Rebecca Cottrell

Past

• Intern at Fjord
• User Experience Designer at Future Platforms
• Junior Designer at Cactus Worldwide

• Research Assistant at University of Reading

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Education

• University College London, U. of London
• The University of Reading

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Industry

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Rebecca Cottrell’s Summary

I'm an interaction designer with a background in communication design. Currently a fulltime student in HCI.

Rebecca Cottrell’s Experience

• Intern

  Fjord

  (Public Company; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  October 2009 — November 2009 (2 months)

  Interaction design intern (part time) at Fjord London.

• User Experience Designer

  Future Platforms

  (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

  March 2008 — June 2009 (1 year 4 months)

  User experience and interaction design at a mobile software company in Brighton.

• Junior Designer

  Cactus Worldwide

  (Education Management industry)

  December 2007 — March 2008 (4 months)

  Graphic design (inhouse) at language training agency in Brighton.

• Research Assistant

  University of Reading

  (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  September 2006 — June 2007 (10 months)

  Research Assistant on the Typographic Design for Children project: http://www.bookdata.kidstype.org/

Rebecca Cottrell’s Education

• University College London, U. of London

  MSc , Human-Computer Interaction with Ergonomics , 2009 — 2010 (expected)

  Modules complete:
  
  Physical Ergonomics I and II
  Usability Evaluation Methods
  Design Practice
  
  Modules not yet complete:
  
  Affective Interaction
  Applied Cognitive Science
  Organisational Informatics
  Design Experience
  
  MSc Project

• The University of Reading

  B.A. , Typography, Communication Design , 2004 — 2007

  Specialised in typography, communication design, information design. My favourite typeface is Pragma.

  Activities and Societies:

  Student journalist

Additional Information

Rebecca Cottrell’s Groups:

•    Interaction Design Association
•    BarCamp Brighton
•    Design Research
•    Web Standards Design + Development
•    UCL Interaction Centre (UCLIC)

Rebecca Cottrell’s Contact Settings

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