About

Hi, I am Cecilia Lejeune, Design Strategist !
I have a diverse background between engineering, management and design thinking. I was into Virtual Reality for many years, before diving into Design Thinking. I managed small teams and ambitious projects in the context of applied research.
My professional and associative experiences reflect my passion for innovation. As everyone out here, I want to make a positive impact on the world and designing better experiences or the interactions of the future is my way to do so !
Education & Certificates
2019 – Les Gobelins – Digital Project Manager / UX Manager Degree
2018 – IDEO U – Foundations in Design Thinking Certificate
2017 – Le Laptop – Design Sprint Facilitator Certificate
Achievements & Key Moments
2018 – Paris Habitat Datathon – 3rd prize and special prize of the jury
2017 – Jury for Les Gobelins design school – Master UX Manager / MICNI
2017 – Jury for STRATE design school – Master Interactive Design
2016 – Gesture Interface System Patent
Natural and touch-less screen interaction Patent Number WO2016166902
2015 – Award Excellencia – « Digital Woman », volunteer in a digital organization
The Excellencia Award promotes digital role model to young ladies to overcome stereotypes.
2015 – Virtual Reality Demo at Futur En Seine
Demo of the Rakuten Virtual Boutique, an anticipation prototype about what could be the future of shopping in virtual reality.
2014 – Co-Founder of Virtual Association
Virtual Association is a non-profit organisation that aims to share knowledge and to organise social events around the fields of immersive technologies (VR / AR /MR / XR).
Talks
2019 – Becomtech – Paris, France – The Jump in Tech program teaches computer programming to girls to improve diversity in the technical digital professions
2018 – Digigirlz – Paris, France – A Microsoft program that gives middle and high school girls opportunities to learn about careers in technology
2017, 2018 – TF1 Foundation – Paris, France – A TF1 program that gives young boys and girls coming from unfavored neighbourhood the opportunity to learn about careers in various area
2015, 2016, 2017 – Rakuten Technology Conference – Tokyo, Japan – E-commerce in Virtual Reality
2017 – ECEC – Tsukuba, Japan – Current trends and future vision of Virtual Reality
2017 – Tsukuba Global Science Week – Tsukuba, Japan – Guest Speaker
2017 – Bizz&Buzz – Strasbourg, France – E-commerce in Virtual Reality
2016 – Laval Virtual Days – Paris, France – E-commerce in Virtual Reality
2016 – Virtual Meetup #2 – Paris, France – How to innovate with virtual reality ?
2016 – Laval Virtual – Laval, France – Current and future trends around Virtual Reality
2016 – Virtual Meetup #1 – Paris, France – Vision Summit Conference Highlights