Elena Shalman-Ploj
Angestellt, Head of Product Coaching & Facilitation, Universal Music Deutschland
Hamburg, Germany
Timeline
Professional experience for Elena Shalman-Ploj
Current 2 months, since Sep 2023
Head of Product Coaching & Facilitation
Universal Music Deutschland
- Establishing and leading the new department "UMG Collaborators", shaping its strategy and putting into action - Coaching the teams through internal change processes from a project-based way of working to a user-centered product development approach - Design and execution of workshops, coaching sessions, processes to enable teams to collaborate more efficiently - Design and roll-out of internal training e.g. in Agile, Design Thinking, Design Sprints, Ideation, Rapid Prototyping, Strategy …
Current 7 years and 10 months, since 2016
Dozentin Digital Branding
Brand University of Applied SciencesAs Strategist i help organization to uncover key challenges and open solution space(s). I do this by driving the collaboration of various stakeholders, defining relevant methods and facilitating formats. - Leading vision definition to establish a user centric product vision inside the company - Driving product strategy - Fostering user-centered culture with trainings and methodological knowledge
9 years and 7 months, Feb 2011 - Aug 2020
Experience Strategist & UX Consultant
Selbständig I shalman.de
- Support of user-centered product development, in particular in early stages: definition of process and methods, leading discovery, facilitation of design sprints, creation of strategic foundations, leading of product architecture development. Operation in companies (e.g. Libri, Metro, DB Systel, bonprix) or collaboration with agencies (e.g. CELLULAR, Mutabor, Jung von Matt, BBDO, DDB) - Planning and realization of individual UX coaching & training e.g. for DB Systel, bonprix, Berenberg Bank
2 years and 5 months, Jun 2015 - Oct 2017
Senior User Experience Consultant
bonprix Handelsgesellschaft mbH1 year and 5 months, Jun 2014 - Oct 2015
Senior Strategist & Concept mobile
CELLULAR GmbH
4 months, Feb 2014 - May 2014
Senior Digital Strategist
Mutabor Design
4 months, Dec 2012 - Mar 2013
Senior Digital Strategist / User Experience
stern.de / Gruner und Jahr AG
User Experience Design, Konzeption, Informationsarchitektur, Online- Markenführung, fachliche Leitung und Coaching
11 months, Sep 2009 - Jul 2010
Teamleitung Konzeption I User Experience
SinnerSchrader Deutschland GmbH (Frankfurt)
Aufbau der Konzeption am Standort, strategische Kundenberatung, Neukundengewinn, User Experience Design, Konzeption, Informationsarchitektur Kunden: Deutsche Bank, ErgoDirekt, Heine
4 years, Sep 2005 - Aug 2009
Senior Consultant I Consultant (User Experience)
Namics (Deutschland) gmbh, Standort Hamburg
User Experience Design, Konzeption, Informationsarchitektur, Online- Markenführung, fachliche Leitung und interner Coaching, Erfahrung in komplexen Projekten für weltweit operierende Unternehmen mit heterogenen Zielgruppen. Kunden: Deutsche Bahn, Hannover Rück, tesa
2 years and 6 months, May 2002 - Oct 2004
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin
AG Wissensbasierte Systeme / Künstliche Intelligenz (Uni Bielefeld)
Mitarbeiterin in div. Forschungsprojekten, 3D Modellierung, Sprachverarbeitung
Educational background for Elena Shalman-Ploj
Informatik / Psychologie
LMU München / Uni Bielefeld
Computer Graphik / Künstiche Intelligenz / Kommunikation
Languages
German
Fluent
Russian
First language
English
Intermediate