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Skype: natashasopieva
Email: nsopieva@gmail.com Phone: +44 (0) 7432011304
I work in Agile (SCRUM) teams and practice Lean UX.
I design applications for Desktop, Mobile, TV, Wearable devices and electronic products.
I have extensive experience in User Centered Design process and I prototype a lot.
An User-Centred design strategist and Interaction Designer experienced in project/product management and development for high-tech multinational companies. I worked for TalkTalk, Skype, eBay, Hitachi Design Centre Europe, Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, Nissan Auto Japan, Fiat Advanced Design Group, Microsoft MSN group and Interaction Design Institute Ivrea. Named inventor on several global patents.
TalkTalk
London, UK, May 2016 – present
Head of UX for TalkTalk TV
Network Locum (a start up to support NHS locum doctors)
London, UK, April 2016
Head of UX – Interim (Introduced UX strategy, tools and team structure, helped hiring permanent Head of UX)
Experientia
London/Turin, UK/Italy, 2015 Sept -2016 Feb
UX and Reaserach Lead for Eastern Europe – Contract
SKYPE
London, UK, 2005 -2015
UX Design Lead
PROJECT BUREAU
Turin, Italy, 2003 to 2005
Co-founder of Project Bureau, advanced research and development studio
MICROSOFT MSN
Milan, Italy, April-May 2005
Anthropological Research (contract)
TMG HYPERMEDIA
London, UK 2000-1001
Senior Web Designer
PORTUGAL TELECOM / TMN
Lisbon, Portugal, 1999-2000
Developer/Designer/Consultant
TRISOFT
Lisbon, Portugal, 1997-1998
Developer/Designer/Consultant
TDC – Portugal Mobile
Lisbon, Portugal, 1997
Developer/Designer/Consultant
ADETTI – ISCTE
Lisbon, Portugal, 1997
Junior Developer
LANGUAGES
English, Russian, Italian, Portuguese
EDUCATION
Masters in Interaction Design 2003
Interaction Design Institute Ivrea, Italy
BA in Computer Science, 1997
Hamilton College, Clinton, NY, USA
BA in Linguistics, 1995
Turkmenistan State University, Turkmenistan
CONFERENCES AND EVENTS
IBC, Amsterdam, 2017 – Exhibiting Kid’s remote by invitation from Omni
TV Innovation Awards, Cannes, 2017
UX Week San Francisco, August 2008
LeWeb 3, Paris, December 2007
Experience The Next, Milan, Hitachi August 2004 (exhibitor)
Future Lab, Venice, permanent exhibitor
Invasion of Interactive Objects, Milan, August 2003 (exhibitor)
Science Festival, Genoa, November 2004 (exhibitor)