Heiko Sacher

Designer

Kailua Kona, United States

Member since March 2, 2017

Heiko has more than two decades of experience with planning, managing, and executing UX designs for industry leaders like Apple, Motorola, Google, and Skype/Microsoft. His mobile user interfaces, messaging experiences, and immersive media interactions have shipped in millions of phones, tablets, and apps.

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Portfolio

Digital Design

Skype | Mobile Clients
- Mobile UX
- Design Strategy
- Management
- Design Leadership
- Design Reviews
Feedc | Connecting People and Places
- Mobile UI
- Apps
- Conceptual Design
- iOS UI Design
- Micro Interaction Design
Google | Android OS Design
- Android Design Guidelines
- Interaction Design (IxD)
- Screenflows
- High-fidelity Mockups
- Mobile UX
- Screen Design
Microsoft | Skype for Outlook
- Interaction Design (IxD)
- Web UX
- Video Calling
- Messaging
- Screen Design
- Screenflows
- Design Leadership
- Browser Plugins
Workato | DIY Business App Integration
- Web UX
- Screenflows
- Layout
- Information Architecture (IA)
- SaaS Design
- Mobile UX
- iOS UI Design
- Responsive UI
- Screen Design
DOC | Digital Optimized Care
- Mobile UI
- Web UI
- UX Architecture
- Medical Software
Mproov | Online Fitness Community
- Concept Development
- UX Strategy
- Web UX
- Screenflows
- Screen Design
- Visual Design Language
- High-fidelity Mockups
- Information Architecture (IA)
Motorola | Cliq Phone
- Interaction Design (IxD)
- Mobile UX
- Social Networks
- Android App Design
- Screenflows
- Screen Design
- High-fidelity Mockups
- UX Documentation
Motorola | Smart Texting
- Mobile Device Development
- Intelligent Character Recognition
- Interaction Design (IxD)
- Ergonomic Design
- Usability
- UX Testing
- UX Research
- Messaging
- Design Leadership

Employment

Owner
2014 - PRESENT
Sacher Design
- Provided tailored design services for experience strategy, concept definition, and design execution to clients.
- Created a tangible and complete app experience for Feedc: a social network centered around places in different scales (e.g., around me, my city, my country, the world). .
- Translated real-world patterns of user roles and information flows in a clinic into a system experience. Did this on behalf of DOC: a medical startup that streamlines doctor-patient communication by using familiar social messaging patterns.
- Worked in tandem with the founders of Workato on a business app integration tool that provides rich and universal options while being approachable and easy to use; we rapidly iterated to get from a bare-bones, proof-of-concept version to a competitive service experience.
Technologies: Sketch, Adobe Illustrator, Keynote, HTML Prototypes, InVision
Principal Design Manager
2011 - 2014
Skype | Microsoft
- Managed Skype's mobile design studios located in London, Palo Alto, and Redmond. Delivered coherent, signature experiences across phone and tablet apps that are used worldwide for millions of Skype calls.
- Set the direction for the designs of new mobile features such as picture messaging, group video calls, and chat redesign.
- Led the efforts for Skype’s first release of their signature video calling experience in the browser.
Technologies: Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Keynote, HTML, Flash Prototyping
Senior Android Designer
2009 - 2010
Google
- Acted as the interaction design lead for the core OS experiences of Honeycomb: the first Android release tailored for tablets.
- Delivered new or reframed solutions for the overall screen navigation, home screen and app launcher, notification system, and text input.
Technologies: Photoshop, Illustrator, Keynote
Principal Design Manager
2002 - 2008
Motorola
- Created and evangelized UX strategies for location-based services, predictive text input, and voice recognition.
- Directed the consumer research and design teams while collaborating with senior-level partners in business, engineering, and marketing.
- Led the experience development of iTap 6.0—an intelligent input solution that was included in Motorola’s phones shipping worldwide.
Technologies: Photoshop, Illustrator, PowerPoint, HTML, Flash Prototyping
UX Design Principal
2001 - 2002
Point Forward
- Directed Point Forward's consulting in interactive product and service design. Developed and managed client accounts in Asia, Europe, and North America.
- Planned and executed the international ethnographic studies, design development, and usability evaluations. Clients included France Telecom and Ericsson.
Technologies: Photoshop, Illustrator, PowerPoint, HTML, Flash Prototyping
Director of Interaction Design
1998 - 2001
GVO, Inc.
- Managed a multidisciplinary studio consisting of anthropologists and designers with a focus on qualitative research and advanced user experience development for mobile devices, smart appliances, and complex web apps.
- Worked for clients that included Ericsson, Invensys, Creative, and Sun Microsystems.
Technologies: Photoshop, Illustrator, PowerPoint, HTML, Flash Prototyping
Interaction Designer
1994 - 1998
Apple, Inc.
- Developed award-winning design concepts for early communication appliances at Apple's Advanced Technology Group featuring unified experience principles across product design and software interface.
- Studied user behaviors and novel input interaction approaches in China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Japan (while at Apple's Singapore Research Center).
- Led the UX and visual design of Apple's Advanced Chinese Input Suite—the world’s first integrated speech/pen input system for Chinese.
Technologies: Photoshop, Illustrator, Director, SuperCard

Education

Fulbright Scholar in Industrial Design
1993 - 1994
San Jose State University - San Jose, CA, USA
Master's degree in Product Design
1986 - 1992
Hochschule für Gestaltung - Offenbach, Germany

Experience

Concept Development20 years
Design Management20 years
High-fidelity Mockups20 years
User Experience (UX)20 years
Interaction Design (IxD)20 years
Device Interaction20 years
Mobile UX20 years
UX Research20 years

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