Rupert Platz

UX / Product Design Professional with >20 years experience

Rupert Platz
Berlin, Germany

Erfahrungen

Mai 2014 - Bis heute
10 Jahren 10 Monaten
Germany

UX / Product Design Professional • 20y experience

Rupert Platz

Major Clients & Projects:

2023:

  • NDA / German Car Brand (for horyzon.io digital innovation consultancy)

    • Template system for different aftersales buying journeys on the international brand websites
  • MITTE.CO (smart water maker start-up)

    • Incremental redesign of landing page, shop and IoT app
    • Introduction of new subscription model

2022:

  • SPRINGER NATURE (academic publishing group)
    • Incremental redesign of online course platform for natural sciences researchers

2021:

  • AKADEMIE FÜR LERNPÄDAGOGIK (educational start-up)
    • New online course platform for school children aged 8-14

2020-2022:

  • MISTER SPEX (Europe's largest online optician)
    • Incremental redesign of web shop pages and eye exam journey
    • Introduction of Figma and setup of new design system
    • Interim UX team lead

2019:

  • NDA / Large online travel agency (via UX&I / Codecentric)
    • Incremental redesign of the mobile web booking funnel

2018-19:

  • KOERBER DIGITAL (digital innovation unit of the Koerber industry group)
    • New 3D training tablet app for industry machine operators

2018:

  • GET IT DONE (mediation platform for craftsman services)

    • New order management web app
  • BEUMER GROUP INTRALOGISTICS (via thinkmoto design agency)

    • Redesign of B2B marketing portal

2017-18:

  • NDA / Swiss Biochemistry leader (via UX&I / Codecentric)
    • New B2C brand: Personalized skin care based on individual online skin assessment

2017:

  • COMMERZBANK (via Neugelb design studio)
    • Brand Experience guidelines for native apps
    • Intranet Senior Management dashboard
    • Digital strategy for Corporate Clients segment

2016:

  • TRACK (digital consultancy)
    • Diverse strategic projects for major insurance / food / car brands

2015-16:

  • DEUTSCHE SEE (food manufacturer & online retailer)
    • Redesign of B2C brand website
    • New local fresh delivery recommendation service

2015:

  • LYNX (online brokerage start-up)

    • New web training platform for options trading
    • Redesign of website
  • DEUTSCHE TELEKOM

    • Onboarding & personalisation concept for Telekom's Puls Android Tablet
Jan. 2014 - Mai 2014
5 Monaten
Germany

Director User Experience

USEEDS- GmbH

Responsibilities:

  • UX design team lead

Clients:

  • BNP Paribas Cardif (insurance)
Apr. 2009 - Dez. 2014
4 Jahren 9 Monaten
Germany

Creative Director UX/IA

Aperto AG

Aperto, by now IBM iX, was one of Berlin's largest digital agencies.

Responsibilities:

  • Team lead of the agency's UX team (15 to 20 people)
  • UX recruiting
  • Represent agency in UX community
  • Member of the executive board

Clients / successful pitches for:

  • Rossmann AG
  • TUI.com
  • Continental AG
  • Siemens Hausgeräte
  • Deutsche See
  • SOS Kinderdorf
  • Abu Dhabi Media - BMI (German Federal Ministry of Interior)
  • and more
März 2003 - Apr. 2009
6 Jahren 2 Monaten
Germany

Senior Information Architect / Concept Developer

Aperto AG

Clients:

  • Siemens
  • Volkswagen
  • Johanniter
  • Bundeswehr (German Armed Forces)
  • Zoll (German Customs Agency)
  • Auswärtiges Amt (German Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
  • BMBF German Federal Ministry of Education & Science
  • Government of Land Baden-Württemberg
  • and more
Sept. 2001 - März 2003
1 Jahr 7 Monaten
Germany

Senior Information Achitect

Leonhardt Multimedia

Leonhardt was the lead online design agency of the Robert Bosch GmbH. Here's where I started to get into Usability and Information Architecture.

Jan. 2001 - Sept. 2001
9 Monaten
Germany

Project Manager

Planet Internet Germany

Planet Internet (KLM) was the Netherland's leading Internet access provider brand, attempting to set foot on the German market. You can't say we didn't try!

März 2000 - Dez. 2000
10 Monaten
Germany

Portal Product Manager

Yoolia AG

Yoolia was an ambitious eCommerce startup for personalized shopping recommendations. Yoolia failed miserably, but boy did I learn a lot.

Jan. 1998 - Dez. 1999
1 Jahr
Berlin, Germany

Online editor (intern / freelance)

Compuserve Deutschland GmbH

CompuServe was AOL's long-time main competitor on the global internet access provider market. Remember AOL and Compuserve? Wow, you're old, and so am I :-)

Zusammenfassung

I'm a UX design professional specializing in analysis, strategy, information architecture, and interaction design. I will research, ask, question, frame, ideate, model, map, sketch, prototype, test, and iterate to create win-win outcomes for your customers and your business.

Sprachen

Deutsch
Muttersprache
Englisch
Verhandlungssicher
Französisch
Fortgeschritten

Ausbildung

Okt. 1995 - Juni 1999

Humboldt University of Berlin

Staatsexamen Lehramt Sekundarstufe II · European History

Okt. 1994 - Juni 1995

Université François Rabelais de Tours

Okt. 1992 - Juni 1994

The University of Bonn