Matthew Marino

Matthew Marino is the CEO of User Studio, a pioneering service design agency in France, which he co-founded in 2009.

He brings a strategic vision to User Studio, assisting corporations like Orange, LDE, and EDF, startups such as Plum and Learn Assembly, and public sector organizations like Champagne-Ardenne and Val d'Oise in embracing a design-led approach to innovation.

Having a Franco-American background, Matthew is a designer educated at ENSCI-Les Ateliers in Paris and completed the Challenge+ entrepreneurship program at HEC Management School.

He is an avid speaker on topics like service design, innovation through design, executive education, and the evolving landscape of work, and teaches service design and design thinking courses at prominent French management and design schools like Essec, EM Lyon, ENSCI-Les Ateliers, and Sciences Po.

Matthew's educational background includes studying International Baccalaureate at Ecole Jeannine Manuel, a Master's degree at Ecole nationale supérieure de Création Industrielle, Challenge+ at HEC Paris, and foundation studies at Atelier de Sevres, along with online courses on Coursera.

In his professional journey, he has held roles such as Service Design Mentor at Sciences Po, Executive Education & Master Degree facilitator at various French management and design schools, Board Member at ENSCI - Les Ateliers, and Guest Teacher for Master's degree & Executive education at ENSCI - Les Ateliers.

Furthermore, he has prior experience as a Designer-Researcher at Telecom ParisTech, Service Innovation Designer at Orange, and Production Assistant at Antimodular Research.