Hi, I'm Nick Niles.

Hosting the Front Conference Zürich 2021.
Photo by Florian Ziegler.

I'm a digital designer who loves to bring delight to products and the teams that build them.

Areas of Expertise

Website & Digital Product Design
Cutting-Edge Front-End Development
High-Fidelity Prototyping
UX Research & Design
Product Management
Branding & Identity Design
Video Production & Motion Graphics Design
Music Composition & Production
Teaching (University Level)
Public Speaking & Event Hosting

I’m an insatiable learner with a passion for weaving compelling stories and elegantly simple experiences out of complex systems, and sharing what I learn with others.

At the Front Conference Zurich, 2019

Education

Columbia University
New York City
MFA Film Directing
2009
Parsons School of Design
New York City
Fellow, MFA Design & Technology
1997 (DNG)
Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA
BA English, BA Studio Art
1997

Further Education

Strategic Business Thinking for Designers

Second Wave Dive

Online Course

2021

Mastering Nuxt

NuxtJS

Online Course

2021

Speaking

Front Conference Zurich
Zürich
Host
2019, 2021, 2022, 2023
WebZüri
Zürich
Speaker
2017
Dev Days
Zürich
Speaker
2017
Front Conference Zurich
Zürich
Speaker
2015

Work Experience

ETH Zürich
Zürich, Switzerland
Senior UX/UI Designer (Contract)
2022-Present
Axpo
Baden, Switzerland
Senior Product Designer (Contract)
2019-Present
Hochschule Luzern
Emmenbrücke, Switzerland
Guest Lecturer
2019-Present
Zurich Insurance
Oerlikon, Switzerland
Senior Front-End Engineer
2018-2019
Unic
Zürich, Switzerland
Senior Front-End Engineer (Contract)
2018
Voice Republic
Zürich, Switzerland
Head of Product Design
2015-2017
Google
Zürich, Switzerland
Video Director/Producer (Contract)
2016
Atfront
Zürich, Switzerland
Senior Interactive Designer
2011-2015
Tag Worldwide
Remote
Motion Graphics Designer (Contract)
2008-2014
Gigantic Pictures
New York City
Web Designer
2008-2009

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