My CV

work experience

2021 - 2025

One Data
Munich (headquarter in Passau)

As a data science provider, One Data with its 200 employees develop a product to for data management. Operating within a matrix organisation, several feature teams work on product development, and a consulting unit offers data science services.

Principal UX Designer
Head of UX

As UX Designer I work hands-on in a development team, conduct user research for the product and its features, create concepts, wireframes and prototypes, and support their implementation. In the first 3 years, as Head of UX, I grew the design team, I developed a UX strategy, and I fostered UX maturity in the company.

Customers: mainly internal sponsors, but also BioNTech, ThyssenKrupp, Aldi, and Payback

2014 - 2021

designaffairs
Munich

The product design agency (80 employees) provided consultancy services for brand research, usability engineering, industrial and screen design, and implementation support for hardware and software products.

Senior Usability Engineer
Project Manager

As user researcher I designed, conducted, and communicated qualitative and quantitative research projects.
As usability engineer I generated ideas, concepts, and wireframe-based prototypes.
As project manager, I planned and guided projects ranging from two-day workshops to two-year contracts.

Customers: BMW, Siemens Healthineers, Zeiss, Hyundai, BYD, Bosch, small and medium companies as well as startups

2006 - 2014

Technical University Chemnitz
Department for Human Factors

The medium-sized university specializes in technical fields. The Department of Human Factors and Innovation Management with 30 scientists conducts research on human-machine interaction and ergonomics.

Post-Doc
Scientist

As a scientist I worked in user research and usability, overseeing research proposals and the executing projects, publishing papers at conferences, and mentoring students.

Customers: mainly public funded research projects, but also projects for industrial customers like Volkswagen, Magura, Siemens, Opel, Babysmile

education

2000 - 2006

Diploma in Human Factors | Mechanical Engineering
Technical University Chemnitz

1987 - 1999

School & Abitur
Karl-Marx-Stadt | Chemnitz

My Expertise

User Research

My first passion was user research. After studying a human factors-focused mechanical engineering, I worked intensively in this field as a scientist. Over 8 years I conducted usability research studies, laying the foundation for all my later work. In the design agency, I stepped into the world of applied research, helping clients define and test their hypotheses. In the last three years in a medium-sized company, I have continued conducting studies while also guiding designers and researchers for qualitative and quantitative methods. For example, I wrote an article on Medium about my personal top 3 surveys methods.

Usability Engineering

My deepest expertise is UX design, or usability engineering as I like to call it. At its core, my work revolves around creating interface concepts. I have gained experience across various fields, including medical devices, business software, and consumer electronics working on numerous projects, particularly during my time at an agency. Now at the data science company, I created overarching concepts that set the direction for future developments. In this work, I utilize the full spectrum of UX methods, starting with sketches and digital wireframes. For every question, there is a fitting method - one I either know or am eager to explore. I have even developed my own methods, such as the smartwatch method.

Management

This may sound a bit vague. What I mean are three concrete things: project management, people management, and knowledge management. I am a certified project manager, have practices this throughout my career. People management began at university, where I guided students through their theses. It continued at the agency by leading project teams. And now as experienced UX Designer, I mentor colleagues and educate other teams. The third, knowledge management, started with information visualization, and is still of high relevance, like in the UX strategy I developed, which used a lobster as the central visualisation.

My t-Shape

Project Management

(Certified GPM/IPMA)
Project Planning
Project Steering

Research

User Interviews
SUS, PSSUQ, ISO9241-110
Shadowing
Surveys
Expert Reviews
Quantitative Methods
Personas
Benchmarks
Qualitative Methods
Stakeholder Interviews

Conception

Wireframes
User Journeys
Prototypes
Information Architecture
Sketches
Use Cases
Mind Maps
Click Dummies
Data Experience
Design Process
User Experience

Design

Usability Tests
UX Writing
UI Design
Quality Assurance
Info Visualization

Management

UX Strategy
Knowledge Management
Education

Design Thinking

Workshops
Ideation Methods

Thank you for being here, I am Jens Mühlstedt

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