George - UX & Product Strategy consultant

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75008 PARIS
Product Owner, UX/UI Designer (39 ans)
Totalement mobile
En profession libérale

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Compétences

SKETCHUP

USER EXPERIENCE DESIGN

AXURE

AGILE XP

AGILE

KANBAN

SCRUM

UX DESIGN

USER INTERFACE DESIGN

Expériences professionnelles

WORK EXPERIENCE

Employers
January 2021 – April 2022
Lead UX Strategist (contract) – BNP Paribas, Paris, France
Offering UX Strategy consulting to various structure of the banking group BNP Paribas in different countries, including
Luxembourg, Italy, France and Belgium. My work includes proposing and overseeing user research (qualitative and quantitative), facilitating design workshops and drafting design concepts and solutions, as well as advising teams on potential next steps, regarding their UX and Product strategy.

July 2020 – June 2022
Principal UX & Learning Consultant – QuestVR, Seattle, USA
Principal UX & Product consultant for the Seattle-based startup QuestVR. QuestVR aims at creating an engaging learning environment for students all over the world. My work as consultant included user research, supporting the CEO on defining business value proposition, consulting on learning technologies and game-based learning, as well as proposal of interactions and services of the platform.

February 2019 – today

Adjunct Lecturer – University of Cote d’Azur, France
Teaching the course Digital Culture & Ethics for ESPE of the University of Cote d’Azur. The course focuses on the ethical impact of new technologies on human lives. The course follows a multi-disciplinary approach to examining digital cultures and ethics and targets the fields of game design, augmented and virtual reality, journalism and media design.

July 2019 - today
Lead UX Researcher (contract) – Disneyland Paris, Paris, France
Joining the revamping of Disneyland’s website redesign. Mission includes setting up the user experience research process of
Disneyland Paris, speaking with stakeholders and educating them about user research, user centered design and lean UX
methodologies. Mission includes quantitative and qualitative research.

October 2017 – March 2019
Sr. UX Researcher/Designer (contract) – Amadeus IT Group, Sophia-Antipolis, France
Contributing to the UX design, research and overall culture of the travel and booking services giant Amadeus. Working on a
variety of internal projects for the Amadeus group. As member of the UX Research team, I have been running usability tests,
Information Architecture analysis, preliminary and on-going user research and supporting design teams through various
interventions, including ideation workshops, design sprints and storyboarding.
As a Sr UX Researcher in Amadeus, I advocated for the adoption of User Centred Design principles, I trained feature teams on
how to integrate UX in their work and function, I conducted several studies, coming up with insights and suggestions that, when
implemented, increased product usability and customer satisfaction. My work acted also a catalyst for several ongoing
stakeholder discussions on design decisions which, with the help of research and usability tests, were more research informed.
Projects addressed a variety of products for both desktop and mobile platforms, with a focus on B2B audiences. During this
context, the following activities and tools have been used: UX Strategy, Information Architecture, Top Task analysis, Content
and User Flows, Content Auditing, Dashboard Design, Wireframing, Prototyping, Competitor Analysis, Design of User Journeys,
Experience Maps, Storyboards, Preliminary & Ongoing User Research, User Testing, User Interviews, User Analytics, Data Driven

Employers
May 2017 - July 2017
Sr. UX Designer contract - Technicolor, Paris, France
Contract UX designer working on an undisclosed project on for interfaces for consumer electronics, with emphasis on Television
in a joint venture with international electronics creators.

June 2016 - today
UX & Product Designer - GK Studios, Lyon, France
Contract UX & Product design consultant. Experience and field of activities include
Competitor analysis, product design, identity design, information architecture, user personas, experience maps, low & high
fidelity prototyping, wireframes, survey design, qualitative & quantitative data analysis, hypothesis testing

Septermber 2013 - May 2016
Lead UX & Instructional designer - Maskott, Le Puy en Velay, France
+ UX design for the Tactileo Cloud learning platform, currently used by the French Ministry of Education with 1+ million users
+ Design & development of video games for the ages of 5-25, with emphasis on teaching Maths & Science. Author & UX
Designer of digital storytelling apps, cross-platform video games, including iOS, Android, Windows Metro, Kinect, Interactive
Whiteboards, Interactive Grounds and Interactive Tables.
+ Clients and partners include Diginext, CEA, IGN, Microsoft, Orange, French ministry of education, ENS and Canopé
+ Supervised research thesis on game design with the University of Auvergne

Heading the UX strategy of the Tactileo and TagTICE projects total of over 10 million Euro budget for iOS, Android and
Windows Metro tablets, Pixel Sense Tables, handheld devices and Microsoft Kinect. Over one million users all over France.

