Maya Georgieva Ninova
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Design and UX Researcher
Barcelona, Spain
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User Research Specialist (BASICS project, independent contractor) public Remote experienceInternewsOct 2020 - Current (4 years 8 months)Work closely with open source tool teams - The Calyx Institute / https://calyxinstitute.org/about/team / & Lookyloo team https://www.lookyloo.eu/ to conduct user research that will further their sustainability. Internew' BASICS project (Building Analytical and Support Infrastructure for Critical Security Tools) is improving the sustainability of critical open source privacy and security tools by building ties between tool teams and the communities they serve.- Senior UX researcher public Remote experiencePaysafe GroupSep 2019 - Apr 2020 (8 months)Helped the company grow their UX expertise by defining the research strategy, UX KPIs, research roadmaps, along with executing discovery and validation research
- Senior UX researcherPaysafe GroupFeb 2019 - May 2019 (4 months)Established the first ever UX research team at the company
- professorSecretaria Seguridad Pública del Estado de JaliscoAug 2016 - Dec 2016 (5 months)Guadalajara, Mexico, August 2016 - December 2016 Design and teach the course on Transmedia storytelling for creative industries
- DprofessorDesign-driven Innovation, Ethnographic Research, Usability ResearchOct 2015 - Nov 2015 (2 months)for Design and Innovation, Elisava - Barcelona School of Design and Engineering, Spain, October 2015 - November 2015 Design and conduct the following workshops in English: Introduction to Research in Social Sciences, Ethnography, Visual Anthropology, Condor software, Mendeley software
- NCo-investigatorNew York Paralegal School NewMar 2015 - Apr 2016 (1 year 2 months)Co-designed a survey in collaboration with linguists to explore translator's behavior when it comes to translation of visual objects in texts Collaborated in the production of a scientific article
- SSenior Design ResearcherNov 2014 - Feb 2015 (4 months)(contractor) at Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design (CIID), Denmark, remote with fields trips to Copenhagen, Denmark, Nov 2014 - Feb 2015 European FP7 project: Practice-based Experiential Learning Analytics Research And Support (PELARS) (http://www.pelars.eu) Organized ethnographic fieldwork in Spain, Denmark, Sweden and Romania including the design of tips on how to conduct in-depth interviews and in-situ observations for fellow interaction designers, part of the user research team Conducted in-depth interviews in Spain and Denmark to teachers and students Performed in-situ observations in Spain and Denmark along with fellow interaction and furniture designers, part of the international PELARS consortium Developed the analytic
- PQualitative researcher (freelance)Pulsar FXMar 2014 - Aug 2019 (5 years 6 months)Perform online qualitative research such as social media content analysis, focus groups, ethnography to inform design of products and communication strategies Community management for research communities Work with Pulsar, a social intelligence software platform for social media monitoring, audience mapping, content tracking Produce research reports and presentations for other researchers and final clients from ethnographic studies, content & trend analysis of social media data, content analysis and user profiles from focus groups
- EOnline Instructor (part time), UNEDEscuela Europea de Dirección y Empresa EUDE, (Approved by Spanish Association of Business Studies and National Association of Distance Study Centers)Nov 2012 - Nov 2014 (2 years 1 month)Spain, online, November 2012 - November 2014 Revision and evaluation of different students' works related to Social Media Marketing and Online Community Management as Online Reputation, Metrics, Social Media Marketing Planning.
- FField interviewer, Fundació clínic per a la recerca biomèdicaSep 2010 - Nov 2010 (3 months)Project: Social Networking in the Promotion of Influenza Vaccination of Health Care Workers Conducted in-depth interviews to the medical staff of Hospital Clinic of Barcelona for the purposes of the research project
- Visiting academic researcherSimon Fraser UniversityMar 2009 - Jul 2009 (5 months)Philosophy of technology, STS studies
- Visiting academic researcherinstitute of Telecommunication and Computer Systems, Bulgarian Academy of SciencesAug 2008 - Oct 2008 (3 months)Research methods, fieldwork
- ProfessorODUSep 2007 - Feb 2008 (6 months)Preparing and conducting the classes with the students, official evaluation of the practices as a part of their final score in the subject of Social Psychology.
- Research fellowODUFeb 2006 - Dec 2009 (3 years 11 months)Project: Psychosocial and cultural impact of techno-scientific innovations: The role of public spaces for accessing ICT in the processes constituting social identity and social networks Conducted in-depth interviews Performed participant observation Co-designed with fellow researchers a questionnaire on personal networks for Ucinet Analyzed the gathered data Collaborated in reporting the research findings
- Research assistantSofia University1998 - 1999 (1 year 1 month)Designed a questionnaire and analyzed the data with SPSS maya.ninova@gmail.com, + 34 617 950 978, Barcelona, Spain PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS
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- PPh.D in Social PsychologyDec 2009 - Apr 2015 (5 years 5 months)
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- PPhD in Social Psychology (Cum Laude) at Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Spain, 2008 - 2015