Jordi Albanell Flores

Hei by TOPPAN NEXT

Senior Consultant / Product Manager · Singapore

• Runs client work end to end, from positioning to delivery, leading teams of up to 6 to 8 designers and developers.
• Brand launch of TOPPAN Security Ethiopia, a new department.
• Launch of TOPPAN Digital IP (TD IP), which led to an ongoing marketing retainer.
• Brand evolution of TOPPAN Digital Language (TDL) in under three months, with up to 15 stakeholder interviews; led to an official TDL x Hei partnership.
• Launched the global brand of TOPPAN Leefung, including visits to its factories in Dongguan.
• Led a virtual campus for SIT's new Punggol campus, from concept to launch. Won FWA of the Day and a CSS Design Awards (CSSDA) award.
• One of the office's AI leads. Built internal AI products, including an account-based marketing platform that automates research and cold outreach; about 400 cold emails turned into a signed project.
• Projects in Singapore, London, Ethiopia, Dubai and China, plus smaller projects for global brands including ByteDance and Thermo Fisher Scientific.

Biiah (formerly The Choral Hub)

UI intern to Project Manager · London

• A startup supporting mental wellness through music: singing sessions with coaches for around 20 UK companies, including ExxonMobil and BAE Systems, with an app tracking wellbeing.
• Grew from UI intern (2020) to UI designer, digital designer, lead designer (Oct 2022) and project manager (Jun 2023).
• Designed the app and website, led a full company rebrand, built user personas and ran 7 user tests with 1,000+ participants.
• One of ten startups selected for the Minnesota Twins Accelerator by Techstars, a programme that accepts around 1% of applicants. Drove the pivot from B2C to B2B in under three months, on site in Minneapolis.
• Directed a team of five engineers, set up the HubSpot CRM, ran sales operations and supported fundraising.

Morillas Brand Design

Industrial design intern · Barcelona

• 3D modelling and visuals, olive oil bottle concepts for a premium French brand, and a Spanish museum website redesign.

The Choral Hub, via Imperial Junior Solutions

Lead UX/UI designer · London

• App and website launch.

The Magic of Things (The Cauldron)

Design engineer intern · London

• Built illusions for the bar: a self-stirring soup bowl, levitating candles and levitating cocktail glasses (Fusion 360, 3D printing, Python automation).

FIRST Tech Challenge UK

Intern · UK

• Season resources for teams and teachers across the UK and Ireland.

Volunteer teacher

Maths and English · Nepal

Imperial College London

MEng Design Engineering, First Class Honours · London

• Master's project: BEARS, a virtual reality training suite for children and teenagers with bilateral cochlear implants. Won the DESIRE prize; published in Frontiers.
• Head of School's International Award; Dean's List semi-finalist.
• Captained the football club (173 members, 9 teams).

IESE Business School

Design Thinking for Business

The American School in London

London

FIRST Robotics, The American School in London

Mentor (student competitor from 2009)

• Mentors around 60 students aged 14 to 18 on mechanical design, programming, strategy and project management.
• As a mentor: regional wins in Orange County, California (2023, qualifying for the Houston World Championship), New York (2024) and São Paulo (2026).
• São Paulo 2026: coached strategy; the team won the regional and its first-ever FIRST Impact Award, the programme's top honour.
• As a student: regional wins in New York (2014, 2015) and Shenzhen (2017).