Janja Popović is a London / Ljubljana based multidisciplinary designer. Her background is in fashion design with an interest in the creative economy, creative business, tech and innovation. She works broadly between product, digital and visual design. At the core of her work is creative and user-friendly approach. Janja’s primary focus is on innovation, and product development, especially the early stages of product implementation and how people experience a brand. She tries to implement creativity whether considering product, service or business approach. Her designs include digital services, luxury goods, home appliances, mobile app designs, brand identity and print design.

Education

Master of Arts, Fashion & the Creative Economy, Kingston University, London Kingston Business School

Achievements: Gold Kingston Award by Kingston University

Bachelor of Arts, Fashion / Apparel Design, University of Southampton, Winchester School of Art (exchange program)

Bachelor of Arts, Fashion & Textile Design, University of Ljubljana

Achievements:  Award for a special achievement from University of Ljubljana

 

Certificates 

Brand & Product Management, IE Business School

Running Product Design Sprints, University of Virginia, Darden School of Business

Introduction to User Experience Design, Georgia Institute of Technology

User Experience: Research & Prototyping, University of California San Diego, The Design Lab

Excel Skills for Business Specialization, Macquarie University, Macquarie Business School

Meta Front-End Developer Professional Certificate (enrolled)

Meta iOS Developer Professional Certificate (enrolled)

 

Recognition

June 2019: Final cohort StepUp Virgin Start-up program for female founders to scale their start-ups

February 2019: Exhibiting at Women4Climate, C40 Conference in Paris 2019 at Paris City Hall

January 2019: We in Social Tech supported by The Deutsche Bank and Nwes awarded my start-up Ayswap with business mentorship and office space

November 2018: Finalist for Enterprise Circle pitch competition at Kingston University London

September 2018: Nominated Social Enterprise Award and Most Entrepreneurial Student 2018 by Kingston Business School

September 2018: Winner of Campfire Ignites competition for start-up

September 2018: Gold Kingston Award by Kingston University London

August 2018: Top 10 female entrepreneurs supported by Mayor of London & C40 (Women4Climate)

June 2018: Represented Kingston University at the University Alliance Enterprise Stars Competition 2018

May 2018: Awarded with 6 months of office space at Launch22 in Central London, final 8 entrepreneurs for 3 months incubator Launch22 in Central London

March 2018: Top 10 Student Start-ups of the Year 2018 by Enterprise Nation

February 2017: Top Finalist, Bright ideas competition 2017 at Kingston Business school London

November 2013: Winner of the 2013 title of Fashion girl from Grazia Slovenia magazine

July 2013: First place for best stylist award from fashionbloger.si

June 2012: An award for a special achievement as a winner of Elle Slovenian stylist from the University of Ljubljana

October 2012: Elle Slovenian stylist of the year 2012, Ljubljana Fashion Week

 

Digital skills

Adobe Creative Suite  (Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Dimension, Experience Manager), InVision, InVision Freehand, MS PowerPoint, Microsoft  Excel, UserTesting, G-Suite, Google Analytics, Figma, SAP, WordPress, GFK Newron, Euromonitor (Learning HTML,  front-end development)

 

Interests

User-Centred Design & Design thinking, Creative Economy, Emerging technology & Digital solutions, Innovation management, Product development, Product launch, Sustainability & Sustainable Design, Fashion

 

Recent work

Content design for:  Vodafone VOXI, Moroccanoil, StyleWe

Fashion columnist: 24.com

 

Executive summary

Creative, analytical, open-minded, design-oriented graduate in MA Fashion & the Creative Economy with an interest in user-centric design, user experiences, visual and content design, emerging technology, creativity, product design & development. Holder of a business and a design degree with work experience in building products, marketing, driving projects with cross-functional teams, and leading a full product lifecycle from MVP to post-launch execution. Understanding the importance of engaging, inspiring design for users and their interaction, as well as digital products, design strategy, and operation. Tenacious, self-motivated, positive, creative natural networker personality with swift adaptable skills with the ability to execute tasks and achieve proven results with a commercial yet aesthetic creative eye. Fluent in multiple European languages.