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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.

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What I'm looking for

I work best in environments where design is a strategic tool for alignment, acceleration, and differentiation. I want to help organizations connect design and strategy to drive business transformation and create measurable impact.

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

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Current

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

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Current

Professor

Domus Academy

Oct 2017 - Present (9 years)

Professor in Interaction Design, Service Design,Visual and Brand Design and Marketing.

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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.

PS

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.

FJ

Interaction Design Lead, Director

Fjord

Sep 2019 - Jun 2021 (1 year 9 months)

Design Lead for innovative international service-led design projects.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Visiting Professor

NABA Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti

Feb 2018 - Dec 2018 (10 months)

Advisor for the master in Communication Design. Workshop professor.

MS

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.

CA

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.

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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.

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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

MT

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Professional Master Course, Leading the Emerging Future

2022 - 2022

HU

Harvard University

Professional Master course, Business and Management - Leadership and Communication

2022 - 2022

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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).

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LinkedIn

UX Design Techniques: Paper Prototyping

Sep 2016

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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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