About

Hi, 👋 I'm @sammyschuckert a 29-year-old UX Designer working as a Design Lead at IBM. I was born and raised in Heidelberg, Germany and graduated with an M.A. in strategic design from the HfG Schwaebisch Gmuend earlier 2017.

I co-founded a sharing economy startup called thangs – stuffsharing with friends during my studies in 2016. The company thangs is now building Lito – a virtual office for remote teams. Therefore, my friends would describe me as an advocate of #remotework and a part-time #digitalnomad – not the one who is living 24/7 at the beach. 😉

Besides that, I'm a huge Star Wars and Pixar fan, have a deep passion for technology and everything that's digital. It is my belief that human-centered design methods are the key to solving some of the biggest challenges we face today.

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Experience

Design Lead

IBM Deutschland Research & Development GmbH

April 2019 - TODAY

User Experience Designer

IBM Deutschland Research & Development GmbH

March 2017 - March 2019

Co-Founder & CEO (Geschäftsführer)

thangs GmbH

January 2016 - TODAY

Internship, Communication Design

echtweiß – Corporate & Editorial-Design

September 2013 - February 2014

Freelancer, Graphic Design

die wegmeister gmbh

October 2012 - July 2013

Internship, Graphic Design

die wegmeister gmbh

June 2011 - July 2011

Education

Master of Arts, Strategic Design

Hochschule für Gestaltung Schwäbisch Gmünd
1.5 Years Course

March 2015 - February 2017

Bachelor of Arts, Communication Design

Hochschule für Gestaltung Schwäbisch Gmünd
3.5 Years Course

October 2011 - February 2015

Abitur (approximately equivalent to high school diploma)

Technisches Gymnasium Wiesloch
Vocational grammar school

September 2007 - July 2010

Mittlere Reife (approximately equivalent to secondary school leaving certificate)

Realschule Wiesloch
Scondary school

September 2001 - July 2007

Awards

AppArtAward 2016 – Category Sharing

ZKM Karlsruhe

July 2016

Landespreis – Impulsgeber für den digitalen Wandel

Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst

November 2015

Award for Best Pitch

Startup Weekend Stuttgart – Social Impact

March 2015

Projects

Blogroll

How to hire outstanding User Experience Designers

I’m writing this from an aircraft waiting on a starting ramp in Detroit. We are number three in line. You may ask, what this has to do with finding the best user experience designers. I‘m going to tell you in a bit. But first, let us remind ourselves what user experience means. User experience is, […]

April 11, 2018

My 2017 year in review ✈️

Do what you love & never quit on a hard day

2017 was an amazing year. Far more exciting than the years before. And Ifeel like repeating myself with this every year. A good thing — right? My one-sentence summary for 2017 is: Do what you love and never quit on a hard day. Goal accomplished! ✅💪 This is a long post, so here’s a table […]

January 4, 2018