
Andrea Pedrina
@andreapedrina
Head of Product Strategy and Experience Design at Publicis Sapient Italy, leading a 55+ international team across AI, UX, and design strategy.
What I'm looking for
At Publicis Sapient Italy, I lead the Experience Design team and work at the intersection of AI strategy, digital platforms, and brand-led experience innovation. I lead an international team of 55+ designers and focus on turning complexity into coherent, scalable experiences that connect with people and deliver measurable results.
Earlier, at Havas, I guided the development of a tailored design process and design system, and led UX/UI innovation for digital and physical experiences. I also teach interaction, service, visual and brand design, and marketing at Domus Academy; design is most valuable to me when strategy and experience work together to create business impact.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Head of Product Strategy and Experience Design, Italy - Director
Feb 2025 - Present (1 year 8 months)
Leading an extraordinary international team of 55+ Experience Designers skilled in AI, UX, UI, Design Strategy, and User Research. My focus is on driving innovation, surpassing business goals, and consistently delivering high-value and efficient solutions for our clients' customers. With a proven track record of successes, I'm dedicated to elevating user experiences and achieving unparalleled resu
Professor
Domus Academy
Oct 2017 - Present (9 years)
Professor in Interaction Design, Service Design,Visual and Brand Design and Marketing.
Head of Experience Design, Associate Director, Senior Manager
Jun 2023 - Feb 2025 (1 year 8 months)
Worked as Head of Experience Design, Associate Director, Senior Manager at Publicis Sapient.
Head of User Experience, Associate Director, Senior Manager
Jun 2021 - Jun 2023 (2 years)
Worked as Head of User Experience, Associate Director, Senior Manager at Publicis Sapient.
Interaction Design Lead, Director
Fjord
Sep 2019 - Jun 2021 (1 year 9 months)
Design Lead for innovative international service-led design projects.
Co-Chair, Interaction Week 2020
IxDA
Nov 2018 - Feb 2021 (2 years 3 months)
Co-chair of the Interaction Week 2020 in Milan. Leading the most famous event around interaction design, UX design, visual design, user research and design leadership.
Professor
NABA Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti
Dec 2018 - Oct 2020 (1 year 10 months)
Course on UX/UI Design. M.A. in Communication Design.
Head of UX/UI
Havas
Sep 2017 - Sep 2019 (2 years)
Guiding the development of a new agency tailor-made design process and design system, leading the UX/UI innovation and developing award-winning digital and physical experiences.
Visiting Professor
NABA Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti
Feb 2018 - Dec 2018 (10 months)
Advisor for the master in Communication Design. Workshop professor.
Interaction Designer
Makr Shakr
Jul 2016 - Sep 2017 (1 year 2 months)
Designing the digital and physical user experience (both for users and clients) for the robotic bar developed by MiT and Carlo Ratti Associati and launched at Google I/O.
Interaction Design Lead
Carlo Ratti Associati
Jul 2016 - Sep 2017 (1 year 2 months)
Under the MIT (Boston) wing, designing interactive user interfaces and augmented reality interactions (e.g. for a smart skyscraper to be built in Singapore). Developing of new interaction and user experience design methodologies easily adaptable to the complementary fields of technology, urban environment and internet of things.
Interaction Designer
UniCredit
May 2015 - Jul 2015 (2 months)
A single project work for UniCredit during my master course in Communication Design.
The aim was to design a branded-content online magazine and networking platform.
Interaction Design Researcher Trainee
Università degli Studi di Genova
Nov 2011 - Feb 2014 (2 years 3 months)
Explored the interaction design possibilities when merging music and human interfaces. Selected by the founder and scientific director of the research laboratory Casa Paganini - InfoMus. Projects I've worked on have been evaluated by the European Commission as "excellent". Achieved skills: management of scientific content and organization of data in an accessible and editable online repository.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Professional Master Course, Leading the Emerging Future
2022 - 2022
Harvard University
Professional Master course, Business and Management - Leadership and Communication
2022 - 2022
NABA _ New Accademy of Fine Arts
Master of Arts (M.A.), Communication Design
2015 - 2017
Winner of two-year scholarship. Major in interaction design. Thesis on Interactive Data Visualization. Main subjects: Data Visualization, Graphic Design, Web Design, Design Methodology, Design Management, Brand Design, Art Direction & Copywriting, New Media Design, Advertising and Project Management (Marketing and Economics).
UX Design Techniques: Paper Prototyping
Sep 2016
Università degli Studi di Genova
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Disciplines of Art, Music and Cinema
2011 - 2014
Bachelor degree in Disciplines of Art, Music and Cinema with a major in Computer Science and Multimedia Systems with 108/110. Experimental thesis: "Web Design for the Dissemination of Scientific Content". Orientation Tutor for one year. Two-year researcher training at the research lab "Casa Paganini - InfoMus" resulted in collaborations outside the university.
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