Ann Karring

Cand.IT Digital Design with a passion for product development and communication.

Ann Karring

Academic title Cand.IT Digital Design
Nationality Danish
Adresse Marinavej 8
8660 Skanderborg
Denmark
Tlf. +4522261052
E-mail a.karring@gmail.com

Profile

I am passionate about product development, that focuses on the inclusion of users in the design process as well as being the communicative link between different disciplines. My core competences are especially interaction design, programming, teaching and workshops.

Education

SEP 2015
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JUN 2018		 BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN DIGITAL DESIGN
  • Finished my bachelor's degree in Digital Design - IT, aesthetics and interaction from Aarhus University.
  • The education included: Product design, design processes, aesthetic programming, interaction design, creativity in design and art, software studies, digital aesthetics and communicating (in) the city.
AUG 2017
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JUN 2018		 SELECTIVE COURSES IN COMPUTER SCIENCE
  • Took selected courses in computer science from Aarhus University (1.5 terms).
  • The selective courses included: Introduction to Java programming, introduction to databases, fundamental algorithms and data structures, calculus and programming languages.
SEP 2018
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JUL 2020		 MASTER'S DEGREE IN DIGITAL DESIGN
  • Finished my master's' degree in Digital Design from Aarhus University.
  • The education included: Digital Culture, advanced interaction design, design as a critical practice, research-based knowledge development and an internship.
  • My master thesis dealt with the demographic bias in biometric technology.
AUG - DEC
2019		 INTERNSHIP AT THE BUSINESS MEDIA FINANS AT JYLLANDSPOSTEN
  • Internship during my master degree
  • My tasks included: Product development, business development, business controlling and customer administration

Work Experience

JAN - JUN
2017,
JAN - JUN
2018,
JAN - JUN
2019 &
JAN - JUN
2020		 TEACHER'S ASSISTANT IN AESTHETIC PROGRAMMING
  • Teacher's assistant for the course Aesthetic Programming at Aarhus University under associate professor Winnie Soon.
  • Tasks included: Teaching programming in P5.js from different conceptual perspectives within digital aesthetics as well as helping students with their programming assignments.
APR 2017
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JUL 2020		 STUDENT PROGRAMMER IN DD LAB
  • Working as a student programmer in Aarhus University's Digital Design Lab.
  • Responsibilities: Website, shopping for materials, workshop and tools, CNC-machines, such as X-carve and Carvey.
  • Tasks: Helping students with their prototypes and projects as well as testing and documenting new technologies in the lab.
AUG - DEC
2019		 INTERNSHIP AT THE BUSINESS MEDIA FINANS AT JYLLANDSPOSTEN
  • Internship during my master's degree.
  • My tasks included: Product development, business development, business controlling and customer administration.
AUG 2020
- NOW		 RESEARCH ASSISTANT AT AARHUS UNIVERSITY UNDER THE INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE
  • Planning and teaching courses taught at Aarhus University.
  • Fall 2020 - Interaction technologies: Teaching students to describe, analyze and reflect on digital interaction technologies and -paradigms through theory- and practice-based methods.
  • Spring 2021 and Spring 2022 - User-Driven Design: Teaching students in the process of designing digital products, especially focusing on the inclusion of users in the design process.
  • Fall 2021 - Design as a Critical Practice: Teaching students how design artefacts can be used to express ideologies, opinions, and paradigms.
  • Fall 2021 - Surveillance Culture: Teaching students how to describe, explore and analyze the massive monitoring and practices in surveillance culture.
FEB 2022
- NOW		 MIDDLE MANAGER AT DD LAB
  • Doing the daily managing of the Digital Design Lab at Aarhus University.
  • Main tasks include coordinating the workshops offered by the lab, being the go-to person for the employees in the lab and planning accommodation for new technologies.

Private Life

I am 26 years old and use she/they pronouns. I have an interest in music and dance. In my spare time I participate in the group code&share, which is a community for people interested in programming in Aarhus. I am fluent in Danish, English and German and now I am practicing my Portuguese. Through the last 21 years I have danced ballet and played violin. I am passionate about equal rights for everyone regardless of gender, ethnicity, or sexuality.