About Domenique van Gennip
With a background in user experience research, industrial design, and experimental psychology, my interests are in the design of all kinds of interactive systems and services, with those who use them, and teaching people to be human-centred in their design process.
Current availability
Until January 2022, I was a Lecturer with Design Next at the University of New South Wales. I’m open to new opportunities!
Get in touch to find out how we can work togetherCurriculum Vitae
Download my current CVSkills overview
- Strong analytical skills matched with divergent (design) thinking.
- Well-honed abilities to scope, design, develop, and prototype novel ideas in software and hardware.
- Exceptional written, visual and oral abilities to communicate effectively in both English and Dutch.
- Effective project management skills for small and medium projects, including:
- 10+ years of project and research experience in:
- UX research and design, with a focus on emerging digital technology;
- human-centred research methods to support development of interactive products, systems, and services (including interviews, diary studies, user flows, journey maps, etc.);
- wireframing and prototyping to explore and convey design solutions.
- 8+ years of teaching experience in:
- subject coordination for large, multi-project undergraduate teaching for 3100+ students;
- delivery of lectures on human-centred design and user research methods.
- Proficient in Office 365, Slack, and digital design tools including Adobe CC, Figma, Blender, as well as software development in HTML, CSS, JS, and python.
Notable training and certificates
2021
Project Management for Researchers (4 days, via UNSW)2021
Supervising Doctoral Studies (2 days, UNSW Graduate School)2021
Masterclass on Creative Leadership & Collaboration (5 days, TwoCollaborate)2019
Course Design Institute (5 days, UNSW Engineering)2017
ILM screen presenting (1 day, via UTS)2015
Innovation and Creative Intelligence Labs Series 5 (2 days, via UTS:ICI)2014
InSPIRE Graduate School (5 days, via UTS Graduate School)
Timeline of my life
2020-----
Daughter Maya born2019-2022
Lecturer at UNSW Design Next2018-2019
Research Fellow at University of Technology Sydney2018-----
Got married2013-2019
Casual academic at University of Technology Sydney2013-2018
PhD candidate (joint degree) at University of Technology Sydney and Eindhoven University of Technology (NL)2013-----
Moved to Australia2011-----
Exchange semester in Stockholm, Sweden2010-2012
MSc Human-Technology Interaction at Eindhoven University of Technology (NL). Graduated with high disctinction (cum laude)2006-----
Exchange semester in Singapore2003-2010
BSc Industrial Design at Eindhoven University of Technology (NL)2002-2010
Activity guide at Indoor Fun Centre Breda1997-2003
Secondary school, VWO, Mencia de Mendoza Lyceum1989-1997
Primary school, De Werft1984-----
Born in Breda, the Netherlands