Michaela Czech
UX & IX Designer
About
I'm a User Experience and Interaction Designer with a special interest in 3D Design and a background in animation production. I have spent several years working in the exhibition industry and enjoy working on spatial design projects.
contact
linkedin.com/in/michaela-czech
Experience
Self-employed | Munich, Germany | 12/19 - present
UX & XD Designer
Realizing responsive web and app design projects.
Looking for software projects in the field of XR.
MKT AG & Focus4 | Munich, Germany | 1/14 - 11/19
Multimedia & Interaction Designer
Worked across a team of developers and engineers to create multimedia exhibits for museums and automotive trade fairs.
Planned and designed applications from concept development, storyboard or wireframes to prototype, UI Design and 3D asset creation to final delivery to the client.
Reduced and retextured high poly CAD data to work for game engines in order to design VR and AR applications.
Created choreography, animation and motion design for installations.
Responsible for company's web presence, included web design, film and sound editing.
Self-employed | Munich, Germany| 10/12 - 12/13
Motion Designer & Lecturer
Taught 3D-Software Skills at Ludwig-Maximilian-University Munich in cooperation with Leibniz-Rechenzentrum Garching.
Worked on broadcast design projects for Perfect Accident agency creating channel idents for international clients.
Realized short commercial 3D animation projects working solo and within a team.
Skills
Competitive analysis
User interviews
Personas
User flows
Information architecture
Wireframing & prototyping
User interface design
Usability & preference testing
Conceptual development
Visual Design 2D/3D
UV mapping/texturing/rigging
Animation/motion graphics
Tools
Figma
Adobe XD
Photoshop
Illustrator
After Effects
Premiere Pro
Maya
Cinema 4D, XPresso
Houdini,VEX
Unity3D
Webflow
HTML, CSS
Python
Languages
German – native
English – full professional
Polish – limited working
education
Career Foundry | 9/20 - 2/21
UX Design Certification
University of the West of England Bristol | 9/10 - 08/12
MA Animation with Distinction
Ludwig-Maximilian-University Munich | 10/07 - 09/10
BA Arts & Multimedia, Minor in Media Informatics