Experience

ImproVive

• Netherlands
• Technology, Information and Media
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Business Partner | GameDesigner | Creative Developer & Artist

  • Nov 2016 - Present

  Currently focusing on making various VR applications and experiences for training and education, healthcare, social issues, marketing, dance, body expression, and art. Recent Projects include(past and current): ReAction : Game on Messendragen (knife violence) for youth, co-creating with youth in The Netherlands UMCU Lab: VR Training experience in a Virtual Lab UMCU Operating Room: VR Training experience in a Virtual Operating Theater Strings Attached: Game on blended control and embodiment in VR Museum Lab: Making a virtual museum with a scanned Roman coin collection for the University of Tuebingen, the exhibit was also showcased in Vienna in June 2022 Immortal Game: Digital production for the VR part of a dance performance with Evangelos Biskas and Yiannis Logothetis Soul Paint: Technical development for experience about painting emotions on your body and dancing with them for Monobanda and Sarah Ticho Koude Kermis: Virtual fairgrounds counterpart of a physical multi-media fairground by Dropstuff, currently adapting for elderly Operating Room for Young Medical: Visualising and making an interactive operating room Body Echoes: Body Echoes explores the combination of Virtual Reality and Dance with the aim of creating a performance, based on collaborative self-expression. Show less



Kytes design

• United Kingdom
• Information Technology & Services

• Owner & Game Designer

  • Nov 2016 - Present

  Worked on different projects bringing in creative, learning and educational perspective, analytical and programming and managing skills. I have worked with ImproVive for making VR applications and organizing the 10th edition of the Dutch Game Awards. Designed multiple paper games for Stichting NewTechKids for teaching binary understanding to children, the deep understanding of the binary thinking processes were enabled by Marja-Ilona Koski Worked on different projects bringing in creative, learning and educational perspective, analytical and programming and managing skills. I have worked with ImproVive for making VR applications and organizing the 10th edition of the Dutch Game Awards. Designed multiple paper games for Stichting NewTechKids for teaching binary understanding to children, the deep understanding of the binary thinking processes were enabled by Marja-Ilona Koski



Sparkling Mindz

• Brazil
• Advertising Services

• Product and Program Designer

  • May 2012 - May 2016

  Product Owner: Young Achievers Afterschool Program Design Defining User Profiles: In a cross-functional team with others bringing in expertise of pedagogy, I introduced mapping extreme profiles, understanding various baselines and progress paths for the various user profiles. Understanding user emotions, and their decisions and choices helped make their experience better Parent Empathy Maps: Parents, though, not the primary user are the decision makers. Understanding, empathizing and planning experiences and interactions with them was a key problem that was worked on during the course of the product development. Development of a Learning Process: Learning process with embedded thinking routines and scaffold questions were designed to deliver the desired learning objective. Each Learning Objective was broken down into achievable steps that would provide the framework or tool for the game. Concept Development of the Game: Visualizing and Ideating different game concepts with which the learning objectives can be delivered. Ideas were quickly prototyped, tested with crude game elements. Design of Game Components: Game components define the interaction for the player as it becomes a major part the children interacted with. Ensuring fun and engaging game elements increased the efficiency of the game. Forming Critical User Testing Process: Forming robust and critical user testing procedures. Apart from the entire design process being iterative, the team was open to changing and iterating through ideas at every point. The classes were closely monitored for delivering the learning objectives and the insights were looped back into the design process. Show less



Studio Furniture and Accessories, Bangalore

• Internee

  • Jan 2011 - May 2011

  Product development, Technical detailing, Market Understanding Product development, Technical detailing, Market Understanding