Hi there, I'm Elise!

Hi there, I'm Elise!

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Who I am

Hi, I am Elise!

I’m a curious and empathetic person doing Product Design for over 5 years. I’m always on the lookout for innovative ideas and technology in companies where I can be in the lead of design initiatives. I’m my best when connecting with people, from teammates to users.

Next to design, my favourite activities are traveling and hosting experiences for travelers in my city, as well as doing photography. They enable me to be open-minded, communicate well, and deliver high-quality experiences for people from around the world. I’ve also lived in 3 countries, can speak 5 languages and I’m keen to learn more!

To keep a balanced lifestyle I take time off the screen by doing crafts, spending time in nature, and practising yoga.

My design philosophy

Design should be simple, inclusive and meet the users’ context.

I don’t settle for assumptions, but keep challenging the default requirements and ask enough questions.

I include user feedback during all design steps to enable teams to understand users. This helps me grow the research maturity in companies and better serve the end users of the product or service.

While designing for healthcare, I became an advocate for accessibility and inclusive design, which I always have in my design processes. Moreover, I enable engineers and other stakeholders to have more empathy for the end users.

By learning about neurodivergence, I can be mindful about cognitive differences and design experiences that don’t harm or overload the users.

My background

Work experience

Product Designer

myTomorrows | 2021 - 2023

Leading or collaborating throughout all UX and UI design processes in various Product teams. Driving user research maturity in the company. Work ranged from new features or products to redesign projects. I've worked in close collaboration with talented engineers, as well as cross-functional teams.

Product Designer

myTomorrows | 2021 - 2023

Leading or collaborating throughout all UX and UI design processes in various Product teams. Driving user research maturity in the company. Work ranged from new features or products to redesign projects. I've worked in close collaboration with talented engineers, as well as cross-functional teams.

Product Designer

myTomorrows | 2021 - 2023

Leading or collaborating throughout all UX and UI design processes in various Product teams. Driving user research maturity in the company. Work ranged from new features or products to redesign projects. I've worked in close collaboration with talented engineers, as well as cross-functional teams.

Product Designer

myTomorrows | 2021 - 2023

Leading or collaborating throughout all UX and UI design processes in various Product teams. Driving user research maturity in the company. Work ranged from new features or products to redesign projects. I've worked in close collaboration with talented engineers, as well as cross-functional teams.

Product Designer

ViriCiti | 2019 -2020

Was able to shape the design system from scratch. I helped build B2B dashboards and features for managing electric bus fleets and charge stations. I enjoyed learning and working on different product teams together with engineers, POs, and designers building the future of software for electric bus operations.

Product Designer

ViriCiti | 2019 -2020

Was able to shape the design system from scratch. I helped build B2B dashboards and features for managing electric bus fleets and charge stations. I enjoyed learning and working on different product teams together with engineers, POs, and designers building the future of software for electric bus operations.

Product Designer

ViriCiti | 2019 -2020

Was able to shape the design system from scratch. I helped build B2B dashboards and features for managing electric bus fleets and charge stations. I enjoyed learning and working on different product teams together with engineers, POs, and designers building the future of software for electric bus operations.

Product Designer

ViriCiti | 2019 -2020

Was able to shape the design system from scratch. I helped build B2B dashboards and features for managing electric bus fleets and charge stations. I enjoyed learning and working on different product teams together with engineers, POs, and designers building the future of software for electric bus operations.

UX/UI Designer

Freelance & Volunteer | 2018-2021

Designed and implemented for e-commerce, landing pages, booking websites in the areas of wellness, fashion, COVID-19 response, and education. I mostly worked on my own with occassional collaborations with front-end engineers or with remote volunteer designers.

UX/UI Designer

Freelance & Volunteer | 2018-2021

Designed and implemented for e-commerce, landing pages, booking websites in the areas of wellness, fashion, COVID-19 response, and education. I mostly worked on my own with occassional collaborations with front-end engineers or with remote volunteer designers.

UX/UI Designer

Freelance & Volunteer | 2018-2021

Designed and implemented for e-commerce, landing pages, booking websites in the areas of wellness, fashion, COVID-19 response, and education. I mostly worked on my own with occassional collaborations with front-end engineers or with remote volunteer designers.

UX/UI Designer

Freelance & Volunteer | 2018-2021

Designed and implemented for e-commerce, landing pages, booking websites in the areas of wellness, fashion, COVID-19 response, and education. I mostly worked on my own with occassional collaborations with front-end engineers or with remote volunteer designers.

Advertising & Marketing

Agencies & startups | 2016 -2018

Specialized in campaign management, market research, and 360 digital marketing for clients such as Heineken, Adidas, Disney, Hyundai.

Advertising & Marketing

Agencies & startups | 2016 -2018

Specialized in campaign management, market research, and 360 digital marketing for clients such as Heineken, Adidas, Disney, Hyundai.

Advertising & Marketing

Agencies & startups | 2016 -2018

Specialized in campaign management, market research, and 360 digital marketing for clients such as Heineken, Adidas, Disney, Hyundai.

Advertising & Marketing

Agencies & startups | 2016 -2018

Specialized in campaign management, market research, and 360 digital marketing for clients such as Heineken, Adidas, Disney, Hyundai.

Photographer & Videographer

Freelance | 2013 - current

Shooting and editing events, portraits, product photography for various clients in The Netherlands.

Photographer & Videographer

Freelance | 2013 - current

Shooting and editing events, portraits, product photography for various clients in The Netherlands.

Photographer & Videographer

Freelance | 2013 - current

Shooting and editing events, portraits, product photography for various clients in The Netherlands.

Photographer & Videographer

Freelance | 2013 - current

Shooting and editing events, portraits, product photography for various clients in The Netherlands.

Skills, Methodologies & Tools

  • UX Design

  • UI Design

  • UX Research

  • Design systems

  • Interactive prototypes

  • Mockups

  • Marketing videos

  • Analysing qual. and quant. data

  • Writing UX Copy

  • Usability testing

  • Accessibility evaluation

  • Design Workshop facilitation

  • Stakeholder presentations

  • Figma and FigJam

  • Dovetail and UserInterviews.com

  • Google Analytics

  • Adobe Creative Cloud

  • Framer

  • WIX, Wordpress, Shopify

Testimonials

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