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Sr. Product design Lead

 

Experience


Assembled financial technology

Los Angeles, CA

10.20-Current

Sr. Product Design Lead

Product design lead responsible for all UX/UI, including creating and maintaining the design system and the overall design for the anda banking app. A new debit card banking product focused on the Hispanic market that provides a simple route to cryptocurrencies and NFTs. Working closely with the product team and engineers we launched anda banking in eight months, MOVES token in one month, and the NFT marketplace in two weeks.

Edmunds.com

Santa Monica, CA

10.16-03.20

Sr. Product Design Lead / UI Manager

Individual contributor and responsible for multiple products and overseeing all design projects in the work pipeline. Working closely with stakeholders and executive team to concept, design, test, and launch multiple products in an agile environment. Also, managed the UI design team.

Design lead for the site redesign while also helping establish the visual language and design system. UI and design for “Can it fit?” an AR product for the iOS mobile app that allows a user to see if their potential new car would fit in their garage as well as an interactive 360° car interior experience.

RPA

Santa Monica, CA

02.15-08.16

Sr. Art Director

Art direction, design, and concepting on several campaigns. Including Arco’s new website design and for Honda a new model vehicle launch, new vehicle photoshoot art direction, website redesigns, social media campaigns, and online marketing.

Wonderful (ROLL GLOBAL)

Santa Monica, CA

08.14-02.15

Sr. Art Director

Specialized in art direction, design, and concepting on website projects, social media campaigns, and pitches for several brands across digital platforms:

FIJI Water, POM Wonderful, Wonderful Pistachios, Wonderful Almonds, Wonderful Halos, Wonderful Sweet Scarletts, Teleflora

MARCA

Coconut Grove, FL

03.14-08.14

Sr. Art Director

Specialized in art direction, design, and concepting on website projects, social campaigns, and pitches for the general and Hispanic market:

Net10 Website rebuild

Payless Social media content creation

SapientNitro

Miami Beach, FL

2008-2014

Art Director

Specialized in concepting and design for multiple campaigns across multiple markets with clients such as:

Target Mobile & Tablet Application

Coca-Cola Mobile Game, Microsites, Custom YouTube Site

Hyatt Passbook Card Design

Visit Florida Photoshoot Art Direction

Baskin Robbins Site Design

Minute Maid Storyboard, Video Production Art Direction, Facebook Application, Web Banners

vitaminwater Custom Content Production for Social Campaign 

BBVA Microsite Design

 

2007-2008

Graphic Designer

Designed websites for Azamara Cruises, Kaplan University, and several Citi Bank properties including web banners, email templates and microsites.

 

451°

Coral Gables, FL

2006-2007

Graphic Designer

Designed print and online marketing and internal materials for Visa Latin America.

 

The Factory Interactive

Miami, FL

2004-2006

Graphic Designer

Designed websites for e-commerce and real estate clients.

 

Education


Ringling College of Art + Design

2000-2004

Bachelor of Fine Arts

Major in Graphic and Interactive Communications

Minor in Photography and Digital Imaging

Awards


Coca-Cola Happiness Factory

Adweek Buzz Awards Gaming Buzz Award

IAC Interactive Media Awards Best in Class Award

London International Awards Bronze

MITX Interactive Awards Best of Show

Mobius Awards First Place

W3 Awards Gold

ADDY Awards (National) Silver

FWA Awards Site of the day

 

Coca-Cola Minute Maid

Creativity Intl Media & Interactive Silver

HOW Interactive 2013 Merit Award

ADDY Miami AdFed Silver

 

Coca-Cola vitaminwater

Creativity Intl Media & Interactive Silver

W3 Awards 2013 Gold

Interactive Media Awards Best in Class

 

Baskin-Robbins

Interactive Media Awards Best in Class

 

Hyatt

IAC Internet Advertising Awards Best Application

 

Skills


Applications

Adobe Creative Suite

Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, & Premiere

Apple Keynote

Microsoft Powerpoint

 

Language

English Fluent 

Spanish Fluent