About Me

My name is Nora Nyberg, I am 25 years old and hold a Master’s degree in Human-Computer Interaction & User Experience, as well as a Bachelor’s degree specializing in Digital Media Production from Umeå University. I have also completed several standalone courses to explore areas of interest such as 3D modeling, animation, and programming. Prior to my university studies, I completed the International Baccalaureate program at Bonn International School in Germany.

My interest in graphic design began in high school where I joined the team responsible for designing my schools yearbook. We created the layouts and themes ourselves. This experience paved the way for my university education, and I currently serve as the layout manager for de Facto, the law faculty’s magazine at the university.

Work experience

McDonalds

Aug 2026 - Ongoing

Umeå, Sverige

• Customer interaction
• Regester handling
• Drive through order taker
• Beverages preperations
• Food packageing and simple food preperation (fries)
• Cleaning of dinner area

Gjersvold Park & Mark AB

June 2024 - July 2024

Umeå, Sverige

• Gardening & weeding

Honeycomb Frozen Yogurt ice cream truck

May 2023 - Sep 2023

June 2024 - Aug 2024

May 2025 - Sep 2025

Umeå, Sverige

I worked at a stationary ice cream truck in Umeå.

• Serving customers
• Register and sales
• Cleaning and keeping the truck and customers clean
• Chopping fruit and refilling candy and ice cream for customers
• Worked both independently and in group

Platform3l Gmbh

Sep 2019 - Dec 2019

Bonn, Tyskland

• Researched set up and strategy for increased open rate of company daily emails.
• Designed multiple profile avatars for different occasions, with differing features, such as hair, eye and skin colour, hair style and gender.
• Designed several profile avatars for Deutsche Bahn, representing different occupations, with differing features, such as hair, eye and skin colour, hair style and gender.

Education

Projects and appointments

Layout Manager

2026

de Facto - Umeå University

I am responsible for the layout of the Umeå University Law Students’ Association magazine for 2026. The magazine is called de Facto and is published four times a year.

• The first issue was published in late March 2026, and the second in early June.
• I designed and created the "de Facto" covers.
• I designed the page layouts to ensure they:
  • align consistently with the spread’s theme
  • are easy to read
• I incorporated the written text and adjusted the layout to fit the content.
• I finalized and exported the magazine.

Master Thesis

2025

Evaluating the international usability of ultra: A mixed method approach

The objective of this study is to evaluate the success of Umeå’s public transportation system in adapting its usability to international users. A descriptive research design was used as our main method, combining the mixed method (qualitative and quantitative) approaches in the form of a questionnaire (n=55) and semi-structured interviews (n=10). The findings indicate that Ultra is not very successful in adapting its usability to international users, as in many areas, Ultra fails to meet the usability standards, which leads to the application being excluded excluding its varied diverse users base. Furthermore, the perception of Ultra’s usability is that international users face more challenges than Swedish users.

Bachelor Thesis

2023

Gamification in Duolingo: Which aspects contribute most to motivation?

This thesis addresses the research question; ‘Which aspects of gamification contribute the most to motivate people using the application Duolingo?’. This has been done through a quantitative questionnaire study, which we have distributed to people (n=644) that shows familiarity with the application. Within the survey they can state their opinion on a range of different statements through a scaling system of 1-7 and if the participants have anything to add then they can write about it at the end of the survey. The results showed that there are several key factors, such as the users age, that impact how effective certain gamified functions are at motivating the user. This is also the focus of our secondary research question; Which potential factors impact the experience of gamification elements among Duolingo users? Additionally, there is a difference in the perceived and the acted upon motivating factors in gamification.

Yearbook

2018, 2019, 2020

Bonn International School, Bonn (Tyskland)

I was the project manager for the Bonn International Yearbook for three years.

• I planned which pages would be included, and kept track of which pages had been started, were finished, and had been reviewed.
• I organized which pages needed photos, and kept track of whether the photos had been taken and/or when there was an opportunity to take the photos.
• I organized with teachers and club leaders to collect images and relevant texts.
• I delegated responsibilities to other members and asisted with solving any problems that arose.
• I helped plan deadlines for when photos and texts would be checked in.
• I conducted quality-controls for the finished pages and exported all the individual parts into the final master document.