„Christoph is a true design system expert - he has deep knowledge in the field and is a pleasure to talk to and learn from.“
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„Christoph is a true design system expert - he has deep knowledge in the field and is a pleasure to talk to and learn from.“
„For more than 5 months I've worked together with Christoph on a complex, international eCommerce Project. He is experienced in building information architectures and UI prototypes following established standards without loosing sight of the strategic and longterm vision. His way of working is transparent, the results are convincing. In addition, he is very well informed about current, industry specific trends and technologies. I enjoyed the collaboration with Christoph!“
„I know Christoph Merdes since the beginning of his post-graduate studies in the M.A. Design Management program at Macromedia University in 2010. He was one of the best students in the course and I have therefore invited him to become a lecturer for the course Screen & Interfacedesign in the undergraduate Media & Communication Design program. His class has become a great success with students because Christoph Merdes is not only a talented, but also a hard-working and warm lecturer. He is also a joy to collaborate with and I am very much looking forward to continue working with him as a colleague.“
„Christoph is one of these rare examples of a supersolid T-shaped professional. Deeply grounded in UX from the strategic to the tactical, he also showed sound managerial and industry knowledge. That's why customers and team members like him to be on board so much. In challenging situations he keeps the cool and gives direction to his team. Christoph is an asset and I definetely would like to work with him again.“
Please note that I will no longer be able to show projects publicly since 2018 for confidentiality reasons.
Redesign of the accident insurance. Concept and design of a modular interface and shop system for all property insurances. Setup and lead of the Design System Team and design operations at Allianz Germany. Company-wide introduction and rollout of Zeroheight and Figma.
Concept lead of the team presenting the winning BMW global digital platform pitch. Concept designer of a chatbot for E.ON, winning the E.ON supplier innovation award. Concept designer for ParkNow and ReachNow (BMW Mobility Services) apps. Introduction of the company-wide design workflow with Sketch, InVision, Craft & Zeplin.
Lecturer of an Interaction- and Interfacedesign class for Bachelor students and User Centered Design class for Master Students. Lecture contents: Design Thinking process and methodology, user centered design, user interface design, development of design prototype.
Concept designer for BMW Retail Online (full-service online car-buying experience). Creator of the UX guidelines for the Allianz SE web platform. Concept designer for the responsive relaunch of O2 Germany. Member of the team presenting the winning Allianz Germany web platform pitch. Introducing Confluence for automated documentations.
Study focus: Design Thinking, Service Design and strategic design methodology and theory. Master’s thesis: „Innovation in Business and Design: The Role of Design Thinking“.
Study focus: Web and print design basics, typography, programming, management. Bachelor’s thesis: „Improving information quality for media companies by using semantic technologies“.
Web designer and programmer for small and medium size company websites. Designer of the company website. Introduction of web standard compliant HTML and CSS. Flash and ActionScript specialist.
Assistance in biochemical and cytological practices like polymerase chain reaction concerning the infrastructural organization of the cell nucleus.
Web and print designer for corporate designs of small and medium size companies. Frontend developer for corporate websites. Account manager and customer consultant.