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my background, strengths, skills and
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About Hilla

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Summary

Currently Head of Creative Design at The Group, with responsibility for concept development, user interface design and online branding for international corporate clients.

Well-established new media track record in Berlin and London, becoming a co-founder and driving force behind the progressive digital entertainment company Artificial Environments, before moving to The Group in 2002.

Motivated by innovation, with a powerful creative background enhanced by exceptional interpersonal and facilitation skills, and an excellent understanding of technical content involved in developing customer and user communities and building global brands online.

A talent for instantly capturing situations, and skills in building and managing teams. Extensive experience of taking major international projects from concept design through project management to final delivery, ensuring excellent experiences for clients from the initial briefing process, through collaborative ideas development, to strong long-term relationships.

My skills and strengths

  • Concepts for interactive media
  • User experience design
  • Creative direction
  • User interface design
  • Team and process management
  • Content organization and Information architecture

I have given talks and workshops on the above subjects
and also received various awards for my work.

For a copy of my latest cv
please email me. Thank you...

Talks

6. Münchener Typotage

July 2009, Munich, Germany
'Design Designen' (View slideshow of this talk)

Profile Intermedia 4

Dec 2001, Bremen, Germany
'The Happy User'

Otis College, Los Angeles, CA, 2001

AE - a special approach to web design and interactivity

Profile Intermedia 3

Dec 2000, Bremen, Germany
'Experience Design' and new responsive interfaces for the Internet.

Windows on the Digital Future,

1998, London, UK
The Future of Communication Design

Awards

The Group's web site shows you an overview of the
most recent awards
.

International iNova Awards

For Excellence in Corporate Web sites (for Hanson Annual Report 2003)

Communicators in Business Award (CIB)

For Centrica website

Design Preis Schweiz 2001

Interactive Media Design Award for SDA CD-ROM commissioned by the Royal Society of the Arts

Designweek Awards 2001 - Commendation

Commendation for SDA CD-Rom, a showcase of student design work across 22 disciplines produced in its 2nd year by AE for the Royal Society of the Arts, London

D&AD Interaction Design Student Award 1996

Yellow pencil for outstanding conception, design and prototyping of e-commerce website for Gleneagles Golf Hotel in Scotland

Teaching and workshops

Profile Intermedia 6

Dec 2003, Bremen, Germany
WATCH THIS!
Introducing students to Processing, an electronic sketchbook for developing ideas

Kent Institute for Art and Design

City Hinterland
Five weeks elective programme teaching the foundations of interaction design and web media based on the subject of the sub/urban

Lebanese American University

Beirut, Lebanon
Mapping your journey
3-day workshop on storytelling and animation, introduction to Flash

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