Denmark

Graphic Design

UX Design

Industrial Design

Branding and Identity Design

3D Design

Design Operations

Service Design

Customer Experience (CX)

Generalist Product Management

Technical Product Management

Business Development

Project Management

UX Testing

UX Research

Service Design Research

Hardware Design

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)

Higher Technical Exam (HTX)

Nadiim Nafei

Hardware Product Manager - Driving Range

Usability Testing

Quantitative research

Public Speaking

Product strategy

Prototyping

Qualitative research

Communication

Collaboration

Problem-solving

Critical-thinking

Empathy

Team player

Organisation skills

Presentation skills

Customer service

Conflict resolution

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Project management

Analytical skills

Design systems

Illustration

CAD design

User research

Product roadmap

Solidworks

Typeform

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop

Miro

Notion

Adobe Creative Suite

Data visualisation

Human computer interaction

Relationship management

Introduce yourself, define mentoring expectations and goals. Learn and grow together.

General mentorship

Talk to people who have learned to manage their imposter syndrome.

Dealing with imposter syndrome

Understanding factors that lead to a motivated team - recognition, communication and more.

Keeping team members motivated

Understand the process of training, motivating and directing your team members.

Managing people

How to create a positive workplace culture that drives collaboration and productivity?

Fostering a good team culture

Steps to building and maintaining a strong, cohesive and effective team.

Building an effective team

How to maintain trust, commitment, accountability deliver results while handling conflict

Avoiding common dysfunctions

Decision making as a software engineer or lead - how to become better at making the right choices

Making better tech choices

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

Getting the most out of my internship

Tips for transitioning into a new role or company.

Changing roles

How to successfully prepare and position yourself for a job promotion?

How to get promoted

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

Design career path

Learn the career path and progression for product managers.

Product management career path

Get actionable feedback on your resume or portfolio.

Resume and portfolio review

Practice HR, technical and behavioural interviews with mentors.

Practice mock interviews

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

Breaking into tech

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

Tips on how to work and collaborate with designers.

Working with designers

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

Ways to provide constructive feedback to team members.

Giving effective feedback

How to define an ambitious product vision and how to best communicate it to stakeholders?

Creating a product vision

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

TrackMan creates state-of-the-art precision shot tracking solutions for sports like Golf and Baseball helping players unleash their potential. TrackMan Range offers exciting and easy-to-use games and tools that provide the best experience for golfers at every level to play and improve their game on the Driving Range.
SportsTech / Wireless / Entertainment

Sohabi Studio was created with the intend to help close friends start their business by applying my skills and experience as a designer. 
It has since grown to a long term partnership and we now work with multiple clients to help them elevate their business potential through intentional design, strategy and experiences people can fall in love with.
Sohabi means "your close friend" and we believe that we can create better, together

Airtame creates a simpler, smarter and more engaging experience for shared screens, offering easy-to-use solutions for hybrid conferencing, screen sharing and digital signage used by 20,000+ businesses and schools across the world
IoT /  Wireless AV / Conferencing

𝗥𝗼𝗹𝗲
◆ Direct Mechanical- and Industrial Design solutions and philosophy in new product development (NPD) projects from user research, exploration, conceptualisation, DFM, to mass production
◆ Drive sustainable thinking throughout the development process
◆ Build, manage and review product requirements BOM, QC standards, and technical documentation
◆ Ensure product safety compliance and all related documentation
◆ Interdisciplinary leader with direct responsibility for two employees and four external contributors
◆ Grow the innovation, tech and design skills within the team and hire more talent over time

𝗥𝗼𝗹𝗲
◆ Lead Mechanical- and Industrial Design projects from user research, conceptualisation and DFM, to mass production
◆ Help explore, contract and qualify new suppliers and optimise production flow and cost
◆ Maintain Workshop- and Test Facilities for Hardware, FW and QA Teams
◆ Work with Office Manager and Architect to ensure a safe and responsible infrastructure and environment
◆ Establish a foundation for innovation, prototyping and testing
◆ Explore, procure and test new tools and machines
◆ Manage workshop budgets

𝗥𝗼𝗹𝗲
◆ Lead sub-projects within Hardware focusing on Mechanical- and Industrial Design
◆ Work in close collaboration with Software, Design and Product Management teams in new product development projects (NPD) to help ensure alignment 
◆ Ensuring NPD projects create value for users through user-centred research, development, prototyping and testing
◆ Translate user needs into product requirements and ensure continues relevance of requirements
◆ Ideate, conceptualise and develop mechanical solutions based on product- and business requirements while ensuring manufacturability and low NRE costs
◆ Create and maintain launch material and technical documentation for Commercial Teams
◆ Create and maintain production drawings and technical documentation for Supply Chain Team
◆ Work closely with Supply Chain, and production partners to build good production flow and ensure high quality and traceability in product SKUs

𝗥𝗼𝗹𝗲
◆ Lead sub-projects within Hardware focusing on Mechanical- and Industrial Design
◆ Development Ideation, sketching, prototyping, user testing
◆ CAD, technical drawings and -documentation for new products

// Work with the Hardware, Firmware and Design Teams to design the best devices for a wireless future
// Ideation, sketching, prototyping, user testing, packaging design, performance testing of hardware and electronics
// Planning production setup, distributor and supplier relationships.

𝗔𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀
➊ 𝗕𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁 - Airtame 2 - and made improvements on every level of the product offering
➋ 𝗘𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝘄𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲 𝗶𝗻 ~𝟵𝟬% 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗞𝗨𝘀 by redesigning the packaging for most of the product portfolio

Support the Hardware Team in ramping up to mass production of new product

At PentaLock we aim to create the future of bike security through an integrated security system that is both easy to use and easy on the eyes while keeping the bike safe from professional thieves.

LEO Pharma is one of the world’s leading companies within medical dermatology, driving science to discover and develop new innovative solutions for the treatment of psoriasis, eczema and rare diseases
Medico / MedTech / Dermatology

𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁
As part of the department of Device & Packaging I was part of several projects working with research planning and user/stakeholder interviews but most significantly I was part of strategic project to streamline and improve the design and experience of the product portfolio while reducing overall complexity in production by cutting down on part variety to reduce SKUs and CoGS

Nile is a multidisciplinary team of designers, researchers, and foresight practitioners, specialising in heavily regulated domains were we help organisations do what designers do best, at scale: we introduce new perspectives, break down silos, and zoom in on services, customers, and the planet, turning strategy into solutions.
Consulting / Service Design / Strategic Design / Fintech

𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁
I worked on several projects doing user research/interviews and UI. Most significantly I helped facilitate cross-country focus groups and workshops in 4 cities with +100 participants for the "People’s Money" project - a national project initiated by The Royal Bank of Scotland to redesign their bank notes to be implemented as part of the transition to polymer bank notes

Working with the professors at CIP I helped create visuals and graphics for the various pieces of communication, research projects and books.

Working as a graphical assistant at MAN Diesel & Turbo I was assisting in a wide variety of graphics and communication, both for internal and external purposes.

During my travels in my break year between High School and University, I had an internship at the Digital Agency, FoxyMoron in Mumbai India working on graphics and social media campaigns for both local and internal clients.

Making all kinds of projects, from graphic design of corporate identities, building public art and floating pavilions to making furniture and creating commissioned art in collaboration with great creatives and thinkers.

Nadiim Nafei🇩🇰