Skills

• Graphic design

• Usability testing

• Card Sorting

• Web analytics

• Information architecture

• Interaction design

Tools

• Pen and paper to brainstorm ideas

• Adobe Creative Suite to craft designs

• Morae for usability testing

• Espresso or Notepad++ to code HTML5 and CSS3

• Mac or PC

Experience

Schibsted - La Centrale 2005 - 2011

Senior UI Designer

Website, Mobile website, iPhone application - Design

Responsible for designing the UI and interactions of the brand's properties, and supervise their production.

I introduced and implemented a user centered design process with user research tools that includes usability testing, A/B testing and website analytics.

I also trained junior web designers to user centered design process.

• UI Design
• Usability Testing
• Information Architecture
• Interaction Design

Freelance 2004 - 2005

Web Designer

Website, CD-ROM - Design & Production

Planning, design and coding of complete websites.

• Web Design
• Illustration
• Information Architecture
• HTML/CSS/PHP

Totemis 1999 - 2004

Multimedia Designer

Print, Website, CD-ROM, DVD - Design & Production

Designed award winning institutional websites, and collaborative web applications. Participated in all stages of design and production.

• UI Design
• Information Architecture
• Interaction Design
• HTML/CSS

Alexa.com 1998

Graphic Designer - Intern

Discovered the concept of hypertext and the openness of the web. View source was all I needed to learn HTML.

• HTML

Freelance 1997 - 1999

Graphic Designer

Print - Design & Production

Did various print related jobs, including layout and production of a monthly magazine.

• Graphic Design
• Illustration
• Photo retouching

Selected works

Education

CNAM 2005 - present

Human Factors Master's

While not specifically oriented towards interface design, it deeply changed and enhanced the way I work.

• Neurophisiology and work
• Cognitive Ergonomics
• Human Activity Analysis: models methods and technics
• Ergonomics and project management
• Ergonomic design methodology
• …

École Estienne 2004

BTS Communication Option Multimedia

Institut d'Arts Visuels 1996

DNAP

About me

Thomas Didrel

Senior UI Designer

User Experience Specialist