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
2011 Summer Purpose NYC
Interaction Design Fellow
2009 – 2010 Bouvet ASA
UX designer
2006 – 2009 Logica
Interaction Designer in the UX department
(Logica formerly known as WM-data)
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
2011 AllOut.org / Purpose
Description: Developing the Purpose CMS to handle online campaigning
Role: Concept developer, interaction designer
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
» Read in my portfolio about the case
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
» Read in my portfolio about the case

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 [...]