Experience
Heine Lenz Zizka
Berlin Germany
2021 – present Project Manager / Strategy Consultant . Responsible for concept, strategy, project management and client development.
Projects for Leica, Volkswohnung
kleiner und bold
Berlin Germany
2018 – 2021 Client Services Manager . Responsible for client development, strategy and project management.
Projects for Messe Berlin, ITB, Fruit Logistica, Deutscher Volkshochschulverband, Q CELLS, ProPotsdam, DIN, Bürkert, Stiftung Luthergedenkstätten in Sachsen-Anhalt, Twinner, Veolia, TechN
Batek Architekten
Berlin Germany
2018 Senior Designer . Responsible for interior and retail design from the initial concept phase through construction.
milani design & consulting
Berlin Germany
2015 – 2017 Senior Designer . Responsible for interior and retail design, furniture and product development from the initial concept phase through production. Berlin office lead.
Projects for Museum für Naturkunde Berlin
Imagination
London United Kingdom
2014 – 2015 Senior 3D Creative . Responsible for interior and retail design, furniture and product development from the initial concept phase through production (brainstorming, sketching, design iteration, 3D-modeling, rendering, production drawing and presentation design). Lead in the pan-European retail roll-out program of FordStore (on-site layout planning, design implementation and roll-out coordination). Close contact with clients and manufacturers throughout the entire project phase solving issues and ensuring project quality and client satisfaction.
Projects for FORD
Bath Spa Universtiy (Art&Design)
Bath United Kingdom
2014– 2015 Guest Lecturer . PTHP Lecturer in the Three Dimensional Design Department, teaching an Exhibition Design Module within IMO (Idea Material Object). The IMO course looks at experimental and emerging approaches to design, and covers objects, spaces and experiences.
Course Eventually everything connects
Exhibition All Over The Shop , CUSTOMiSTATION
ZHdK (Master of Fine Arts)
Zurich Switzerland
2013 – 2014 Project Manager / Guest Professor . Concept, set up and coordination of an artist in residency program in North Iceland. Bi-annual seminars for students in the Master of Fine Arts or Alumni of the Zurich University of the Arts.
Working title Sometimes attention should be paid to the absence of everything
JUGENDKULTUR OFENHALLE
Zurich Switzerland
2012 – 2013 Director / Project Leader . Socio-cultural project work with young adults. Developing creative projects with a responsible, integrative and engaged output to create perspective and further proactive involvement.
Project Bist du was du isst ?
Projekter youth project competition first price
NOSE DESIGN AG
Zurich Switzerland
2006 – 2011 Senior Interior / Exhibition Designer . Responsible for the development of interior / exhibition design projects from the initial concept phase through production (brainstorming, preliminary sketching, design iteration, modelmaking, 3D-modeling, rendering, production drawing and presentation design). Responsible f0r project and account management, project costing and timing. Close contact with clients and manufacturers throughout the entire project phase solving issues and ensuring project quality and client satisfaction.
Projects for SWISS, GM Europe (Saab / Opel / Chevrolet), Chevrolet, Rockport, Planzer, digitalSTROM
Coordination Berlin
Berlin Germany
2006 Industrial Design Freelancer . Work in design, development, technical drawing, construction and coordination of an exhibition presenting Berlin as a creative metropolis, Berlin’s renowned Fashion Schools and their graduates at the Moda Donna Fashion Fair 2006 in Milan.
Partners / Sponsors Create Berlin, DaimlerChrysler Italy, Premium Exhibitions, Berlin Partner
STUDIO AISSLINGER
Berlin Germany
2004 Industrial Design Freelancer . Work in design (concept, development, technical drawing, 3D-modeling, modelmaking and presentation) on a jewelry collection, a home / office furniture system and a hotel design project.
Projects for Biegel Contemporary Jewelry, Vitra, Weitzer Hotel Daniel
GRAVES DESIGN, MICHAEL GRAVES & ASSOCIATES
Princeton NJ
2000 – 2003 Designer . Responsible for the development of consumer products from the initial concept phase through production (brainstorming, preliminary sketching, design iteration, modelmaking, 3D-modeling, production drawing and presentation design). Worked closely with clients and manufacturers throughout the product development phase solving daily issues and ensuring product quality.
Projects for Alessi, Delta Faucets, Ritzenhoff, American Standard, Glen Eden, Dansk, Target
Dansk Good Design Award . Ang.L. Dinnerware 2003-2004
Target Good Design Award . Indoor Clothesline 2000-2002
CIRCLE ONE
Brighton MA
2000 Industrial Design Intern . Assisted principal designer in the modelmaking of a museum exhibition space, the design and modelmaking of a cast aluminum leg for production of a cabinet / shelf series and created presentation material for packaging design projects. Exposure to the management and logistics of running an independent design studio.
MAGENTA
Brighton MA
2000 Jewelry Design Intern in a studio that creates high end one of a kind jewelry pieces. Assisted in the finishing of castings, the fabrication of earrings for production, and in wax modelmaking. Design and fabrication of a locket, a necklace, bracelet and various rings. Tool maintenance.
ILGENSTEIN MFG
Berlin Germany
1999 Furniture Design Intern in a small high end steel furniture company. Assisted in the fabrication and finishing of custom steel furniture and accessories, delegated increasing responsibilities in design, development and construction problem solving.