Nov 2021 – Present · 4 yrs 4 mos · Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia

Jun 2021 – Present · 4 yrs 9 mos

• Andreas Markdalen is the award-winning Global Chief Creative Officer of frog. For 20+ years, Andreas has been leading and forming relationships with the leading global consumer and enterprise brands across industries/domains; shaping new capabilities, building new ventures and leading teams to make end-to-end innovation real. In the CCO role, Andreas provides guidance and support to account and industry-focused teams within the Capgemini Group, leads the positioning and brand strategy for frog in the market, while socializing the values of human-centric, empathy-driven, outcomes-oriented design processes to drive culture and community within and outside of the organization.
• He is a visiting lecturer at MIT School of Economics (Boston), Unversidad EAFIT (Medellin), University of Texas (Austin), Politechnico di Milano and SUPSI (Lugano). Speaking engagements include Interaction19 (Seattle), Helsinki Design Days 2019, Creative Mornings (Milan), Experience Fighters (Madrid) and Design 4 India (Bangalore).

Apr 2019 – Jun 2021 · 2 yrs 2 mos

• With focus on Product Design Innovation, Design Language Systems, Brand and User Experience, I’ve spent the last ten years building relationships with Fortune 500 brands and emerging venture clients across multiple industries and geographies. Part of the Global Executive Leadership at frog. Global Discipline Lead for Visual Design & Regional Discipline Lead of Brand (EMEA). Teacher and visiting lecturer at ECV (Paris), SUPSI (Lugano) and Politechnico di Milano (Milan).

Aug 2017 – Apr 2019 · 1 yr 8 mos

• With focus on Product Design Innovation, Design Language Systems, Brand and User Experience, I’ve spent the last ten years building relationships with Fortune 500 brands and emerging venture clients across multiple industries and geographies. Part of the Global Executive Leadership at frog. Global Discipline Lead for Visual Design & Regional Discipline Lead of Brand (Austin). Teacher and visiting lecturer at ECV (Paris), SUPSI (Lugano) and Politechnico di Milano (Milan).

Apr 2014 – Aug 2017 · 3 yrs 4 mos

• Dividing the time between project leadership (Strategy, Brand, User Experience, Interaction & Visual Design) and discipline leadership (Brand and Visual Design). Management of major accounts, long-term client relationships and internal design teams. Part of frog Creative Leadership (Global and EU). At times also pushing the occasional pixel; always on a quest to create something beautiful and meaningful for human beings to interact with.

Apr 2011 – Apr 2014 · 3 yrs

• Industry leader within the field of visual design. Provides deep, expert-level creative, analytical and research leadership in the design of the visual language. Creates concepts and interaction models for specific vertical markets and/or platforms.
• Leads the translation of user needs and business objectives into beautiful visual design directions, working directly with the client to turn visual concepts into scalable design language systems.

Mar 2009 – Apr 2011 · 2 yrs 1 mo

• Leading, designing and delivering large-scale projects primarily within visual design for screen applications and web sites for clients like France Telecom, Conde Nast, Technogym and Telecom Italia. Responsible for delivering innovative, scalable and well-crafted solutions for digital products launched in a range of diverse industries, benchmarking design and technologies.
• Day-to-day work includes hands-on concepting, development and refinement of visual design deliverables to client, supervision and assistance to junior team members working within the project groups and direct communication and presentations to client.

Jun 2021 – Present · 4 yrs 9 mos · Global

May 2014 – Jul 2014 · 2 mos · Milan Area, Italy

• Mentoring of student at MA Branding Communication Program. Domus Academy is a private school of design in Milan, Italy. It offers post-graduate and professional courses in fashion, industrial design, and design management.

Mar 2014 – Jun 2014 · 3 mos

• Mentoring of student at MA Interaction Design Program. SUPSI, the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland is one of the Universities of Applied Sciences of the Swiss Confederation.

Sep 2013 – May 2014 · 8 mos

• Co-leading courses on Mobile Design and User Experience for the Master of Advanced Studies in Interaction Design. SUPSI, the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland is one of the Universities of Applied Sciences of the Swiss Confederation.

Jan 2014 – May 2014 · 4 mos · paris area, france

• Hosting a series of lectures and workshops on the topic of UX and Brand. The École de communication visuelle is a French school of graphic design.

May 2013 – May 2015 · 2 yrs · Milan Area, Italy

• Annual lecture on User Interface Design. MA Interaction Design Programme.

Sep 2007 – Mar 2009 · 1 yr 6 mos · London, United Kingdom

• Art Direction and Lead Design for a wide range of large-scale global projects and clients including Panasonic, Disney, Chivas Regal and Adidas. Design and project leadership, definition of concepts and hands-on graphic production with focus on digital interface design, graphic design and brand identity design.

Dec 2005 – Sep 2007 · 1 yr 9 mos · London, United Kingdom

• Senior designer leading a team of eight creatives working with clients such as Reiss, Fremantle Media, Kurt Geiger, UNIQLO, Whistles and Links of London. Taking projects from concept to delivery through art direction and hands-on graphic production.

Sep 2004 – Dec 2005 · 1 yr 3 mos · Bassano del Grappa, Italy

• Creating the company’s corporate identity to match the brand platform. Creating art directives for company events (posters, invites). Art direction and layouts of company publications for clients.

Jun 2000 – Jul 2001 · 1 yr 1 mo · Stockholm, Sweden

• Web design, in-house design of print material and corporate profile, design and production of online campaigns and service microsites, database maintenance and web site maintenance / programming.