Just to mention a few of the old jobs: newspaper reporter, substitute teacher, sound/light technician for a cover band. I was even a warehouse worker handling aquarium fish before they got sent out to pet stores.
The thing is that those experiences was surprisingly beneficial in my current profession as a product designer... It's all about solving problems as a technician, communicating as a teacher and just being driven and find the stories as a newspaper reporter.
After I got in to Berghs School of Communication I catapulted myself into becoming a full-time Digital Designer. I chose to pursue the best job ever and became a UX designer to do user research and simultaneously became a user interface designer to communicate my solutions better.
Today I'm a mix of all of the experiences mentioned above. As a Product Designer I'm still a UX/UI/user researcher who solves problems with the help of design. By design.
If you're interested in hiring me to do your design or need help solving problems - maybe you're thinking about building an app or a website, or you want to learn everything you can about your customers and why your conversion rates are low, or you just want to chat about what the possibilities are - in any case:
Let's meet for a Swedish fika - digitally or responsibly distanced and take it from there.
Looking forward to hearing from you!
/Markus
2020-2022
Product designer
Doktor.se is one of Sweden’s biggest digital healthcare providers offering medical and psychological advice.
2020-2021
Product Designer
Vyer is a Stockholm based startup aiming to help users streamline maintenance and facility operations through increased control over building information and access to digital tools.
2018-2020
UX Researcher & UX designer
Peltarion is a startup aiming to get as many people and companies as possible into AI. The cloud based platform offers the user to build deep learning models with ready-made building blocks of code instead of having to code themselves with their own data.
2016-2018
Started as Digital Designer and ended up as UX Designer
Digital Hybrid Production / Marketing Agency in Stockholm. Did UX, digital design for Nike, SF Studios, Fotografiska, Telenor, and more.
2016
Digital Creative Consultant
Got recruited for a short job right out of school to one of planet Earth's biggest gaming company. Worked on a launch campaign for Bubble Witch Saga 3.
2015-2016
Digital Creative / Digital Director Program
Acquisition of Digital Services / Digital Organisation, Digital Communication, Digital Business, Digital Crafts & Production, Concept Development, Pitch & Presentation, SEO & Inbound Marketing, User Experience Design, Innovation in Communication
2016
Every year twelve students are selected to form The Student Agency by Berghs School Of Communication to create the yearly Grad Show. Acting as the advertising agency with the school as a client.
Our theme was called ACT/REACT. A grand three-day event/meet-up/party based on our concept and theme and invite people from the industry.
2016
2 month internship from BSoC
A hybrid agency combining the best of advertising and digital.
By giving the customers relevant tasks to solve, your team can observe real users in action as they use your product. We can then analyse where and why they get stuck or what makes them happy with the website or app.
→ Remote or in-person testing
→ Recruiting test participants
→ User interviews
User journey mapping can be used to understand how the user flow through your product. This is essential for understanding how many steps is involved in completing tasks and keeping steps to complete key tasks efficient.
→ User journey map
→ User flows of key tasks
Either by hand or on a screen, the important part is that it can be shown either to potential users to get validated or internally for review. The sketches or wireframes can be as quick or true to the end-result as you need. Interactive prototypes can be used to test anything before building.
→ Clickable prototypes for any device
→ Wireframes, high or low fidelity
→ Paper sketches
"If there’s an equivalent to someone who is “full stack” in design, this is your man! Markus brought human centered design to our product. Going beyond the obvious, always with scalability and long-term vision for growth in mind, he worked effortlessly with everything from user research and communication with customers to business strategy. In other parts of the process he delivered quality art direction and final user interface design of our new features that helped us in discussions with clients.
As a quick thinker and lightning fast prototyper he always brought significant quality in any work he took upon himself. Therefor I would gladly recommend Markus to anyone in need of product design."
"I worked with Markus on the first major re-launch of the Peltarion website in 2019. He was a pleasure to work with throughout the whole project - guiding us with his invaluable UX knowledge and experience, amazing attention to detail and strategic thinking throughout the process. Markus looks at understanding the user and his journey from every angle, with impressive thoroughness. While also understanding the fine balance between desk research insights vs. user testing. As a colleague, he’s been great to work with - always trying to help beyond his remit and being very supportive of the team. I would, without any hesitation, recommend him for any UX projects, knowing they will definitely be successful."
"Yes! I recommend Markus! Whether it's about usability testing/research, conceptual sketches/problem solving or user journey etc, Markus always deliver a well thought out result. At Peltarion, where we worked together, it is important to keep track of things as the construction of an AI platform is both complex and challenging (in a good way). You will also get a lot of laughs when you work with Markus, he is incredibly funny and knows a lot of things about odd things :) Markus is also someone you can talk to for real, he is empathetic and listening. He is simply a very amazing person to work with. The job is done in a super good manner and you have fun on the way there!"
"I would like to recommend Markus. Just out of Berghs School of Communication he helped King brand creative studio with insightful and relevant digital ideas for a major global game launch. Markus is bright, easy to work with and a very nice guy."
"Markus has the qualities of a great leader. Having him as a mentor during my internship at Vyer was an amazing experience. He trusts the process, but most importantly he trusts the team members. He cares for your well-being and is great at both giving and receiving constructive feedback. Markus instills confidence in you as a colleague and gives praise where it is due to keep you going. He is also quite skilled in project management and agile through and through. In addition to this Markus is a down to earth and reliable person. He is a pure pleasure to work with and I envy anyone who gets a chance to work with him in the future. He will be a great addition to any workplace and will help both team members and the business itself to overcome any challenge that appears. I had a great time working with Markus and so will you."