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Mars de Beaucourt

Senior Product Designer

Portfolio

Usability Testing

Public Speaking

Product analytics

Qualitative research

Communication

Collaboration

Problem-solving

Time management

Critical-thinking

Empathy

Team player

Organisation skills

Presentation skills

Conflict resolution

Stakeholder management

Accessibility

Branding

Content creation

Design systems

User research

Adobe Photoshop

Figma

Google Data Studio

Hotjar

Jira

Adobe Creative Suite

Autocad

Google Analytics

Project management

Brand strategy

Illustration

Information architecture

Market research

Typography

Quantitative research

Prototyping

Product roadmap

Strategies for maximizing your design internship or co-op program.

Getting the most out of my internship

How to ask for a promotion and negotiate for salary raise?

Negotiating a job offer

How to think about design career paths and what progression looks like for designers?

Design career path

Get actionable feedback on your resume or portfolio.

Resume and portfolio review

Talk to people who've broken into the tech industry and learn their stories.

Breaking into tech

Learn the best ways to answer technical interview questions with frameworks

Acing technical interview questions

Best practices for running productive design critiques.

Running effective design critiques

How to define and execute a successful launch and managing stakeholders expectations. (eg. MVP)

Launching new products or features

Methods of prototyping and solution validation. When to use which kind of prototype (eg. Webflow, Notion, etc)

Prototyping methods and tips

Manage team expectations and get the most out of your meetings.

Running effective meetings

Identify and define potential product problems and generating possible solutions.

Identifying problems vs solutions

Learn how to properly present your work and share ideas and opinions.

Presenting your work with impact

How to work with team members with different skill sets but towards a common goal?

Working cross-functionally

Methods and models of exploring, deciding and delivering design.

Building a design process

Managing being the only designer at your company and working with non-designers.

Being the only designer

Explore different generative and evaluative research techniques. User research synthesis and presentation.

Conducting good user research

Ways and resources to improve your design skills.

Improving design skills

Navigating the working relationship with PM's and engineers as a designer.

Working with product and engineering

How to set up product analytics and metrics to track success?

Leveraging Product Analytics

How to create personas, and leverage them in design.

Creating and leveraging user personas

Ways to provide constructive feedback to team members.

Giving effective feedback

Tips on how to work and collaborate with engineers and developers.

Working with engineers

Best practices for documenting projects, epics, and stories

Writing product requirement documents

How to conduct interviews, what to ask, and how to analyze your results? (eg. user interview)

Conducting effective customer interviews

Leading the Primary Data team and designing apps helping farmers measure their carbon footprint at scale. 

• Responsible for crafting the user experience of two B2B WebApps and an iOS app.
• Conducting user research to understand users’ needs and creating meaningful features.
• Designing both the function and appearance of the products’ interfaces, creating prototypes and running usability sessions for validation.
• Collaborating with Product Manager and Developers to implement coherent designs.
• Establishing a living design system.
• Promoting design thinking within the company and striving to find the balance between users, technology, and business needs.
            

    
    

    
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• Created branding concepts and designed campaigns for 3 ethical projects (B2C & B2B) by conducting user & market research, developing design languages, building websites, and creating assets for social media as well as packaging and printed collaterals.

• Llot Llov is a Berlin design studio with a focus on sustainability and circularity.
• Designed layouts for print & packaging.
• Designed digital layouts for websites, social media & newsletters.

• Led a team of 5 to design the interiors of a 32m long private plane following user-centric principles & methodologies: Created and rendered a concept, consulted with aeronautics specialists to select aviation approved materials, and collaborated with a team of industrial designers to design custom furniture and fittings. Presented the project to the client in Paris and New York.
• Designed two show flats in Shanghai from concept, through to schematics design, custom architectural finishes development, palette selection, FFE selection, styling concept, and sourcing. Presented the project to the client in Shanghai.
• Created original artwork for rugs and murals in luxury hospitality and retail projects worldwide (Pan Pacific London, Conrad Shenzhen, St Regis Mexico, Goop store Toronto), overseeing the production with manufacturers.
• Created styling concepts and narratives, driving the selection of furniture & art for 4 high-end residential and commercial projects.
• Product design: designed a collection rug for Ligne Roset, presented at Maison Objet, January 2020 and featured in Vogue Living. 
• Prototyping & hand-off of custom objects and textiles for 4 international hotels (incl. Ritz Carlon Hakone, Park Hyatt Shenzhen).
            

    
    

    
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• Copywrote interior design related sponsored content for the French Houzz website.

• Created original artwork for interior design: carpets, rugs, wallpapers, murals, ironworks or decorative façades. Projects include ironworks design for the staircase of the new Hotel Costes in Paris for interior designer Christian Liaigre, design of an art deco gate for a restaurant by Humbert & Poyet or a mural for the lobby of the Fragonard Perfume Museum in Paris.
• Published editorial illustrations in Cherry Bombe (US) and Regain Magazine (FR). 
• Designed a collection of engraved gold pendants for Parisian jeweller Myrtille Beck.
            

    
    

    
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• Collaborated and ideated with the creative directors on 10+ projects and designed the layouts, copywrote and curated the mood images of 40+ client presentations.
• Sourced materials, furniture, objects, and art for 5 large international projects (incl. Mandarin Oriental Ritz Madrid & Ritz Carlton New York)
• Illustrated the catalog of the first G&B furniture collection resulting in the saving of €200k in prototyping expenses and securing funding for the collection.

• Created hand-drawn renderings of bespoke Hermès furniture (Demi-Mesure) for client presentations.

• Managed the production of the painting studio, supervising a team of up to six decorators, organising and allocating its resources according to project timelines.
• Produced hand-painted murals, restored antique furniture and manufactured mirrors for VIPs and renowned designers.

• Illustrated for the animation "Lidl history", client: LIDL | Agency: TBWA | Production company: EG+

• Illustrated for the Clinton Health Access Initiative (final selection). Agency: McCann New York.

• Assistant director for the short film “Underneath the arches” for the Museum of London Docklands, directed by Saulo Jamariqueli, produced by Nearly Normal Studio. 
• Researched the project, and assisted the production. 
• Filmed and edited a making-off. 
• Contributed additional illustrations for the final animation.

• Supported senior designers by applying identities across digital & print layouts and creating storyboards & illustrations for animated commercials.
• Recruited and managed interns for animated commercials projects for global clients & agencies (Google, TBWA, AKQA)

• Assisted the director in the production, shooting, and post-production phases of the creation of a promotional video for the Google+ application “#ThisPlace”
• Assisted the animators during set building & shooting.

• Illustrated an awareness-raising animation short about HAE for Waggener Edstorm.

• Installation, documentation, promotion, event production support of Austrian artist collective Gelitin for the exhibition "La Louvre".

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