With a background in both UX/UI design and frontend development, I bring a unique blend of visual craft and technical skill to a team. I own end-to-end product design, and have contributed to a wide range of projects,including B2B SaaS, heavy back-office projects, consumer facing websites and mobile apps.
I have experienced the costly results of working based on assumptions and “expert knowledge", leading to poor user adoption, sub-par usability and bad market-fit to name a few.
I believe a deep understanding of the users and their needs we aim to meet, is absolutely crucial for the success of any digital product. I use design frameworks such as User-centered Design and Design Thinking, to make sure everyone is working on and solving the right problems, while balancing out user needs and business requirements.
I take responsibility for every aspect of a product’s lifecycle, from usability, accessibility, and interactions to performance, layout, and typography.
Depending on the project’s complexity, I use a variety of methods and tools to transition from low-fidelity concepts to the final UI, always striving to create effective, user-friendly, and high-quality designs
When designing, I constantly try to incorporate my knowledge of frontend development, and aim to minimize the challenges developers face when implementing the design. I work closely with developers throughout the process, to further understand possibilities and limitations and make sure designs are feasible, from both a front- and back-end point of view.
I have extensive experience handing off design specifications to developers, whether directly in Figma or through detailed user stories that outline user journeys and design intentions.
My background in front-end development helps me to anticipate potential challenges developers may encounter, significantly reducing back-and-forth clarification during the process.
I am a team player by heart and love working with talented colleagues, who push me to perform my best. I take great pride in what I do and make an effort to influence and inspire colleagues and people around me.
Due to my background in both start-ups, scale-ups and as a contractor, I feel comfortable covering various roles, responsibility areas, and executing autonomously with little oversight.
Born and raised in Denmark, my native tongue is Danish, but I have lived in the Bay Area for quite some time, and I speak and write English fluently - with a Californian accent, take it or leave it 😬
I pride myself in being fluent in developer lingo and often catch misunderstandings between designers, developers and stakeholders.
Growing up surrounded with our Scandinavian and German neighbors, I understand most Swedish and Norwegian and some German. Occasionally I attempt to improve my Spanish and French.
Always trying to stay lightweight.
Figma
Framer
Notion
Things
Docs
Slack
Discord
Gmail
Github
VS Code
Bitbucket
Brave
Firefox
Apple
Figma - Admittedly, I do most of my work in Figma, whether it be tossing ideas around, wireframes, conceptual work, prototypes, final designs for hand-over or design system related work.
For real-life prototypes I occasionally use Framer and continuously weigh the benefits of Figma competitors such as Penpot, Canva, etc. in general.
I am currently honing my animation skills in tools like Protopie and Rive.
Hardware - I bought my first Macbook Pro in 2005 and haven't really looked back since. I have switched between digitizers in various sizes, touch pads, mice and back again multiple times.
During my career I have traveled extensively and had the privilege of living in multiple countries and cities (San Francisco, Chiang Mai Thailand and St. Vincent), while working remotely for clients. I've learned valuable lessons about remote work, before it became more or less mandatory for everyone during the pandemic in 2020, and it has made me confident working from wherever I am, knowing I can keep my productivity and motivation high for long periods of time.
Despite being highly dedicated to what I do professionally, I value my life outside work
When possible, I prefer a hybrid work model, combining remote and on-site work. I think getting together physically as a team is super important, but I also know how busy people are, especially those with kids, and I prefer a happy well-balanced team,over 5 day forced office attendance.
I am a firm believer in letting people choose where they are most productive - to some extent even when they work. I don’t naturally fit into many of societies boxes, and I don’t expect anyone else to do so either.
During the past 12 years I have traveled extensively and had the privilege of living in multiple countries and cities (San Francisco Bay Area, Chiang Mai and St. Vincent), while working remotely for my Danish clients. I've learned valuable lessons about remote work, before it became more or less mandatory for everyone during the pandemic in 2020, and it has made me confident working from wherever I am, knowing I can keep my productivity and motivation high for long periods of time.
When I am not working on my computer, I’m a devoted work-out nut, hiker, adventure seeker, dedicated kite-surfer, enjoy listening to audiobooks, and value the simple pleasures of life.