February 2013 - September 2013
iOS Engineer - MusicQubed Ltd, London, UK
iOS Engineer, developing mobile applications for multinational music companies.

September 2008 - January 2013
Founder, Creative Director - Playcompass Entertainment
+ Founder of Playcompass Entertainment - Lead UX Designer & iTV producer
+ Developed and Coordinated Development teams for the creation of over 20 Apps, leading teams of 5-10 people using
traditional and agile techniques
+ Interactive children digital books for tablets specialist, offering development services and consulting to major publishing
houses, specializing in iOS development

November 2005 - June 2009
Game Designer & Game Design Instructor - Freelance
+ Worked on designing games and proposing training sessions, based on games, for European and International organizations.
List includes Council of Europe, Asia Europe Foundation, Youth Forum Jeunesse, Lunaria, Elix-CVG, NICE Japan, VfP Vietnam,
Concordia UK, Alliance of European Voluntary Service Organizations AEVSO . Coordinator of the Training Needs Working Group
of the AEVSO.
+ Organized, coordinated and facilitated game design training events in both Europe and Asia. Audience includes both children and adults.
Areas of interest Team Building, Conflict Management, Creativity, Educational Technology, Personal Development, Evaluation &
Assessment, Asia - Europe Cooperation, Training for Trainers, Staff Training

Études et formations

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

2020 – active certification
Certified Scrum Product Owner certification (CSPO) – Scrum Alliance

2020 – active certification
PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) - PMI

2013 - today
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki - PhD in Game Design Education
Research in participatory game design for students of the early childhood. Study includes qualitative and quantitative techniques for the study of the development of the creation of learning environments dedicated to game design education, supporting students' game design skills and use of different game design strategies.

2009 - 2013
University of Western Macedonia - BSc Kindergarten Education
Dissertation Teaching of probability through video games

2009 - 2011
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki - MSc Information Architecture Sector of Multimedia in Education and Production
Dissertation Design of Educational Software for the teaching of Mathematics through the iPad

2003 - 2009
Aristotle university of Thessaloniki - BSc Electrical and Computer Engineering 5-year degree
Dissertation BlueScope - The implementation of a wireless stethoscope

March-June 2006
Private school of applied arts Iris - 3D animation Maya 3D
Selected list of video games and applications designed or developed

Applications and Games
1. Puji's Shootout / Puji's Shootout HD Designer
2. MeRed Developer - Producer
3. iSouvlaki Designer
4. Happy Planet - Environmental Education Game Designer & Producer
5. Football Masters Quiz Pro Producer & Desginer
6. Basketball Masters Quiz Pro Developer & Designer
7. Pee Careful Designer
8. Mavka - Comics for Everyone Developer & Producer
9. House of Wine Developer
10. Skiathos24 - Skiathos Island Tourist Guide Developer
11. LadyBug's Box - Education of Spatial Thinking for Early Childhood 1st prize in Second Best Serious Gaming Competition by LUDUS
project in Best Learning Game Idea category Designer - Producer
12. Sugar Roll Designer
13. Interactive Video Project First Date for the iOS - group of 40 people game design team and actors Producer - Designer
14. MusicQubed white label app for the iOS
15. Tactileo Cloud for iOS Designer
16. Tactileo Cloud, web platform Designer
17. Tactileo Map - GIS game authoring environment Designer
18. Find the Jackalope CHI 2014 Finalist Games for Change Designer
19. Forest Maths for Interactive Whiteboards and Grounds Designer
20. Choo Choo Maths Designer
21. PiBot Math & Action for Kinect ECGBL 2014 Game Competition Finalist Designer
22. Serious+ A technology assisted classroom based on gaming Designer
23. Quest Island Designer
24. iSMAARTer Designer
25. Active Play Designer
Digital Publications
26. PadTales The Best Day of Summer for iOS devices Developer - Producer
27. PadTales Little Star's Big Adventure for iOS devices Developer - Producer
28. Psichogios Publications Digital Books Developer - Digital Media Consultant . For iOS Devices the fol owing titles Friends, The
Wishing Fish, The Stray Dog, A New Pet transition consultant
29. Learn Maths with the Fantastic Adventures of Max Squared for iOS and Android
Applications for Social Networks
30. Bubbles Bubbles video game using the Facebook API
Applications for Xbox360 & PC
31. Nebulosity - Educational video game on the UNESCO's MDGs 1st prize in Second Best Serious Gaming Competition by LUDUS project
in Best Functional Game category Designer - Developer

