Jacob Heim

heimsoft

Jacob Heim

UX Researcher

Mittelreppig 2, 36157, Ebersburg , Hessen, DE
05.02.2000
jacobheim@web.de
+49 1575 1912944
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Dedicated User Experience Researcher with a passion for building innovative solutions . Adept at applying Human-Centered Design principles to create intuitive products, and leveraging statistical expertise to derive actionable insights. Self-motivated and enthusiastic about continuously seeking opportunities to expand knowledge and stay abreast of industry trends.

Work experience

Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, PsyErgo

UX Research Assistant

(04.2023 -
09.2023)

Worked as a student assistant implementing functional prototypes and conducting user research and data analysis

  • Designed, implemented and evaluated an interactive companion as android e-paper tablet, that leads teachers through an interactive exhibition
  • Conducted contextual inquiry on school classes visiting an exhibition and evaluated the gathered data for key insights
  • Implemented a tool to create and display AI generated images for an interactive exhibition about blessing

Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Informatik

Tutor

(09.2022 -
10.2022)

Worked as a programming tutor, teaching basics of programming in java to university entrants

    Education

    Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg

    (2020 -
    2024)

    B.Sc, Human-Computer-Interaction

    University of applied Sciences Fulda

    (2019 -
    2020)

    B.Sc, Applied Computer Science

    Rudolf-Steiner-Schule Loheland

    (2006 -
    2019)

    Abitur

    Skills

    Qualitative Research

    Heuristic Evaluation, Cognitive Walkthrough, Thinkaloud, Focus Groups, Contextual Inquiry

    Quantitative Research

    Usability Benchmarking, A/B testing, SSPS, JASP, Pandas, Excel

    Prototyping

    Contextual Design, Figma, Adobe CC, Notion, Confluence

    Programming

    HTML, CSS, Javascript, Typescript, React, Svelte, Kotlin (android), Java, GoLang, SQL, Python, rust

    Languages

    German

    Native speaker

    English

    C1

    Interests

    Music production

    Photography

    Programming

    Projects

    ExpoCompanion

    Tablet app to support teachers in thinking about digitisation of their teaching in an interactive exhibition.

    • Developed based on user needs, Competence, Stimulation and Autonomy
    • Teachers prefered the ExpoCompanion to the previous paper based approach
    Event Explorer

    An interactive Poster that helps elderly citizens to find relevant events in their city

    • Used Contextual Inquiry to find user needs, and Build Prototype based on gathered insights
    • Worked in a self organizing team