Director of Design @ Leading a team of great designers responsible for all product, marketing and communications design and user research. From May 2013 to Present (2 years 6 months) New York, NYPrincipal UX Manager @ Led the redesign of the Outlook web experience. Co-authored the Microsoft design principles. Selected for several senior leadership programs. Recognized with several Microsoft gold star awards for individual excellence. Co-inventor on 34 patent applications.
"We have to hand it to Microsoft: Outlook.com is gorgeous, intuitive, feature-rich and manages to feel even more calming than Gmail." - Engadget From October 2009 to May 2013 (3 years 8 months) New York, NYSenior UX Designer @ Designed the Windows 7 taskbar, Aero Snap and Shake.
"The Windows 7 taskbar is the most important Windows UI change since Windows 95, and it will dramatically change the way you use Windows. And it's better than the Mac's Dock." - Gizmodo From March 2004 to October 2009 (5 years 8 months) Redmond, WAProduct Designer @ Created conceptual designs for consumer electronics using emerging technologies. From March 2003 to February 2004 (1 year) Eindhoven, the NetherlandsMaster’s Thesis Project @ Created conceptual product and interaction design for coordinating schedules. The results of the project “Designing for a Frictionless Mobile Lifestyle” received several international recognitions. From April 2002 to November 2002 (8 months) Bristol, United KingdomProduct Design Internship @ Contributed to initial interaction design explorations for Windows Vista. From September 2001 to December 2001 (4 months) Redmond, WA
MS, Industrial Design Engineering @ Delft University of TechnologyGrammar School @ Norbertuscollege Stephan Hoefnagels is skilled in: User Experience, Interaction Design, Experience Design, Design Strategy, User Experience Design, User Interface Design, Design Management, User Interface, Graphic Design, Visual Design, Product Design, User-centered Design, User Research, Usability Testing, Mobile Devices, Information Architecture