Laura Dantonio

Current

Freelance Information Architect/Interaction Designer at .
Geek at Lauradesign

Past

Freelance Information Architect at OgilvyOne
Senior Interaction Designer/ Information Architect at Milo Creative
Designer at Social Innovation

Interaction Designer at Passado Ltd
Web Producer at Incisive Media
Web-Graphic Designer at Accenture
Industrial Design at Studio Isao Hosoe, Milan
Web Designer at Design Group Italia

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Education

University College London, U. of London
Nielson Norman Group
Birkbeck, U. of London

Domus Academy/Interaction Design Institute Ivrea
Politecnico di Milano
Ladhen Ammattikorkeakoulu
EcoCamp London

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Laura Dantonio’s Summary

I’m a London-based designer with more than 7 years of professional experience, working with design.

I worked for online publishers, social networking websites and international consulting companies. I have a strategic, conceptual and user-centered approach.

Designing to me is like a social activity, which is why I place the user as the core of my design process.

Laura Dantonio’s Specialties:

Specialist in web and interaction design. I'm interested in new technologies, Social Media Usability, SEO and Accessibility.

Laura Dantonio’s Experience

Freelance Information Architect/Interaction Designer

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(Internet industry)

September 2009 — Present (5 months)
Geek

Lauradesign

(Internet industry)

2007 — Present (3 years )

You can find me at Twitter, Friendfeed, del.icio.us London IA Ning, Facebook, Upcoming, Brightkite, Dopplr, Foursquare as "lauradesign". And "mansikka" in Flick.

I also co-founded Aperitweat a social event that aim to bring the Italian culture of Aperitivo around the world. http://aperitweat.com
Freelance Information Architect

OgilvyOne

(Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)

September 2009 — September 2009 (1 month)

Information architect for a Zurich HelpPoint Brokers project
Senior Interaction Designer/ Information Architect

Milo Creative

(Privately Held; Online Media industry)

April 2008 — August 2009 (1 year 5 months)

* lead designer in concept development for pitches and clients delivery, creation of schematic and wire-frames interaction model, project design/development, and QA
* Project planning, information architecture, wireframing, quality testing & client communication
Designer

Social Innovation

(Internet industry)

2008 — 2008 (less than a year)
Interaction Designer

Passado Ltd

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

March 2007 — March 2008 (1 year 1 month)

* Involved throughout the entire development process; from ideation to website launch
* Creating use cases, personas, scenarios, wireframes, site maps, and user experience guidelines
* Usability testing and focus groups in Europe
(http://www.wasabi.com)
Web Producer

Incisive Media

(Privately Held; Publishing industry)

November 2004 — March 2007 (2 years 5 months)

* Online corporate branding of financial magazine, helped bring print brands into the web 2.0 arena, advice on strategy to engage readerships online
* Online advertisements and email campaigns
* Using CMS, Blogging platform, PHP, HTML, CSS
Web-Graphic Designer

Accenture

(Public Company; ACN; Management Consulting industry)

January 2003 — May 2003 (5 months)

* Web interface and visual vocabulary of Navigabile, project aimed to people affected by motor and communicational disabilities providing access to web content. (http://navigabile.it)
Industrial Design

Studio Isao Hosoe, Milan

(Design industry)

October 2002 — December 2002 (3 months)

Prototypes and presentation for home-office furniture design companies: SACEA and ITOKI
Web Designer

Design Group Italia

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Design industry)

September 2001 — February 2002 (6 months)

Starting as a web interface design, due to an excellent integration with the team moved to concept design in different project, such as development of Design Museum online

Laura Dantonio’s Education

University College London, U. of London

MSc , Human-Computer Interaction with Ergonomic , 2009 — 2010 (expected)
Nielson Norman Group

Three-Day Tutorial , Usability in Practise with Jakob Nielsen , 2007 — 2007

Recruit usability participants, conduct hands-on testing with real users, and put usability findings into actions
Birkbeck, U. of London

Management , Management , 2006 — 2007
Domus Academy/Interaction Design Institute Ivrea

MA Interaction Design - Distintion , Design and Media , 2003 — 2003
Politecnico di Milano

Industrial Design , Design , 1996 — 2002

Final project on Community online
Projects for FIAT, CARREFOUR, TRIENNALE
Ladhen Ammattikorkeakoulu

Erasmus student , Industrial Design , 1999 — 2000

One-year student. Seven exams recognised. Projects for HACMAN METOS, ITTALA
EcoCamp London