Wolfgang Bremer

Freiberuflich, Head of Design, Design Advisor & UX Consultant (Fractional/Freelance), Wolfgang Bremer - Consulting
Berlin, Deutschland

Fähigkeiten und Kenntnisse

Leading Design Teams
Creative Direction
Visual Design
User Interface Design
User Experience Design
Interaction Design
User-Centered Design
Product Design
Service Design
Program Management
Project Management
Agency Management
Product Management

Werdegang

Berufserfahrung von Wolfgang Bremer

  • Bis heute 7 Jahre und 10 Monate, seit 2018

    International Public Speaker

    Wolfgang Bremer - Consulting

    • Wolfgang speaks about design, leadership and more. You can invite Wolfgang to speak. Visit bremer.co/speaking for details. Wolfgang’s past speaking appearances include: • "Optimise the Life Cycle of Electric Vehicle Batteries" at Reuters Automotive Europe 2023 • Keynote Speaker "Human Centered Design Leadership" at the George UX Conference 2022 • Conference Talk "Everybody is a Designer. Deal with it." at the UXSEA Summit 2019 • Design Vancouver | A Panel Discussion On Digital Design at BrainStation 2018

  • Bis heute 27 Jahre und 10 Monate, seit Jan. 1998

    Head of Design, Design Advisor & UX Consultant (Fractional/Freelance)

    Wolfgang Bremer - Consulting

    • Hands-on design leader for Fortune 500 companies and billion dollar startups, like the VW Group, Nokia, SAP, etc. • Giving design direction for B2B and B2C products for global enterprises and startups. • Establishing and positioning design as a key area, alongside product, development and other teams. • Making design teams successful through honest and human team management. • Mentoring and coaching design leaders, designers and non-designers. • Not sure what you need? Let’s chat!

  • 2 Jahre und 6 Monate, März 2023 - Aug. 2025

    Vice President, Head of Design, VW Group Charging

    Volkswagen AG

    Heading VW Group Charging’s experience design org - including research, product design (UX and UI), hardware design, brand design, graphic design, and writing - and enabling access to e-mobility, charging and sustainable energy solutions for all. Driving VW Group Charging’s transformation to be an experience-led company and moving product development forward by aligning stakeholders around holistic customer journeys. Responsible for the design vision and experience strategy of the ... And more...

  • 11 Monate, Mai 2022 - März 2023

    Vice President (ad interim), Head of Design, VW Group Charging

    Volkswagen AG

    Vice President of Design (ad interim) for Volkswagen Group Charging.

  • 8 Monate, Okt. 2021 - Mai 2022

    Head of Design, VW Group Charging

    Volkswagen AG

    Head of Design for Volkswagen Group Charging.

  • 9 Monate, Jan. 2021 - Sep. 2021

    Co-Founder

    Stealth

    • Building Stealth → www.stealth.li • Stealth is the global startup community. Discuss ideas, find co-founders, get startup resources, connect with freelancers, and more… Join now! It’s free.

  • 10 Jahre, Jan. 2011 - Dez. 2020

    Co-Founder & Chief Design Officer

    Founder2be

    (Berlin, Germany) • Co-founding the largest truly global online service for finding co-founders with 100,000+ users. • Heading all things design. • Jointly responsible for product development. • Leading social media marketing.

  • 3 Jahre und 4 Monate, Jan. 2017 - Apr. 2020

    Director of Design

    SAP

    (Vancouver, BC, Canada) • Heading the largest UX design team of the analytics org with 18 people • Key contact for communication & stakeholder management between org’s SVP and VPs • Implementing new design process for better overview of global UX workload & improved accountability • Introducing prototyping tools & establishing research as key part of the design process • Instigating global design operations for the analytics design org • Overseeing creation of design system for improved UX work

  • 7 Monate, Juli 2016 - Jan. 2017

    Principal UX & Visual Designer

    autoTRADER.ca

    (Vancouver, BC, Canada) • Creating new design language for Canada’s leading car classifieds site with 5.5 million unique visitors per month • Heading design for Consumer, Non Passenger Vehicles and Dealer Inventory teams across desktop and mobile • Improving NPS of consumer sales process from 22 to 56 within 6 months through complete UX and UI redesign • Establishing tone of voice as key part of the user experience • Hands-on UX & visual design from concepts, through prototypes, to final visual designs

  • 1 Jahr und 2 Monate, Nov. 2014 - Dez. 2015

    Vice President, Global Head of Design

    Market Logic Software AG

    (Berlin, DE) • Directly reporting to the CEO. • Heading the design for SaaS application used by clients such as Coca-Cola, Sony, and Unilever, among others. • Leading product management for key parts of flagship marketing information system software MLS 2.0. • Establishing design as a key strategic component throughout the company. • Leading the design for company rebranding, which results in new logo, website, print materials, etc.

