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Nice to meet you!

Hello! My name is Sandra.

Over the last 9 years, I have gained diverse experiences that enable me to make a positive impact in many different ways.

To get you the best possible results and fully tap into my potential, I have few principles to follow: whatever we will be working on must be a priority, creation must be involved, we need to collaborate, and we should be empowered to do our best for the greater good.

Look at my CV (.pdf)

Get an idea of what we can do together

Innovation sprints

As a facilitator, I can help you with a structured approach towards innovation, so that you can better address your customers needs, while saving time and money on development.

See example (.pdf)

Experience design

As a digital products and services designer, I can co-create most delightful and meaningful solutions with your teams, so that you can deliver experiences that your customers need and love.

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Capability building

As a learning and community enthusiast, I can help you build and embrace innovation culture in your organisation, so that you can realise the benefits of empowered and trusted teams.

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Hear what others have to say after working with me

Sandra is an incredibly talented designer who is excellent at challenging others perspectives as well as her own by active listening and having an open mind. Besides her ability to navigate through ambiguity with structure and facilitation, her interpersonal skills helps pull out the best in others, and elevates any individual and team that collaborate with her.
Sandra is also well-versed in conducting end-to-end UX research and adapting the process accordingly based on needs and limitations. Her ability to empathise with users along with an understanding of business needs and technical feasibility makes her a truly human-centred designer and researcher.

Shilpi Sinha, Head of UX Research

Apart from being a highly skilled and dedicated UX- and service designer, Sandra possesses this incredible drive to continuously learn, grow and develop not only for herself, but also for her colleagues, her organization, and for the design community as a whole.
On top of the more technical skills, Sandra is an extremely positive, friendly, and fun person to work with [...] She has a natural way of connecting with everyone she meets - which is both an asset in the day-to-day collaboration, but also in relation to workshops and collaboration with stakeholders in general.

Bo Vittrup, Senior Designer of digital experiences

Sandra has an amazing sense for both the business and the people she works with. She actively listens
and ensures the right challenges are addressed. On top of that, she continues to experiment with different methods from the agile/safe concepts, design thinking, visual design, and her creativity knows no bounds.

Nikolina Vukelic, Data Engineer

Sandra takes ownership and delivers innovative solutions whenever needed, being very pragmatical and creative in her working style. She moves tasks forward with ease and passion, making collaboration a very enjoyable process for all those involved. She is a good designer, always ready to co-create, provide sparing and relevant feedback. This connects with her learning mindset, curiosity and ability to easily learn new concepts and practices.

Mihaela Popa, PMO Manager

Sandra is a force of nature! The rate at which she learns, the amount of energy she brings into a room, and the courage she has to do and say what she believes in, is simply mind-blowing. [...] She brings just a little more creativity, positivity, speed and confidence into the work and workshops and it spills over to anyone who she collaborates with.

Ronni Poulsen, Operational Excellence Expert

See what else I do to give back to the community

Talk about how I used visual thinking to help change the bank and inspire my colleagues.
Visual Thinking CPH meetup.

Watch recording (youtube.com)

Workshop about how design thinking can help you understand and plan the steps to fulfill your career ambitions.
Career crossroads conference, GRASP.

Read about the conference (mygrasp.org)

Talk about what does it take to craft extraordinary UX design and combine beautiful design with problem-solving. Disruption Talks, Netguru.

Listen to podcast (spotify.com)

Grow with me

I am part of a global community of mentors and learners, on a mission to give every person the freedom to grow together.

If mentoring is what you need right now book a session with me and let’s see if we are a good match.

My promise to you is that I will listen actively, strive to inspire as well as support you, and I will try to make you laugh.

Book a mentoring session (ADPlist.org)