CV

Kristin Breivik
Born in Oslo, 14th of March 1985
Currently living in New York City
Concept development, user/customer experience, interaction design, information architecture, service design, social media, user research, usability testing.
Fluent in Norwegian and English, intermediate in German and Italian.
Work Experience
2009 – present Bouvet ASA
Consultant (working with user experience design)
2008 – 2009 Logica
Interaction Designer in the UX department
2006 – 2008 WM-data – a Logica CMG Company
Interaction Designer in the UX department
Education
2010 – present School of Visual Arts, New York City
MFA in Interaction Design
2004 – 2006 University of Bergen
Bachelor in Information Science
2003 University of Oslo
Ex. Phil., Social Economics
Recent Projects in Brief
2009 Avinor
Description: Developing concept for intranet/extranet
Role: Concept developer, interaction designer
2008 – 2009 Thon Hotels
Description: Development of new front-end
Role: Interaction designer, usability testing, QA
» Read in my portfolio about the case
2008 – 2009 The Norwegian Pollution Control Authority (SFT)
Description: Development of front-end for the site norskeutslipp.no
Role: Concept developer, information architect, interaction designer
» Read in my portfolio about the case
2006 – 2008 Dagsavisen
Description: Development of newspaper portal dagsavisen.no
Role: Concept developer, information architect, project leader
» Read in my portfolio about the case
2008 The Norwegian National Rail Administration (Jernbaneverket)
Description: Development of new front-end, jernbaneverket.no
Role: Interaction designer
2007 – 2009 Den norske legeforening (The Norwegian Medical Association)
Description: Development of extranet for Norwegian doctors called Min side (My page). Focus on building a successful professional community online.
Role: Interaction designer, information architect, usability testing
» Read in my portfolio about the case
2007 Maihaugen (museum)
Description: Development of new front-end
Role: Information architect, interaction designer
2007 The Norwegian Museum of Cultural History (Norsk folkemuseum)
Description: Development of new front-end, norskfolkemuseum.no
Role: Information architect
» Read in my portfolio about the case
2007 Norsk Tipping (Norway’s leading games company, owned by the Norwegian state.)
Description: Development of intranet and extranet
Role: Interaction designer, information architect
2007 BI Norwegian School of Management
Description: Development of intranet
Role: Interaction designer, information architect, usability testing
» Read in my portfolio about the case
2006 – 2007 BI Norwegian School of Management
Description: Development of new front-end, bi.no
Role: Interaction designer
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2007 Human-etisk forbund
Description: Development of front-end and back-end system for ceremony administration
Role: Interaction designer
Awards
2010 Norwegian Design Council (NDC), Design Effect
Thonhotels.no
» Read in my portfolio about the case, or read about the case on NDC’s site — in Norwegian
2008 Norwegian Design Council (NDC), Award for Design Excellence (Merket for god design)
Dagsavisen.no
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Blog

Racing Heart

In January 2010 I attended a concert with Mathias Tjønn in Oslo. It was one of those excellent concerts that I even blogged about! And as it turned out, Mathias is a nice guy too. We both live in the same hood in Brooklyn now, and I have attended quite a few more shows with [...]