  • 7 Monate, März 2014 - Sep. 2014

    Sr. UX Project Manager

    Nokia

    (Berlin, DE) • Heading the design of the Web Project Office for desktop and mobile. • Leading UX program and project management for large scale web-projects for B2B & B2C. • Art directing and aligning 20+ projects run by teams in Germany and the US. • Providing creative direction to external agencies. • Stakeholder management for alignment between design, brand, and marketing.

  • 2 Jahre und 11 Monate, Apr. 2011 - Feb. 2014

    Senior Visual & UX Designer

    Nokia

    (Berlin, DE) • Heading the design for Nokia Prime Place, the B2C & B2B service, bringing places to millions of Nokia Maps users • 1 of the 2 responsible Visual Designers for Nokia Maps, which is used in 190+ countries • Design Lead for co-branded Nokia/Microsoft business portal • Creating UX & visual designs for AdConnector, Windows Phone ads, and more from first concepts, over mockups/prototypes, to final visual designs • Managing what goes into user-, A/B-testing and acting upon results

  • 1 Jahr und 3 Monate, März 2012 - Mai 2013

    Investor

    TangaReef

    • Investor in TangaReef, which provides online booking for scuba divers and dive centers worldwide.

  • 1 Jahr und 9 Monate, Mai 2009 - Jan. 2011

    Director, Global Head of Design & User Experience

    Strands

    (Madrid, Zaragoza, ES, Corvallis, US) • Directly reporting to the CEO • Heading the design for 2 of 3 business units for software used by 100.000+ people • Leading an international team of 6 people across 2 continents • Key contact point for lead communication between product management, product marketing, software development and operations • Heading Brand Design in Europe • Conception, design, development of user interfaces for mobile and desktop websites and native mobile applications

  • 1 Jahr und 2 Monate, März 2008 - Apr. 2009

    Mobile Designer

    Strands

    (Zaragoza, ES, Corvallis, US) • Directly reporting to the VP of Mobile • Design Lead for Strands' social media and music products on mobile (iPhone, Nokia, Symbian, Java, BlackBerry) • Leading complete design overhaul of mobile music software Strands Social Player, which was key in it being downloaded 2 million+ times • Conception, design and development of desktop and mobile websites and UIs • Responsible for marketing material and brand design for Strands' mobile business unit

  • 2 Jahre und 7 Monate, Aug. 2005 - Feb. 2008

    Founder & Executive Creative Director

    Mediatwister

    (Siegen, DE) • Conception, design, and development of online-, multimedia-, and print-projects in hands-on manner. • Leading brand design and development. • Responsible for product- and project-management. • Business management and business development.

  • 4 Jahre und 5 Monate, März 2001 - Juli 2005

    Designer and Developer of Print- and Non-Print Media

    Absolute Media GmbH

    (Siegen, DE) • Senior designer guiding 3 junior designers. • Conception, design, development of online-, multimedia-, print-projects. • Brand design and development. • Web-development using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, MySQL, ColdFusion. • Implementation of content-management-systems. • Search engine optimization.

  • 3 Jahre und 2 Monate, Jan. 1998 - Feb. 2001

    Founder & Executive Creative Director

    Loboito

    • Conception, design, and development of online-, multimedia-, and print-projects in hands-on manner.

  • 1995 - 1995

    Assistant to Creative Director and Senior Art Directors

    VDD Fotosatz & Repro GmbH

    (Siegen, DE) • Conception, design, development of print- and video-projects. • Image editing for print-projects. • Creation of print media including pre-press. • Conception of slogans and copy texts for advertising purposes.

Ausbildung von Wolfgang Bremer

  • 2001 - 2004

    Media Design for Digital- and Print-Media

    Berufskolleg Technik des Kreises Siegen-Wittgenstein

    Conception and design, media integration, communication, economics and business operations

Sprachen

  • Deutsch

    Muttersprache

  • Englisch

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