Workshops, facilitation & coaching
I plan and facilitate workshops that help teams make sense of complex topics, align on priorities, and move ideas forward. My approach combines design thinking, prototyping, user research, and participatory facilitation.
BremenHack – 42 hours of prototyping, collaboration & guided learning
BremenHack was an interdisciplinary hackathon that I co-organized. Developers, designers, creatives, and local activists worked together for one weekend to explore ideas, build prototypes, and learn from each other.
My role
I helped shape the workshop structure, facilitated team formation, and guided groups from ideation through prototyping and final presentations. I also introduced open formats that helped beginners and experienced participants work together.
Why this work matters to me
BremenHack focused on shared learning, experimentation, and civic ideas. Facilitation gave participants a structure for discussing ideas, building together, and learning from different perspectives.
Building usability testing and design thinking at hmmh
As one of two UX designers at hmmh, I worked on prototype and interface testing for websites, landing pages, and web applications. The team already used quantitative data. I added qualitative usability testing to understand why people behaved as they did.
Prototypes
We often designed interfaces directly in the browser. I also established a lightweight paper-prototyping method for early ideas. Teams could sketch quickly, test the structure, and move selected concepts into clickable prototypes.
Usability testing
I introduced and coordinated public usability tests. My work included the test environment, participant recruitment, and legal coordination. The sessions showed, among other things, an older target audience than expected and a need to account for accessibility.
Design sprints
I facilitated design-sprint workshops for client and internal projects. Teams used the sessions to define problems, create prototypes, and gather user feedback. Projects included a sales app, a tourism recommendation feature, and a running-shoe advisor.