Hi!

Come meet a product experience

designer excited to join your team to
explore, defne and create. I translate
user insights to actionable prototypes/
product features. A storyteller armed
with human-centered methods, honed
across diverse industries, across the globe,
towards long-term behaviour change.
GLOBAL EXPERIENCE / EDUCATION
DESIGN EXPERIENCE
MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE
ADDITIONAL FUN FACTS
single course masters certifcate
Oct 12
Design School Kolding
Product Design (B.S)
Jun 12
Stanford University
Conducted feld research for
both physical products and
services (incl. medical devices)
Analyzed qualitative data for
needfnding
Facilitated strategic design
sessions with clients
Contractor, Design Research
Madison, WI, USA
Mar - Aug 2013
Worked on products in the
toy and medical device
industry, generating concepts
in mechanism, human factors,
user experience/usability
design
Intern, Product Design (ME)
San Francisco, CA, USA
May - Sep 2012
IDE facilitates market-based
solutions towards Cambodian
development
Engaged in feld research for
physical products & services,
tying research insights to
actionable design principles
and prototypes
Distilled complex insight
patterns and hierarchies into
frameworks
Jr Fellow, Product Design
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Oct 2013-May 2014
Management is a design challenge in organizational
development: to bridge teams, coordinate efforts,
and galvanize diverse teams on new initiatives
Ariana Koblitz
I am grateful for the
opportunities to develop
and push myself to excel
Earnest Chilton Award
Jun 2012
presented to the outstanding
Product Design student of the
graduating class
Cap & Gown Society
Nov 2010 - present
Member, Stanford Cap &
Gown Womens Honor Society
Public Service Leadership
Program
Nov 2009 - Sep 2010
Fellow, Stanford Haas Center
for Public Service
ariansky@gmail.com
akoblitz.com
linkedin.com/in/arianakoblitz
prototyping in metal, plastic,
and paper, using:
Ethnographic immersions growing up/studying/working
across Germany, the US, and China prepares me to make
products that are relevant to the people we aim to engage
Fluent in German | Profcient in Chinese | Japanese JLPT level II
my explores past projects and
explorations, showcasing my toolkit, including:
Developed PDSA
programming, training of
collaboration methods, event
organization, management
skills training
Product Design Student
Association, Stanford University
May 2011-Aug 2012
Vice President
Teaching staff to Dev Patnaik
of Jump Associates, of a
Stanford senior product
design course
ME 216 Needfnding,
Stanford University
Sep 2012 - Nov 2012
Section Leader
Designed injection mold
tooling of cell phones
during the latter stages of
manufacturing. Aided the
communication with LOMs
clients American counterparts,
clarifying needed changes
Intern, Product Design (ME)
Beijing, China
Jun - Sep 2012
100state is a social-issues
driven co-working space,
and collaborates with local
government and non-profts.
Developed strategy for
internal operations
100State
Madison WI
May 2013-Aug 2013
Director, Mission Alignment
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Putting theory to the test: heres where creating new
experiences leads to new products and services.
----- helping real people with real needs.
Implemented iLabs frst
comprehensive knowledge
management system
On-boarded team members
to a virtual drive and trained
members in its use
Developed case studies of
past projects to help on-
boarding / business dev.
Mechanical Engineering
as a foundation to explore
design as a problem-defning
process / organizational culture
towards meaningful product
development
early stage product
development (design research,
needfnding), targeted
prototyping (& manufacturing)
behaviour change theory in
design
Nudge Theory as applied to
service design
online presence
see for a more complete overview of my past
work experience ( ), as well as past education ( )
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