Nicolas Holzapfel

Current

Co-Founder at yoomoot LLP

Past

Freelance Digital Designer at (self-employed)
Managerial Assistant at Groves Working Mens Club
I.T. Supervisor at Nottinghamshire County Council

Intern at Perpetual Design and Media
Intern at City Advertising

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Education

University of the Arts London
University of the Arts London
University of York

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Connections

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Industry

Internet

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Nicolas Holzapfel’s Summary

As a freelance designer and as a student I have worked on many projects in diverse media, from book illustration to content management systems.

I’m currently self-employed setting up yoomoot.com, a collaboration-focused social networking site. As such, I have complete control over my own time and welcome opportunities to work on an ad hoc basis in areas I am passionate about: interaction design, usability and online collaboration.

Nicolas Holzapfel’s Specialties:

General experience: Social media, information architecture, usability, copywriting, project management

Software and coding skills: Flash, ActionScript, InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, HTML, CSS

Nicolas Holzapfel’s Experience

Co-Founder

yoomoot LLP

(Partnership; Online Media industry)

October 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)

yoomoot is a web application which makes online discussions radically more focused, organized and quick to browse.
Freelance Digital Designer

(self-employed)

(Design industry)

February 2006 — April 2009 (3 years 3 months)

Jobs of all shapes and sizes, some of which are featured on www.nholz.com. I worked mainly for non-profits, including NSPCC (National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children), CMHA (Chinese Mental Health Association) and Luton Museums.
Managerial Assistant

Groves Working Mens Club

(Food & Beverages industry)

September 2004 — June 2005 (10 months)

Included supervision of opening up, closing down and taking accounts.
I.T. Supervisor

Nottinghamshire County Council

(Government Agency; 501-1000 employees; Government Administration industry)

June 1999 — May 2000 (1 year )

Supervised educational I.T. service.
Intern

Perpetual Design and Media

(Partnership; 1-10 employees; Graphic Design industry)

March 1999 — March 1999 (1 month)

Assisted with web design and desktop publishing work.
Intern

City Advertising

(Government Agency; 1-10 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

February 1998 — February 1998 (1 month)

Assisted with design work for newspaper advertising, general clerical work and handling clients.

Nicolas Holzapfel’s Education

University of the Arts London

MA Interactive Media , 2007 — 2008

Graduated with Pass with Distinction

This MA consisted of a series of group projects where each team is given a problem and a few weeks to conceive, prototype, usability test, develop and then present and justify a working solution. There was a strong focus on usability issues: providing personal tutoring from an experienced usability expert and visiting lecturers from usability-focused companies such as IDEO.

My dissertation was entitled ‘Is a user-centred design process suitable for social interaction design?’ and was about the strengths and limitations of the user-centred design process when applied to the design of social media applications.
University of the Arts London

FdA Digital Media , 2005 — 2007

Graduated with Pass with Merit Plus
University of York

BA Politics & Sociology , 2001 — 2004

Graduated with First-Class Honours

Activities and Societies:

Orienteering Club (Social Captain, then President), SPEAK, Habitat for Humanity

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Nicolas Holzapfel’s Groups:

Interaction Design Association
University of York Alumni Association
User Experience
University of the Arts London Alumni Association
Social Media, Social TV, Monitoring, Mobile Social Networks, Marketing, Web 2.0, Enterprise 2.0, PR