About me

Hi I'm Maria, founder and director of MM KR creative studio based in London. I'm an interdisciplinary designer with professional experience in learning design consultancy, teaching, higher education, online learning platforms, digital design and content production. As a graphic designer and collagist I have also conceived and designed albums, cd and vinyl artwork, posters, merchandise and produced promotional videos and media for music.

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Projects

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  Blended Learning DesignAs a learning designer, I was asked to advise a module team made of an academic, a programme manager and a teaching fellow on ways to improve content for a blended module delivered in year 1 MBA which received negative feedback from the students. I was tasked with improving their VLE asynchronous content. Below I briefly explain my approach to this task, common difficulties and ways to resolve them.
• Bespoke simulationI collaborated with other team members in the design of a learning simulation card game and for that we won a professional Staff Award for Best collaboration.
• Online Learning DesignI led the design, delivery and evaluation of a course (of 70 learning hours) called ‘Sustainable Marketing, offered within the Strategic Marketing Online Programme. This module was co-developed by two Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) in two different parts of the world presenting complexity in terms of organising design and filming sessions and bringing different perspectives and approaches together. The result was a module in which corporate sustainability from a pure business and strategy angle c

Projects credited in

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  Theory Of Ghosts EP 2Concept, artwork design and layout
• Drifts And Flurries - A Second Language CollectaneaConcept, design and layout
• Avenue With Trees - SecondariesConcept, design and layout. Logo Design.
• Theory Of Ghosts EP 1Concept, design and layout
• Future Conditional - IsotechConcept, design and layout
• Holding Hands In The Dark - A Second Language ConfluenceConcept, design and layout

Work history

Senior Learning DesignerMM KR Studio
Feb 2023London, United KingdomFreelance
Leading on the design and development of the suite of modules delivered on the new UG/MSci degree in Artificial Intelligence for the Department of Informatics - Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics at King's College London.
Director, Head DesignerMM KR Studio
Jan 2019London, United KingdomFreelance
Creative direction, design concept, product design, layout and production. Digital, learning content and learning environment design.

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Skills

• Project Management
• Graphic Design
• Layout Design
• Creative Art Direction
• Video Content
• Digital Content
• UI Design
• UX
• Educational Design
• Collage Art

Education

Art and Design198 Contemporary Arts and Learning
Jan 2023 - Apr 2023London, United Kingdom
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Learning Arch DesignKaospilot
Mar 2022 - May 2022London, United Kingdom
Bootcamp

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Awards

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Professional Staff Award - Bridge BuilderImperial College Business School
Awarded for exceptional building of relationships between professional and academic staff community, creating connections between teams to improve process, and breaking down barriers.
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Professional Staff Award - Best Collaboration (Edtech)Imperial College Business School
Awarded for excellence in working collaboratively on simulation game project – making a significant and positive impact supporting students and faculty.