Micka Touillaud

Staff Product Designer at Feedly

Micka Touillaud has over 7 years of work experience in product design. Micka started as an Interaction designer at byVOLTA in 2014, where they worked on various projects such as Sensorial Interactive Design, product management for Augmented Reality companies, and design strategy development for Seat, leading to double the monthly company income. In 2015, they became Co-founder & Product Designer at MASAS, where they launched a music platform, engineered algorithms, and conducted growth strategies. Micka also worked as a Facilitator in Design Thinking for the Accenture Learning Expedition. In 2016, they joined Sevenhugs as Founding Product Designer, where they led user interface and user experience design for Smart Remote and the general branding and communication, launched successfully with a +1M$ Kickstarter campaign and 6000+ pre-orders in 30 days. Micka also worked on the unboxing experience, packaging design, and companion app (iOS & Android), and led beta test and user test programs on 300+ people across the US for 3 months. In 2019, they started their own design firm, Micka.design, as a Freelance Product Designer, working with several large-scale companies such as Issey Miyake, Dior, LVMH, and Y Combinator startups like Actiondesk, Hiresweet, Kactus, and Frichti, until December 2020. In 2020, they also worked at Sevenhugs as a Senior Product Designer. Micka was a Senior Product Designer at Bayes Impact, where they helped the NGO to create Briser La Chaine in partnership with the French medical care insurance during the COVID pandemic, saving +40,000 hours of phone call. Micka Touillaud worked at Mozza, a Product Design Collective, as a Member of the collective, helping entrepreneurs and growing startups on product design and product strategy missions, and launched a side-project Bas les Steaks (FR), from January to November 2020. Lastly, in 2022, they became a Staff Product Designer at wave.ai, where they worked on making professional coaching accessible for all and provided emotional support and intellectual challenge you need to deploy your best self at work.

Micka Touillaud earned a Master's degree in Interaction Design from Strate, Ecole de Design, between 2011 and 2016. In 2014-2015, they also attended Grenoble Ecole de Management, where they studied Technologic Management and Innovation, as well as Entrepreneurship Studies. The provided information does not include any details on prior education or professional experience.

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