solid understanding and experience of how to build scalable, modular designs and components that delight users as well as engineers and management.
I have experience with and a knack for working under tight deadlines to e.g. provide materials for (and winning) public tenders
I have a proven track record of working with technical products and several years experience designing enterprise software and complex web applications.
I adopt new tools easily and enjoy seeking out and exploring new tools and ways to optimize workflows.
I have built an understanding of developer work flows through years of close collaboration.
I bring hands-on technical experience with developer tools (e.g. Git and CLI) and front-end code.
I am self-motivating and self-managing; and enjoys a high level of autonomy and empowerment.
I have experience managing designers as well as student workers and interns; and guiding their personal and professional development.
I bring a solid understanding of business aspects from a background studying economics and management.
Current Profile @ Rambøll
Managing product designers across five cross-functional product teams
Supporting the personal and professional development of designers; including day-to-day people management
Facilitating talent acquisition and retention
Building and maintaining an internal community of practice for design, with regular meetups and resources
Building career paths for designers in a historically consulting- and tech-focused organisation
Working as lead designer on complex or high impact design initiatives
Building a design system to empower product teams and support designers in their work
Working on visionary design projects to support senior management when setting the strategic direction for our product portfolios
Acting as the connecting link between the design organisation and senior management
About Me
Professional Profile
Experienced design professional excelling in building delightful user experiences for a broad audience. With particular skills within complex interaction design and a with natural eye for visual aesthetics; I continually build on my competencies within leadership, design systems, evaluation, feedback and more. I am currently expanding my competencies within strategic leadership and people management, by taking on a roles as Design Manager.
In a world of complexity, I value, admire and relentlessly push for simplicity in design and beyond. That is my guiding principle.
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