Joris Sewandono
UX/Product/Service Designer/Design Manager
Salary / Daily rate
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Mobility: Paris, Barcelona
Freelance, open to permanent contract
Can come onsite
Skills
About me
Intro
• 20+ years of experience in Product Design, Interactive Media, UX, Motion Graphics, and Interaction Design • 15+ years of leading design teams and building culture to enable diverse teams of designers, product managers and engineers to enjoy, be creative and perform at their best. I'm a creative professional, operating between multiple disciplines, from interaction design and prototyping to motion visual graphics, branding, print design and illustration. I build culture where my peers as well as myself are enabled to perform at their best. I aim to produce concise, yet user-friendly designs, with the ultimate result of making the complex simple. My final designs must balance the needs of the user and technology in order to create successful digital products and experiences. As part of the design process, I connect with, pm’s, business and engineering teams in order to bridge the traditional chasm between developers, designers and the client; communicating on multiple levels via wireframes, mockups, demo's and written specifications. I advocate the user by using a user-centred design methodology and work on an agile basis from research to production. It is my passion to put dedication into the detail of design without losing the overall scope of the project. I will also use different and innovative technologies in any ways available to create the best possible user experience and design solutions. My experience ranges from working with creative teams at startups, as well as renowned national and international companies/brands.
Work experience
International UX, Product Design Partner
Reloadmedia
Aug 2024 - Present
2 years 3 months
Offering strategic UX and Product design. Transforming complex challenges into elegant, user-centered solutions.
Director, UX/Service Designer
BlackRock
Aug 2019 - Jul 2024
5 years
San Francisco, CA, USA
At BlackRock my time is split in leading and growing a global team of Product Designers, as well as a design lead for large product initiatives. I partner with Product Managers, Business and Technology to define problem statements, deliverables, overall scope, prioritization, resourcing and timelines. We have successfully launched a suite of 8 applications for EII and BlackRock, as well as a design system to optimize and align our overall design language, components and patterns. • Launched 6+ large scale web applications for the institutional investors. • Hired and scaled up the global design team, in San Francisco and Budapest. • Created the EIIRA Design System, improving UX, product and engineering tracks. • Implemented OKRs and agile methodology, alignment with Engineering and improving product design quality & metrics.
Principal Interaction Designer
Intuit
Sep 2017 - Aug 2019
2 years
Mountain View, CA, USA
Design Lead for QuickBooks Online web applications. Responsible for the user experience strategy and interaction design for the core transactions platform, money in and out tracks within QuickBooks Online applications. • Lead a workshop resulting in vision for the future state for Quickbooks online money in- and out-track • Improved overall deposit workflow in Quickbooks • Released several UX enhancements for Quickbooks online invoicing and contributed to the Design System
Senior IxD & UX Design
Logitech
Apr 2017 - Oct 2017
7 months
San Francisco, CA, USA
Leading the design for Ultimate Ears Apps and collaborated with business and engineers to deliver production ready designs and iron out all edge cases for the new UE speakers app. (in app-store: iOS/Android). • Created and released the Ultimate Ears iOS and Android app. • Created the onboarding flows and designs for the MVP release. • Created designs for the future state of linking speakers, continuous play (wifi/bluetooth/mobile)
Lead Interaction/UX Designer and Motion Graphic Designer
Visa
Dec 2015 - May 2017
1 year 6 months
San Francisco, CA, USA
Collaborated in workshops and co-creation sessions with designers, product managers, business leads and developers to deliver new innovative ideas and prototypes creating visions of the future in the payments space for existing (Web/iOS/Android) and new platforms (AR/VR/MR, HoloLens, Alexa AVS). Responsible for fast, agile product design prototyping and leading a small team of designers / developers. Design thinking, Ideation, Fast user research, Storyboarding. • Leading design for multiple engagement sessions with high-stake premium clients. • Leading a design team in the creation of an app suite (web and mobile) for the Hospitality Team, enabling smooth event onboarding, personalized itineraries and showcasing the future of Visa Payment Technology.
Lead Interaction Designer
Wells Fargo
Oct 2015 - Dec 2015
3 months
Oakland, CA, USA
Ux Design at WellsFargo Digital Oakland. - Responsible for UX design and prototyping for the client portal. - Tools: Omnigraffle, iRise and AdobeCC
Reloadmedia
Dec 1997 - Dec 2015
18 years 1 month
ReloadMedia
Dec 1997 - Dec 2015
18 years 1 month
Offering UX/Product/Service design Consultancy to a variety of clients. Some renowned clients we work(ed) for: SenterNovem, ING, Postbank, TNO, KPN, Hi, Ferrari, Marlboro, Orange mobile, Medis Medical Imaging, HTC and many more.
Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland (RVO.nl)
May 2007 - Aug 2010
3 years 4 months
Amsterdam, Netherlands
For the Netherlands Enterprise Agency I was involved in Motion design, Brand design and Product design. Creation of product demo's and product video's and presentations. For Senternovem and AgentschapNL now the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO.nl)
EEN Media
Mar 2006 - Mar 2010
4 years 1 month
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Several projects including the design, development and production of 2 online interactive magazine's. Development of the magazine framework and structure and monthly design and development of interactive content. Leading a small team of designers and developers creating interactive media.
Jamby
Mar 2000 - May 2003
3 years 3 months
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Jamby B.V. (social video sharing software company), interaction designer responsible for design of the developed software user interface.
Education
HKU (Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht)
Master, Interaction Design
University of Portsmouth
Master’s Degree, Interaction Design