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Barry Despenza

Interdisciplinary Creative And Researcher
Berlin

Summary

Skilled Creative Strategist and Researcher who has collaborated with product management and designers and dev teams to produce informed design suggestions trailblazing new UX solutions.


Overview

3
3
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Creative Strategist/ UX Researcher Associate

Cashmere Agency
Los Angeles
01.2019 - 12.2020
  • Evaluated market trends to inform targeted awareness and DR programs for customers.


  • Conducted almost 400 one-on-one interviews to gauge user satisfaction.
  • Created suite of reactive KPIs spanning growth and brand and tied back to business objectives.
  • Managed client relationships and expectations for creative projects with varying budgets and objectives.
  • Fostered highly communicative, collaborative team culture on visual product projects.
  • Anticipated design issues and proved to be proactive in developing effective solutions.
  • Used understanding and empathy for our target customer by designing and observing user studies and translating research findings into insights to help grow brand’s customer base by 25%.

Academic Researcher

Simon Fraser University
Vancouver
01.2021 - 06.2022
  • Prepared variety of different written communications, reports and documents.
  • Assisted in coordinating the planning, direction and implementation of proper academia improvements, and successful knowledge integration.
  • Used coordination and planning skills to achieve results according to schedule.
  • Set and oversaw quality assurance guidelines for administrative work.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Film

San Francisco Art Institute
Vancouver, Canada
01.2014 - 06.2017

Master of Arts - Sound Studies And Sonic Arts

Universität Der Künste Der Berlin
Berlin,Germany
10.2021 - Current

Skills

Multidisciplinary team collaboration

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Music

Produce electronic hip-hop music

Timeline

Master of Arts - Sound Studies And Sonic Arts

Universität Der Künste Der Berlin
10.2021 - Current

Academic Researcher

Simon Fraser University
01.2021 - 06.2022

Creative Strategist/ UX Researcher Associate

Cashmere Agency
01.2019 - 12.2020

Bachelor of Arts - Film

San Francisco Art Institute
01.2014 - 06.2017

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