Remy Gast

Remy Gast

User Experience-designer intern

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Senior UX/UI Designer | Product Designer (freelance)

  • Education

    • Amstelveen college

      2005 - 2011
      HAVO Economie & Maatschappij
    • Hogeschool van Amsterdam

      2011 - 2016
      Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc) Communication & Multimedia design (CMD)

      CMD Amsterdam is a Bachelor design education in the field of digital interactive products and services. Our students design and realize digital interactive solutions that optimally meet the needs of the users. The user is central.

    • Hogeschool van Amsterdam

      2014 - 2014
      Bachelor's degree Minor Customer Media
  • Experience

    • Dirict

      Mar 2013 - Jun 2013
      User Experience-designer intern

      As a UX / UI Designer intern I have been responsible for designing User Experience and Visual Designs. I worked closely with developers to code the front end. I also conducted market research and user feedback sessions

    • Link Design

      Mar 2015 - Sept 2015
      Digital designer

      As a Digital Designer I have worked for a wide variety of clients. At Link Design I was responsible for detecting UX and UI related problems, conducting ideation sessions, sketching and wireframing ideas, monitoring and expanding the visual identity.Brands I've worked for:Rituals • VVD • Buma Stemra • InRetail • Kinderpostzegels foundation • Qander • VOC • Legadex • Municipality of Amsterdam • Municipality of Schagen • Equinix

    • TruQu - performance & talent management software

      Jul 2016 - Apr 2019

      As a Design lead at TruQu, I've been responsible for standardising and redesigning the existing Saas application, reconsidering the user experience with the associated interface, documenting the process and setting up a new design system with a SCSS component library. In addition, I developed a design vision and I helped determine the product direction.Besides hands-on designing, I was responsible for coaching, directing the UX team and coordinating the agile design / development process. Show less

      • Lead UX designer SaaS

        Jul 2017 - Apr 2019
      • UX Designer SaaS

        Jul 2016 - Jul 2017
    • Saxum

      Apr 2019 - May 2023
      Senior UX/UI Designer

      Saxum (part of Makerstreet) is an interim agency for digital experts: Front-end developers, UX experts, Digital Designers, PHP developers and Infrastructure specialists.Brands I work(ed) for:Rabobank • KPN • Booking.com • Nederlandse Spoorwegen • Body & Fit • Liberty Global • USG People • Higuita • Ziggo • Virgin Media • UPC • Telenet • Noun • The Garage • Makerstreet • Resoluut • Saxum

    • Liberty Global

      May 2019 - Dec 2020

      At Liberty Global I've worked on the newest installation and settings process for Virgin Media-, VodafoneZiggo- and UPC-boxes. Our goal was to offer the customers a seamless, consistent and real-time connectivity experience across all touch points.

      • Senior UX Designer / UX Lead a.i.

        Jan 2020 - Dec 2020
      • UX Designer a.i.

        May 2019 - Jan 2020
    • NS

      Jan 2021 - Jan 2022
      Senior UX Designer - NS Zakelijk a.i.

      • Developed the design for a new proposition for NS GO and campaigns for NS Zakelijk (NS Business).• Optimized the customer journey for the NS Business Card.• Facilitated a Design Sprint, improving efficiency and optimizing workflows.• Contributed in the development of a new design system Nessie.

    • Booking.com

      Dec 2021 - Sept 2022
      Senior UX Designer a.i.

      Within Partner Incentives, my task was to ensure that for hotels it is made as attractive as possible to offer their hotel rooms through Booking instead of other platforms. As a UX designer this meant:• Conducting research and experiments to maximize opt-ins• Developing new concepts to allow hotels to offer as many hotel rooms as possible during the summer season of 2022• Advising and supporting the Selection & Supply design community

    • KPN

      Sept 2022 - Jan 2023
      Senior UX/UI Designer a.i.

      Worked in the Digital Sales e-commerce team on the main digital touchpoint: kpn.com. Besides UX/CRO optimizations for the current order flows, I lead the design process to establish a whole new, user-centered, UX concept for ordering residential or mobile subscriptions at KPN.• Creating hypotheses and experiments for Internet & TV, Mobile, and Accessory stores• Data analysis from A/B testing and implementation of improvements• Sketching out flows and heuristic analyzes to find bottlenecks in usability• Spreading the gospel of thinking in hypotheses at KPN.com Show less

    • Rabobank

      Jan 2023 - Apr 2023
      Senior UX Designer a.i.

      At Rabobank I was part of multiple squads within the Online Platforms tribe, with the main subjects of Sustainability and Bookkeeping. In addition to my role as a designer, I represented the Design chapter and was dedicated to educating my fellow Scrum team members on Design thinking, design principles and practices.

    • Essent

      Apr 2023 - now
      Senior UX Designer a.i.

      Solving various complex sales funnels within Sales Acquisition team.

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Being a UX Leader

      Nielsen Norman Group
      Nov 2022
    • Professional Scrum Master (PSM I)

      Scrum.org
      Jan 2019
  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Remy Gast
      Golden Dot Award Hogeschool van Amsterdam Jun 2016 https://www.cmd-amsterdam.nl/portfolio/reefranger/
    • Awarded to Remy Gast
      Students in motion award Hogeschool van Amsterdam 2013
  • Volunteer Experience

    • Coral reef restoration

      Issued by REEFolution Foundation on Aug 2016
      REEFolution FoundationAssociated with Remy Gast