Training skills and competences
Living and working with other people, in multicultural environments, in positions where communication is important
and situations where teamwork is essential. Selected list
As game design trainer & instructor
1. AIESEC WWB APRIL, 2005
2. ASIA-EUROPE TRAINING FOR TRAINERS ON INTERCULTURAL LEARNING 25 - 31 May, 2007 Manil a, The Philippines
3. ASIA-EUROPE TRAINING FOR TRAINERS Exploring Dimensions of Understanding and Participation 1-8 December, 2007
4. Youth Forum Jeunesse Workshop 11-14 October, 2008 Brussels, Belgium
5. Alliance General Conference - From preparation through evaluation and fol ow-up enhancing quality of international voluntary workcamps
as a practical tool for intercultural education, 4-9 November, 2008 , Lviv - Ukraine
6. International youth forum Youth Actions - step by step to the future , 20-26 of April, 2009 , Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
7. "BIT" generation Building International Teams through creativity and technology, 23-31 May 2009, Farfa - Italy
8. Concordia International Volunteers Training 25-28 March, 2010 , Brighton - UK
9. Asia Europe Youth Bridge - Steering Group member Viet Tri city, Vietnam June, 2010 & Tal inn Estonia, November, 2010
10. Sharing Identities - YiA Action 4.3 programme San Giorgio a Cemano, Napoli, Italy - January 2011
11. Migrant Tools - YiA Action 4.3 training Gagliole, Italy, December 2-10, 2011
12. Alliance Training for Trainers - Peers' Caravan Italy, March 2012
13. Game Design Workshop for educators and traners, Le Puy en Velay, France October, 2014
14. Designing games with impact to society, London, United Kingdom May, 2015
15. Designing digital and physical games, Thessaloniki, Greece November 2015 - February, 2016
16. MIL - Game Design Workshop, Thessaloniki, Greece October, 2016
As an Instructional Designer using e-Learning Technologies
1. Teaching Introduction in Electroacoustiques through learning CMS Blackboard and the use of a separate website using Joomla CMS.
2. Kindergarten teachers' supplementary education on educational technology through the use of ADDIE by Aristotle University of
Thessaloniki, November 2013
3. Mobile Learning system of evaluation and assessment of students' performance, Lyon, France, March 2014
Published articles
Selected list
1. ********, George. "Find the jackalop a game enhancing young children's spatial thinking." Proceedings of the extended abstracts of the
32nd annual ACM conference on Human factors in computing systems. ACM, 2014.
2. ********, George. "Teaching of Spatial Thinking in Early Childhood Through Game-Based Learning The use of the Ipad." ECGBL2014-
8th European Conference on Games Based Learning ECGBL2014. Academic Conferences and Publishing International, 2014.
3. Maskott, George ********, Michael Berthoix Maskott, and Lazaros Vrysis. "Serious+ A technology assisted learning space based on
gaming." Interactive Mobile Communication Technologies and Learning IMCL , 2015 International Conference on. IEEE, 2015.
4. Sanchez, Eric, et al. "Learning with Tactileo Map From Gamification to Ludicization of Fieldwork." GI_Fourm Journal for Geographic
Information Science 2015 .

Technical Skills & Production Design Skills
Expert in Programming Languages C#, Swift, Objective-C, ActionScript 3.0
Expert in Photoshop, Il ustrator, Axure RP, inVision, MarvelApp, UXPressia, Balsamiq Mockups, UX Pin, Flash, Visio, Sketch
Expert in SCORM, xAPI, ScoLOM
Expert in Cocos2D platform
Expert in CMS Joomla, lCMS Blackboard, CMS Wordpress
Expert in Video and Audio formats, acoustics and television systems
Expert in Microsoft Sketchflow, Microsoft Project, Celtxx, Agile Development
Advanced in JIRA, Mantis, Git, Continuous Integration

LANGUAGES
GREEK Mother Tongue
ENGLISHProficiency - CPE
FRENCHIntermediate - C1
CHINESEBasic - HSK