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Thies Schneider

Spatial UX Lead

Thies Schneider
Munich, Germany

Experience

Mar 2025 - Present
11 months
Munich, Germany

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  • Product owner of a tailored SaaS platform to manage, observe, and document humanitarian projects
  • Contributing to the digital transformation of humanitarian projects, including those in rural areas
  • End to end user-friendliness, efficiency, personalization
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Interim User Experience Lead

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  • Conducted workshops to identify improvements
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Interim User Experience Lead

BurdaForward

  • Led the creation and strategy of mobile applications
  • Integrated complex internal AI innovations in meaningful user journeys
  • Ensured the value of user experience while integrating the business needs
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Interim Head of Product | Interaction Systems, JoynMe and DAVE

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  • Led different teams in special projects, equivalent to a fast-paced startup environment
  • Planned architecture and created a backoffice system for editorial staff for interactions, including design system
  • Oversaw the connection, design, and UX of SDKs for web, iOS, and Android platforms for end users
  • Built in A/B testing infrastructure from the beginning
  • Managed the conception, planning, and execution of live and VoD show integrations (e.g., The Masked Singer, 1% Quiz, The Voice (Kids), GNTM, Zervakis and Opdenhövel, Joko & Klaas)
  • Focused on delivering an excellent user experience with personalization, ad integration, conversion optimization, and fun user interactions
Sep 2019 - Jan 2022
2 years 5 months
Munich, Germany

Interim User Experience Lead | Streaming Platform

Seven.One Entertainment Group

  • Built and led high-performing design teams
  • Head of user experience for a seamless, multi-brand streaming system; holistically, from research to implementation
  • Led, integrated and managed the design system for more than seven brands
  • Ensured smooth operation, interoperability, and optimal user experience for all products
  • Led the development of enterprise core products such as 7pass (SSO), cross-platform media player, and SDKs for interactive elements and CMP
  • Developed easy-to-use, intuitive experiences across web, apps, and smart TVs
  • Shaped the overall user experience strategy, ensuring products were useful, intuitive, and fun across multiple platforms
  • Managed testing infrastructure with quantitative A/B tests and qualitative user tests
  • Pushed boundaries of user experience in a large corporate environment, aiming for innovation and excellence, always in sync with engineering
Jun 2018 - Aug 2019
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Munich, Germany

Senior User Experience Consultant

MediaMarktSaturn

  • Established a cohesive design system companywide as a UX designer and design systems specialist
  • Structured and built the UX team, creating structures to contribute to the design system
  • Delivered a multi-brand design system, ensuring a seamless and consistent user experience across two brands
  • Developed no-code tools to streamline asset creation for marketing, enabling efficient and effective campaigns
  • Leveraged expertise in design systems, UX design, and marketing to improve customer experience and drive business growth
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Munich, Germany

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Sinnerschrader | Accenture

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  • Directed the redesign of clients’ digital platforms to improve user experience
  • Assisted in developing omnichannel e-commerce concepts, ensuring seamless and consistent user experiences across all channels
  • Delivered successful, user-friendly digital solutions tailored to specific industry requirements
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Essen, Germany

User Experience Researcher & Product Architect

Folkwang University of the Arts

  • Conducted research on user behavior to gather insights for product development
  • Identified key design principles to guide the invention of new mechanisms and products
  • Focused on fulfilling users’ needs while ensuring usability and overall satisfaction of the products
  • Provided valuable insights and recommendations based on research findings to the team
  • Delivered psychology lectures

Summary

Hi, I am Thies and I am driven by my deep passion for innovative, data-driven products that excite users and make a difference for customers. With over a decade of experience in industries such as telecommunications, automotive, and e-commerce, I have led and developed concepts and ready-to-use products, ranging from complex B2B2C platforms to lean startup applications on multiple platforms. My background in psychology and HMI drives my user-centered approach, which I have successfully applied in my work. I have driven product management and creation, maintenance, as well as governance of websites, design systems, games, on mobile, desktop, smartTV and XR. I am driving excellence and a best-in-class process for the team, because I believe that the best products come from strong, autonomous teams where each person can contribute their best. My communication skills enable me to articulate and evangelize concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. I explore trends, and emerging technologies to bring impulses to my work and colleagues.

Skills

Tools:

  • Ai Comfyui (2d/3d), Drawthings, Elevenlabs, Ollama, Replicate
  • Cursor, Heygen, Clueso
  • Product Management: Jira, Confluence, Miro, Slack/teams Etc.
  • Ux: Figma, Adobe Xd, Photoshop
  • Code: Visual Studio, Git (-Hub And -Lab), Xcode

Industry Knowledge:

  • Ux-design
  • Design Systems
  • Design Thinking
  • Data Analysis
  • Strategic User Experience Management
  • User Experience Research
  • Service Design
  • Holistic Design
  • Workshop Facilitation
  • Product Management
  • Prototyping
  • Information Architecture
  • Wireframing
  • Interaction Design
  • Usability Testing
  • User Testing
  • User Interface Design
  • User Centricity
  • Team Building And Motivation
  • Strategic Planning
  • Usability Evaluation
  • Assessment

Tools & Technologies:

  • Figma, Adobe Xd, Sketch, Invision, Zeplin
  • Jira, Confluence, Notion
  • Office, Keynote, G-suite (Slides, Sheets)
  • Html, Css, React, Typescript
  • Code Understanding

Additional Skills:

  • Design Leadership
  • Supervising & Mentoring
  • Recruiting
  • Agile Methodologies
  • Scrum
  • Safe
  • Collaboration
  • Communication
  • Empathy
  • Time Management
  • Continuous Learning
  • Critical Thinking
  • Problem Solving
  • Manage Feedback
  • Creativity
  • Presentation Skills
  • Visual Communication
  • Business Acumen
  • Trend-chasing
  • Diplomacy
  • Strategic Decision Making
  • Adaptability And Innovation
  • Mentorship And Talent Development

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced

Education

Sep 2010 - Aug 2013

TU Darmstadt

M.Sc, Psychology - Occupational and Engineering Psychology · Psychology · Darmstadt, Germany

Sep 2007 - Aug 2010

TU Darmstadt

B.Sc., Psychology · Psychology · Darmstadt, Germany

Max-Born-Gymnasium

General university entrance qualification · Heidelberg, Germany

Certifications & licenses

Product Owner PSPO I

Scrum.org

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