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Sophia Ppali

Consultant

Nicosia, Cyprus8 yrs 6 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Expert in Human-Computer Interaction research and design.
  • Extensive experience in teaching digital media and UX.
  • Proven track record in developing innovative AR and VR applications.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Digital Arts and Human-Computer Interaction specialist with a focus on UX and immersive technologies.

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Skills

Core Skills

TeachingUser Experience (ux)

Other Skills

Web DesignInteraction DesignMicrosoft OfficeMicrosoft ExcelCustomer ServicePhotographyPhotoshopPublic SpeakingEnglishGraphic DesignAdobe Creative SuiteIllustratorDigital PhotographyInDesignArt

Experience

8 yrs 6 mos
Total Experience
1 yr 9 mos
Average Tenure
2 yrs 3 mos
Current Experience

Cyens centre of excellence

2 roles

Researcher

Feb 2025Present · 1 yr 3 mos · Nicosia, Cyprus

  • Member of the Extended Experiences team

HCI Researcher

Nov 2023Nov 2024 · 1 yr · Hybrid

  • Research associate at the Human-Computer Interaction research group. Work involves conducting user research for academia and industry, writing and managing research proposals, participant recruitment

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Associate Lecturer

Aug 2024Present · 1 yr 9 mos · Cyprus · On-site

  • Associate Lecturer at the School of Arts, Media & Communication for the Web Design and Development course.
  • Modules I am responsible for:
  • Web Design and UX
  • Interaction Design
TeachingUser Experience (UX)Web DesignInteraction Design

University of the arts london

2 roles

Research Fellow

Jun 2022Aug 2022 · 2 mos

  • Research Fellow working on a Knowledge Exchange project

Research Fellow

Dec 2020May 2022 · 1 yr 5 mos

  • Research fellow for HEartS Professional at the Creative Computing Institute, UAL

Impactech

Research Assistant

Sep 2020Nov 2020 · 2 mos · Limassol Municipality, Limassol, Cyprus

  • Research on sign language avatars for the aiD project.

Barts health nhs trust

Designer for educational content

Aug 2020Feb 2022 · 1 yr 6 mos · Remote

  • I am currently working in collaboration with Urology doctors and teachers to create a series of animated videos as well as websites surrounding the topic of testicular health which will then be showcased in classes around England as part of sex education classes

The innovation consultancy

Unity Developer

Jun 2020Mar 2021 · 9 mos · Remote

  • Developing a VR Rehearse and Perform platform for an Innovate UK funded project.

King's college london

Animator and Artist

Jan 2020May 2020 · 4 mos · Remote

  • Worked on an animation for the RADAR-CNS project

Royal veterinary college, u. of london

Animator and Designer

Nov 2019Sep 2020 · 10 mos

  • Working with Ines Naves and a team from the Royal Veterinary college on a wellbeing app for veterinary students

2 yrs 9 mos

3 roles

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Sep 2019Jun 2023 · 3 yrs 9 mos · Canterbury, England, United Kingdom

  • I assist in delivering digital media modules to undergraduate students at the School of Engineering and Digital Arts and Master's students at the Kent Business School
  • Modules
  • Game Design
  • Virtual Reality (2nd and 3rd year)
  • Digital Portfolio
  • Designing Media Environments
  • Digital Effects
  • Creativity in Interactive and Tangible media
  • Second year project
  • Web Design

Augmented Reality research assistant

Promoted

Sep 2019Jan 2021 · 1 yr 4 mos · Canterbury, England, United Kingdom

  • Research assistant working on developing an Augmented Reality app for NetPark (the world's first digital art park) which will be launched as part of Estuary festival 2020.
  • The Project is supported by EIRA and it involves collaboration with a commissioned artist, Metal and academics from the University of Kent and the University of Essex.
  • My role involves developing the application following the concept developed by the commissioned artist.

University of Kent

Present

Tedxuniversityofkent

2 roles

Event organiser and Web manager

Promoted

Jul 2016Jul 2017 · 1 yr · Canterbury, England, United Kingdom

  • I was the event organiser for the TEDxUniversityofKent event that took place on the 13th of May 2017. I work with a team of 14 people and together we planned theconference.
  • As an event organiser I was involved in every aspect of the event including funding, budgeting, sponsorships, design, planning, venue hiring, content creation and marketing.
  • I also created the event's website.

Design Manager and Web Designer

Jan 2015Jun 2016 · 1 yr 5 mos · Canterbury, England, United Kingdom

  • I was the Design Manager and Web Designer of the TEDxUniversityofKent event for 2016. My role included designing posters, leaflets and promotional material as well as banners for the different social media pages. Additionally I was the creator of the event's website. I was also involved in the organisation of the event as well as its promotion.
  • I held this role for the TedxUniversityofKent event for 2015 where as well as the above, I was also involved with event photography, the creation of the intro and video editing.

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Design Intern

Sep 2015Sep 2016 · 1 yr · Frankfurt Rhine-Main Metropolitan Area

  • My role involved assisting the design team with creating banners, backgrounds and material for the website, newsletters and social media.

Cytacom

Internship-Web Design

Jun 2014Aug 2014 · 2 mos · Cyprus

  • Work included the creation of a two minute motion graphics advertisement for a WebSms service. Moreover I was involved in designing website templates in Photoshop and making banner designs for various platforms (websites, shop televisions, stadium perimeter display boards). Gained valuable experience in customer service, graphic design, digital marketing and promotion, responsive web design.

Education

University of Kent

Doctor of Philosophy - PhD — Digital Arts

Jan 2019Dec 2024

Imperial College London

Master of Science - MSc — Global Innovation Design

Jan 2017Jan 2019

Royal College of Art

Master of Arts - MA — Global Innovation design

Jan 2017Jan 2019

Nanyang Technological University Singapore

MA/MSc Global Innovation Design — Exchange Term

Jan 2018Jan 2018

Tsinghua University

Global Innovation Design - 6 months exchange — Art and Design

Jan 2018Jan 2018

University of Kent

Bachelor's Degree — Digital Arts

Jan 2013Jan 2017

Lia's Boyiatzi ART School

Art

Jan 2003Jan 2013

Imperial College London

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