Who I am
Tessa van Haren
City: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Date of birth: October 22nd 1987 (35 years)
Email: Hello@tessavanharen.nl
Current job
Product designer Zorg Netwerk Omgeving @ Formelio (since sept. 2023)
Mostly interested in
Healthcare innovations, social solutions and HRM.
My story
I am someone who loves the imperfections of everything that has ever been made, the orange clouds in the evening sun and faces beneath the wrinkled layers of life. I am a passionate UX designer, hobby photographer and sarcastic at heart.
As a child I always said “When I grow up, I will become a nurse in the hospital” It was my ultimate dream job and I did everything to achieve that goal with the greatest love possible. Unfortunately, this dream shattered when it turned out I have a chronic knee condition and everything I do causes a lot of pain. The 4 surgeries were of no avail and after 8 years I had to end to my career in healthcare.
In my hobbies, graphic design and photography, I found a passion and a creative outlet. I started studying the bachelor CMD (2016) and discovered that the magical world of web design and user experience contained all the aspects I was looking for. Being creative, helping people ánd doing research. Best of both worlds! I like creating something ‘beautiful’, but isn’t it even more important to have users that are happy? I am always looking for that line between beautiful and user-friendly and/or functional. Happy me, Happy users.
Besides my work as a user experience designer, I like to challenge myself creatively. I create photo manipulations in Adobe Photoshop. I have a huge imagination and love to tell stories without using words. It amazes me that others are attracted to my work and have their own interpretations of it. Whatever I do with design, it is always unique to see how it comes to life, also in UX design.
I also like cooking, reading, nature, writing, I can never get enough of fine rock music, I have a soft spot for sheep, I was born without any sense of direction and I often get lost, but I completely relax in the big city with my greatest support in life; Pixel, a blond labrador.
My skills
*Some skills deserve further explanation. Click on an underlined skill to read more.
Software
Figma
Sketch
Adobe XD
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Photoshop
DevOpsExperience with scrum and kanban boards.
JiraExperience with scrum and kanban boards.
Maze
Usability Hub
UX
Usability testing Experience with A/B testing, interviews, prototype assignment, card sorting, unmoderated tests such as Maze, focus groups, guerrilla tests.
UX research Experienced in creating persona’s, scenario’s, customer/user journeys and card sorting.
Design thinking
Wireframing
Prototyping
Design systems
User panels Experience with setting up and expanding user panels.
Best practices
UX writing
Responsive design
Apple HIGExperience & knowledge of Apple’s human interface guidelines
Google’s material designExperience & knowledge of Google’s material design guidelines
Digital accessibility
WCAG Knowledge of WCAG 2.2 and how to use for an accessible product.
Dutch legislation
European legislation
Languages
Dutch
English
Important
Empathy
Communication
Problem solving
FeedbackI value an open, honest and safe work environment the most.
Pixel perfect
Design sprintsI had the honor of joining and facilitating a few design sprints. A big fan!
Timemanagement
Scrum & agile
Business acumenI am familiar with the ins and outs of an organization. The terms CES, NPS, OKR’s, KPI’s and POC,, among other things, are known.
Patience
HTML & CSS
Also important
Dogmom
Table tennis
Cooking
Photography
Sarcasm
Putting on bandaids
Keeping plants alive
Graphic design
Infographics
Typography
Illustrations
Photo manipulations
Logo’s & branding
I am someone who loves the imperfections of everything that has ever been made, the orange clouds in the evening sun and faces beneath the wrinkled layers of life. I am a passionate UX designer, hobby photographer and sarcastic at heart.
As a child I always said “When I grow up, I will become a nurse in the hospital” It was my ultimate dream job and I did everything to achieve that goal with the greatest love possible. Unfortunately, this dream shattered when it turned out I have a chronic knee condition and everything I do causes a lot of pain. The 4 surgeries were of no avail and after 8 years I had to end to my career in healthcare.
In my hobbies, graphic design and photography, I found a passion and a creative outlet. I started studying the bachelor CMD (2016) and discovered that the magical world of web design and user experience contained all the aspects I was looking for. Being creative, helping people ánd doing research. Best of both worlds! I like creating something ‘beautiful’, but isn’t it even more important to have users that are happy? I am always looking for that line between beautiful and user-friendly and/or functional. Happy me, Happy users.
Besides my work as a user experience designer, I like to challenge myself creatively. I create photo manipulations in Adobe Photoshop. I have a huge imagination and love to tell stories without using words. It amazes me that others are attracted to my work and have their own interpretations of it. Whatever I do with design, it is always unique to see how it comes to life, also in UX design.
I also like cooking, reading, nature, writing, I can never get enough of fine rock music, I have a soft spot for sheep, I was born without any sense of direction and I often get lost, but I completely relax in the big city with my greatest support in life; Pixel, a blond labrador.
Tessa van Haren
City: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Date of birth: October 22nd 1987 (35 years)
Email: Hello@tessavanharen.nl
Current job
Product designer Zorg Netwerk Omgeving @ Formelio (since sept. 2023)
Mostly interested in
Healthcare innovations, social solutions and HRM.
My
Skills
Software
Figma
Sketch
Adobe XD
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Photoshop
DevOpsExperience with scrum and kanban boards.
JiraExperience with scrum and kanban boards.
Maze
Usability Hub
UX
Usability testing Experience with A/B testing, interviews, prototype assignment, card sorting, unmoderated tests such as Maze, focus groups, guerrilla tests.
UX research Experienced in creating persona’s, scenario’s, customer/user journeys and card sorting.
Design thinking
Wireframing
Prototyping
Design systems
User panels Experience with setting up and expanding user panels.
Best practices
UX writing
Responsive design
Apple HIGExperience & knowledge of Apple’s human interface guidelines
Google’s material designExperience & knowledge of Google’s material design guidelines
Digital accessibility
WCAG Knowledge of WCAG 2.2 and how to use for an accessible product.
Dutch legislation
European legislation
Languages
Dutch
English
Important
Empathy
Communication
Problem solving
FeedbackI value an open, honest and safe work environment the most.
Pixel perfect
Design sprintsI had the honor of joining and facilitating a few design sprints. A big fan!
Timemanagement
Scrum & agile
Business acumenI am familiar with the ins and outs of an organization. The terms CES, NPS, OKR’s, KPI’s and POC, among other things, are known.
Patience
HTML & CSS
Also important
Dogmom
Table tennis
Cooking
Photography
Sarcasm
Putting on bandaids
Keeping plants alive
Graphic design
Infographics
Typography
Illustrations
Photo manipulations
Logo’s & branding
*Some skills need further explanation. Click on an underlined skill to read more.
A little bit of love
Contact
Hello@tessavanharen.com