The agency

About us

Akiani is a word taken from Inuit, the language of a population living in a tough environment and having to adapt to it.

It translates as « on the other side », for us it’s the users’ side.

Before creating Akiani, we (the founders) met at engineering school, where we became friends. Next came the business world, consulting firms, scientific research and finally, Akiani! Which looks like us: a bit of rigor from research, pragmatism from industry, and a bit of imagination to keep our friendship story in the project. In short, today we are here to offer you the best we can do, whilst considering your requirements in terms of time and budget and allowing some space for originality.

Since 2013, we have carefully been building our team. We’ve made some mistakes and we have grown. Today, we have surrounded ourselves with experts who share our values and work ethics of a job well done for the right reasons. But we don’t plan on stopping there. We are working every day to improve our methods, the quality of our service and our deliverables. So your users are constantly more delighted, and so are you.

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An expert and close-knit agency…

Alice Totaro

UX Designer

Coming from a UX Design professional training, and a Milan Politecnico graduate in architecture, Alice is bringing her dual creative profile, her empathy and her ability to express her ideas.

Sebastien Klifa

Senior UX designer

Expert designer in B2B and B2C digital products, Sebastien has built his expertise working in agencies, start-ups and international groups, in Europe and worldwide.

Stéphanie Chabanais

Executive assistant

Graduated in communication and event organization and with background in sciences, Stephanie supports the team & the agency with administrative tasks.

Christophe Bey

Associate Director - Doctor in Human Factors

As former pilot and manager of the Human Factors unit in the French air force, Christophe combines significant operational experience with an expertise in highly constrained environments.

Laurine Farjanel

UX designer

Passionate about design and social sciences, Laurine uses all her energy and her skills in UX Research and UX Design for our clients' projects.

Lucas Charillat

UX researcher

With a background in marketing and as a freelancer, Lucas pursues his journey as a UX researcher within Akiani with a strong motivation to better understand our clients' users.

Sami Lini

Associate Director / Doctor-engineer in cognitive science

Doctor-engineer in cognitive science, Sami specializes in user research, organizational and human factors, and neuroergonomics. He is developing his skills in Research and Design Ops.

Teddy Loiseau

Artistic Director

After a degree in Fin Arts, Teddy has worked as artistic director in several communication agencies. He now brings his expertise, his creative and artistic vision to our projects.

Arnaud Risi

UX designer

Graduated from a master's degree in digital project's management completed by a UX Design professionnal training, Arnaud brings his empathy, rigor and creativity to all our clients.

Jean-Christophe Paris

Doctor-Engineer in Human Factors / Associate Director

Specialized in Human Factors engineering, Jean-Christophe uses both his scientific and technical skills to define our clients' experience strategy.

Anouche Banikyan

UX Researcher

With a master's degree in cognitive sciences and in service design, Anouche is focused on understanding your users' in their own environment to co-design viable solutions with your team.

Clémence Caron

UX desginer

Graduated from a master in graphic design and digital marketing, Clemence has developed her expertise in UX design as a freelance working for large and medium companies.

Lucie Anceaume

UI designer

Trained at Gobelins Paris, Lucie ventured into design in areas like sports, fashion, and tech. She relishes creating intuitive interfaces where aesthetics harmonize with functionality.

Why not you?

Our team grows regularly, welcoming new talents and personalities. There may be an opportunity for you?

An ethics charter,

Clarity

We commit to making the objectives of our mission clear.

Best endeavors obligation

We will comply with the amount of time and effort forecast in our estimate.

Progress and innovation

We will always favor leads that improve your products and services.

Independence

We guaranty that our service and work remain independent from external players and institutions.

Morality

We will decline missions whose origins and motivations are immoral, illicit or go against our internal values.

Personal data

In compliance with the GDPR in effect on 25 May 2018 and with our ethics, we commit to protecting the personal and sensitive data that is collected, stored, protected, accessible, modifiable and erasable.

Trade secret

We guaranty that our clients' information will be treated with the same level of demand as our own strategic and confidential information.

Misuse

We will refuse to interpret or misuse data collected for immoral purposes (denunciation, unjustified selection, contribution to sanctions implementation).

Duty of loyalty

We commit to intellectual integrity and to delivering information to our clients in an honest, loyal, and clear manner.

Pragmatism

We will do our best to reconcile the recommendations that arose from our mission with our clients' socio-economic context.