Daniel Kränz

Angestellt, User Experience Director, MUTABOR

Hamburg, Germany

Skills

Team Coaching
Product Ownership
User Experience Design
Personal Coaching
People Management
Agile Methods
Stakeholder Management
Product Management
Product Design
Interaction Design
Workflow Optimization

Timeline

Professional experience for Daniel Kränz

  • Current 2 years and 10 months, since Dec 2021

    User Experience Director

    MUTABOR
  • 2 years and 10 months, Jan 2019 - Oct 2021

    Director Business Unit: Digital Products & Services

    deepblue networks AG

    I lead one of the business units, that consisting of interdisciplinary product teams & a small marketing team. The unit mainly works with agile methods to develop digital products & services. These include native apps, website, single web applications, pattern libraries, connected devices and micro services. My responsibility within the unit is coaching the product teams, especially the “creatives” working in UX/IxD. My passion is to build experiences, refine workflows & share knowledge with the community.

  • 2 years and 2 months, Nov 2016 - Dec 2018

    Head of Interaction Design

    deepblue networks AG

    building experiences, refine workflows and share knowledge with colleagues and the community

  • 2 years, Nov 2014 - Oct 2016

    Senior Interaction Designer/Senior Art Director

    deepblue networks AG

    write use cases for new capabilities and features in form of user stories (Gherkin) or job stories; create solutions to pre-defined problems in form of scribbles, flow charts and presentations; create pixel-perfect designs for selected solutions; develop click prototypes and simulations for dev team; provision user interface specifications; derivate app patterns and transform them into a pattern library; preparation and documentation of user test scenarios; development of new ideas based on user feedback

  • 1 year, Nov 2013 - Oct 2014

    Interaction Designer/Art Director

    deepblue networks AG

    interaction design, user experience, multi-platform development, strategic design

  • 1 year, Nov 2012 - Oct 2013

    Junior Art Director Web & Mobile

    deepblue networks AG

    Mobile User Experience | Multiscreen Design | Strategic Design

  • 1 year, Nov 2011 - Oct 2012

    Trainee Mobile Design

    deepblue networks AG

    native apps | web apps | responsive web

  • 1 year and 1 month, Apr 2010 - Apr 2011

    Freelancer

    Kulturbüro Magdeburg

    Cross-media concept to explore sculptures in the city of magdeburg (consist of website, print products and a mobile application) http://www.kunst-raum-magdeburg.de (Flash required)

  • 2 years, Oct 2008 - Sep 2010

    Scientific assistent

    University of Applied Sciences Magdeburg-Stendal (FH)

    web administration | maintaining, updating and completion of course content for the website of the institute | typo3

  • 7 months, Sep 2007 - Mar 2008

    Internship

    UXMA GmbH & Co. KG

    product + interface design | telecommunication | automotive

  • 6 months, Apr 2007 - Sep 2007

    Scientific assistent

    University of Applied Sciences Magdeburg-Stendal (FH)

    modelmaking support | prototyping

  • 10 months, Oct 2006 - Jul 2007

    1st Master Class

    University of Applied Sciences Magdeburg-Stendal (FH)

    career-oriented training | communication strategies | experimental design developments

  • 1 year and 5 months, Oct 2005 - Feb 2007

    Callagent

    Bosch Communication Center

    Contractual and accounting service for T-Online

  • 4 months, Feb 2005 - May 2005

    Internship

    Hering Gravuren und Werbetechnik

    advertising | modelmaking | print media

  • 7 months, Jun 2004 - Dec 2004

    Assembly worker

    Trans-Pac

    reusable packaging systems | printing on fabric

  • 10 months, Aug 2003 - May 2004

    Civil service

    Lebenshilfe GmbH

    working with mentally disabled people

Educational background for Daniel Kränz

  • 2 years and 7 months, Oct 2008 - Apr 2011

    M.A. Studies Interaction Design

    University of Applied Sciences Magdeburg-Stendal (FH)

    interface design | interaction design | physical computing | user scenarios

  • 2 years and 10 months, Oct 2005 - Jul 2008

    Industrial Design

    University of Applied Sciences Magdeburg-Stendal (FH)

    product design | interface design | interaction design

Languages

  • German

    First language

  • English

    Intermediate

  • French

    Basic

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