Seisho Manabe
Senior Design Consultant | Design Leadership
Salary / Daily rate
Munich, Germany
Freelance, open to permanent contract
Skills
Languages
About me
Intro
Independent design leader with 13+ years at top agencies like IDEO & frog, specializing in product strategy and team building. Led design teams for fintech solutions and built IDEO's Tokyo presence from startup to established office. Expert in design thinking, UX research, and strategic creative direction for digital products and ecosystems.
Work experience
Independent designer / design leader / PM
Jan 2023 - Present
3 years 10 months
ドイツ
Visiting tutor
UnternehmerTUM GmbH - Center for Innovation and Business Creation at TUM
Sep 2019 - Present
7 years 2 months
Munich Area, Germany
Visiting tutor for Digital Product School by UnternehmerTUM. Tutoring weekly and supporting workshops for some batches. One-off mentorship for some batches.
Consulting organisations for any design related topics
Jun 2015 - Present
11 years 5 months
Japan Alumni Founder/President
University of the Arts London
Oct 2014 - Present
12 years 1 month
Tokyo, Japan
University of the Arts London Alumni Japan is the largest creative network, made up of former students, honorary graduates & former staff in Japan. We are part of a dynamic, international creative network of over 200,000 graduates in art, design, communication, media, fashion and performing arts.
Pliant
Sep 2021 - Present
5 years 2 months
ベルリン都市エリア
Design advisor
Jan 2023 - Present
3 years 10 months
ベルリン都市エリア
Chief Design Officer
May 2022 - Dec 2022
8 months
Thale, Germany
Taking part in senior management for strategically involved through the lens of design. Building and leading product design, brand design, research, and content design teams. Supporting the development of a digital company credit card solution that fits right into every company's setup flexibly. Focused on improving the user experience, brand building and fostering a customer-focused design-driven culture. Ultimately, creating a company payment solution that turns the lengthy and costly process into a delightful experience.
Design Consultant
Sep 2021 - May 2022
9 months
ベルリン都市エリア
Head of Design
Azena
Jun 2019 - May 2022
3 years
Munich, Germany
Building a design team that covers designing an eco-system with multiple products, brand/communication, design system, and research that informs strategic decision makings.
Design Director
frog
Jun 2015 - Dec 2018
3 years 7 months
Munich Area, Germany
Acting as the connective tissue between all disciplines, and ensuring that the strategic-creative vision is successfully articulated and executed on programs and across other related initiatives as well as leading business development efforts and team building.
Visiting Tutor and Jury for Master thesis defence for Interaction Design MA
Estonian Academy of Arts
Feb 2017 - Jul 2018
1 year 6 months
Tallinn, Estonia
Visiting tutor for teaching students of MA Interaction Design course. Also participating as a jury at the defense of master thesis.
Reviewer / Supervisor for Behance Japan
Behance
May 2013 - May 2015
2 years 1 month
Tokyo, Japan
Participating as a review for their portfolio reviews and supervising their events.
Leading and directing design
IDEO
May 2011 - Jan 2015
3 years 9 months
Tokyo, Japan
Taking a part of building-up IDEO start-up office in Tokyo. Involved in wide range of activities for developing IDEO presence in Japan. Leading projects and also hands-on for design research, visual communication and interaction design.
Education
University of the Arts London
BA
2003 - 2006
4 years
University of the Arts London
Foundation degree
2002 - 2003
2 years