Simon Asp
Senior UX Designer
Sweden, SE.About
Highly experienced Senior UX Designer with a proven track record of leading digital product lifecycles from ideation to launch across B2C and B2B platforms in diverse sectors, including fintech, hospitality, government, and sustainability. Adept at leveraging data-driven insights and advanced methodologies like AI/ML to enhance user experience, drive key metrics, and ensure accessibility (WCAG 2.1/2.2 AA). Recognized for fostering collaborative and inclusive environments, Simon consistently delivers high-impact design solutions that improve user retention, operational efficiency, and product adoption, making him a vital asset to any development project.
Work
Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden
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Summary
Led multiple UX design projects at Sweden's public service broadcaster, focusing on login experience, data consent, and growth marketing experiments to enhance user retention across diverse digital services.
Highlights
Directed comprehensive UX design projects for login experience, data consent, and growth marketing, utilizing data to measure and increase user retention.
Spearheaded the creation of a coherent login experience across all SVT applications on various devices, including TV, web, and mobile, significantly enhancing user consistency.
Applied design thinking and growth marketing strategies to develop new features, improving digital service engagement in a competitive streaming market.
Utilized A/B testing, Tableau, and Figma to inform design decisions and validate user retention goals.
Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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Summary
Transformed an outdated booking engine for luxury resort hotels by establishing design processes, improving user experience and accessibility, and building a comprehensive design system.
Highlights
Established robust design processes, including design reviews and regular syncs, to align product owners and developers on design principles.
Utilized UX principles and heuristics to identify and resolve critical flaws in the existing booking flow, significantly improving user experience and WCAG accessibility.
Designed and implemented a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) for a new booking-related service, enhancing feature delivery and user satisfaction.
Developed a comprehensive design system to ensure consistency and facilitate a seamless handover for the incoming UX designer.
Åre, Jämtland, Sweden
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Summary
Led content creation for Åreguiderna's Instagram, developing a content management system and producing highly engaging video assets that generated an average of 30,000 plays.
Highlights
Drove content creation for the company's Instagram, becoming the primary contact for new mountain content, primarily video.
Introduced a content management system, streamlining content production and distribution processes for social channels.
Produced compelling video and photo assets, shared by affiliated partners including Salomon, Mini, and Lynx Snowmobiles, expanding brand reach.
Achieved an average of 30,000 plays per top video, significantly increasing audience engagement and brand visibility.
Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden
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Summary
Led the UX process and served as Scrum Master for a new public statistical tool, ensuring accessibility compliance and successful product launch within two months.
Highlights
Launched the first testable MVP of a new public statistical tool within 2 months, accelerating product development and user feedback cycles.
Introduced User Story Mapping and an iterative release process with user tests, enabling early changes and driving product strategy.
Ensured the product met WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility requirements, resulting in high user satisfaction and preference over previous alternatives.
Managed the UX process from workshops and wireframing to UI design, integrating product strategy and visual adaptations in Angular.
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Summary
Designed and led the implementation of an in-house A/B testing framework, enabling data-driven product development and scalable user segmentation for a recycling app with over 400,000 users.
Highlights
Designed and led the implementation of a scalable in-house A/B testing framework, enhancing data-driven product development for a user base of over 400,000.
Introduced a user ID-based segmentation framework, enabling targeted feature testing and compatibility with Mixpanel for advanced analytics.
Created and managed three parallel user campaigns with varied rewards, providing critical insights into user engagement and retention drivers.
Developed experiments for the sales team, delivering actionable insights for new product proposals and customer communication.
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Summary
Designed and implemented a gamified challenge system for a recycling app with over 400,000 users, significantly increasing user retention and engagement.
Highlights
Designed and rolled out a gamification concept that increased the second-week user retention rate by 6 percentage points (from 26% to 32%).
Developed the go-to campaign tool for Bower, used for A/B testing behavioral goals and sales team communication with brands.
Led the design of new functionality for brands like Varta and Zespri, managing challenges and A/B tests, and providing analytics-driven follow-ups.
Conducted extensive user research and testing to validate and iterate on the gamification concept, ensuring user stickiness and reward effectiveness.
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Summary
Led the design and implementation of an AI-powered solution for crowdsourced data review, achieving significant efficiency gains and winning an AI competition.
Highlights
Implemented an AI solution that saved 70% of the time spent reviewing recycling location images, streamlining manual review processes.
Improved user-submitted photo quality by 35% through enhanced user experience flows, increasing data reliability.
Led the design work and built prototypes with an AI model from Peltarion, overseeing user testing and final UI design.
Won an AI competition held by Peltarion, gaining recognition from Microsoft for the sustainable application of AI.
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Summary
Developed a gamified UX flow for crowdsourcing product information, achieving a 42% user adoption rate and increasing user-generated content for a recycling app.
Highlights
Designed a gamified UX flow for package submission, achieving a 42% user adoption rate for the new functionality.
Integrated the feature into the app's achievement system, motivating users to contribute data and feel a sense of accomplishment.
Analyzed potential improvements and iterated on the feature, increasing the volume of user-generated packages.
Enabled the sales team to leverage the feature in conversations with brands, aiding in partner acquisition and engagement.
Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden
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Summary
Delivered a stable front-end solution for Tink Console's role-based control panel, integrating complex APIs and enhancing user experience for a pay-per-use platform.
Highlights
Developed and delivered a stable front-end solution for the Tink Console product, enabling the creation of organizations and roles for security.
Integrated complex internal and external APIs, including 2FA, SSO, and OAuth2, into the console, ensuring robust security and functionality.
Led the implementation and testing of UX patterns, including error message experiences and user flows, significantly improving usability.
Contributed to the maintenance of a component library in Storybook and developed components using Google Material Design, ensuring consistency and efficiency.
Skills
UX/UI Design & Research
UX Design, UI Design, Design Systems, Data-Driven Design, User Testing, User Research, Heuristic Analysis, Usability, User Journey Mapping, Prototyping, Wireframes, Figma, Framer, Sketch, Abstract, Product Design.
Product Management & Strategy
Product Owner, Project Lead, Product Management, Product Strategy, Product Development, User Story Mapping, Roadmap, Agile, Scrum, OKR, Campaign Management, Technical Sales Contact, Stakeholder Management.
Accessibility & Compliance
Accessibility, WCAG 2.1, WCAG 2.2, European Accessibility Act (EAA), GDPR.
Data & Analytics
Data Analysis, Data-Driven Product Development, A/B Tests, Mixpanel, Google Analytics, Data Studio, Looker Studio, Piwik Pro, QlikSense, QlikView.
Frontend Development
React, Angular, JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML/CSS, Redux, Git, npm, Yarn, API, OAuth 2.0, 2FA, Storybook.js, Google Material Design, React Native.
Marketing & Growth
Growth Marketing, Marketing Automation, Braze, Growth Campaigns, Campaign Experimentation, Hubspot, Intercom, Branding, Gamification.
Tools & Platforms
Contentful, Notion, Zendesk, JIRA, Peltarion (AI Platform), Tableau.
AI/Machine Learning
AI, Machine Learning, Modeling, Crowdsourcing.
Content Creation
Content Creation, Content Management, CMS, CapCut, Instagram, Storytelling, Marketing, Film, Photography.