Bio
PROFILE/ MARCEL VESGA GERARDINO
Marcel is an Industrial Design B.A. and a M.A. in Digital Media from HFK- Bremen; his previous work consists in the creation, execution and direction of design projects for diverse clients in different industries and design fields in Europe and the Americas, including various markets from financial institutions such as the Colombian Central Bank and Trade Platforms, to Private Companies, Schools, Artists, Engineers, Hearing Aid Retailers, Musicians and Politicians. His early experience in digital design involves Web and Multimedia Design, Consulting, Usability studies, E-marketing, Digital and Social Media Strategies development and implementation. Later in his design career, he further specialized in UI-UX and Interaction Design, focused in e-health, Telemedicine and sound. His latest design work involves service and product design of the full life cycle of Teleaudiology solutions. He has also developed several freelance and Academic projects which involve creating new concepts for products, ephemeral architecture, stage design, POP and other marketing products, from concept creation to 3d Photo realistic pre-visualisation rendered version and prototyping, marketing and release of the products. He has also been experimenting in Video production, Video Projection Mapping, Generative/ Parametric design, touch interfaces, sound and Motion Recognition.
He’s ready to try his best to develop himself in the Design field.
KEY SKILLS
Languages
*Spanish/ Native speaker.
*English/ Full professional proficiency/ (IELTS exam with the British Council / Academic version: Overall band score: 7.0)
*German/ Mid proficiency/ Common European Framework of Reference B 2.2 / (Goethe-Zertifikat A2: Start Deutsch 2)
*Italian/ Basic proficiency.
Software
Adobe Creative suite (Ps, Il)
Figma, Sketch, Invision, Abstract
Cura, Luban, Snapmaker (3D printing software)
Rhinoceros/ 3ds Max/ Vray (3D modelling, rendering)
Final Cut
HTML+CSS
Magento, Joomla, WordPress (CMS)
Quartz Composer/ MAX/ Nodebox (Nodebase programming)
Processing/ AS3 (Intermediate)
Kinect (Skeleton trackers, gesture recognition, OSC)
Design Skills
Product Design, Concept Design, Web and Graphic Interface Design, Prototyping, and 3d Modelling. Generative graphics compositing and Interaction design. He also has abilities in project planning, organisation and production control, including budget management. Product development from Brand Creation, Corporate Image, Product Concept, Product Production Management, Brand/ Product Release and Positioning Strategies.
Personal Skills
Great people management skills with the ability to train and develop others, excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills, natural ability to work on own initiative or as part of a team, possessing strong team building and organisational skills, paying strong attention to detail, flexible and adaptive to different working environments.
Studies
2011 – 2014 / M.A. Digital Media/ HfK-Bremen. Bremen. – Germany.
2002 – 2008/ B.A. Industrial Design/ Universidad de los Andes. Bogotá DC. – Colombia.
Secondary Education (Highschool Diploma)
1994 – 2001/ Liceo de Cervantes (Norte). Bogotá DC. – Colombia.
