Diego ValenciaSenior Product Designer
Diego is a Senior Product Designer with 8+ years of experience designing companies of all sizes including Venmo, Alteryx, Doordash, Kitchen United, among others. He have worked with a wide range of companies around the world, helping them build timeless and meaningful strategies, services and design solutions with real purpose and value.
Tech stack
Mobile UI/UX Design (10)
Mobile UX (10)
Design (7)
Web Design (7)
WordPress (7)
Prototyping (6)
Product Design (6)
UI Design (6)
Design Patterns (6)
iOS UI Design (6)
Optimization (5)
Mobile App Testing (4)
Product Management (4)
Content Management Systems (CMS) (4)
User Interface (UI) (4)
Web (4)
UX Design (4)
User Flows (4)
Flutter (4)
System Design (4)
Responsive UI (3)
Prototype Framework (3)
Adobe (3)
SaaS (3)
Banking & Finance (3)
Financial Data (3)
SaaS Design (3)
Figma (2)
Ionic (2)
Usability (1)
Experience
Lead Product DesignerEskalera
03/2022 - Currently

— Designed design system library from scratch and maintained the components to be used across all products. — Ideated and created new services that enhance the relationship between employees and their employers. — Designed the mobile app bringing existing components and patterns for V1 but stablished new patterns for subsequent versions. — Stablished rules to follow when moving the company to a mobile-first approach.

User Flows
System Design
Design Patterns
Flutter
Mobile UX
Mobile UI/UX Design
iOS UI Design
Product DesignerToptal
10/2020 - Currently

Being part of an elite team of designers from all over the world at Toptal, a company that connects the top 3% of freelance talent all over the world, I work on several projects that tackle user experience optimization, interface design and prototyping. — Collaborated with remote, cross-functional teams to guide, develop, and implement UX/ UI deliverables.
 — Immersed myself into the workflow of clients to ideate, define and execute digital products impacting thousands of users worldwide.

Prototyping
Optimization
Design
Product DesignerDoorDash
10/2021 - 06/2022

Worked with the New Verticals and Money Team to ideate and create design solutions regarding financial services for dashers and consumers. — Partnered with Product Managers to study requirements, design and tech specs for multiple projects. — Built design flows and mockups to communicate high-level vision and specific details for multiple projects within the money team. — Created the flow to enable Fast Pay in Canada which allows Dashers get their earnings on-demand. — Improved the way dashers get access to their earnings through DasherDirect app and Bank Accounts.

Design
Product DesignerPayPal
07/2021 - 03/2022

Worked as part of the Venmo's design team to figure out the user experience, interface design and strategy for in-app QRC experiences for buyers and businesses. — Designed Offline QR code experiences, enabling consumers and businesses get paid and make payments without internet connection. — Created the experience for customers to make payments to business profiles and help them grow by adding payments notes which are shared in their feeds. — Worked closely with teammates from many disciplines from management to engineering to analysis- to define spaces, layouts and problem solutions and help drive design strategy.

UI Design
Mobile UI/UX Design
UX Design
Mobile App Testing
Testing
Usability
Figma
Design Patterns
iOS UI Design
iOS
Senior User ExperienceKitchen United
06/2020 - 07/2021

— Performed UX audit for the different products already in the market. — Identified usability issues that inhibit clarity, and users's ability to perform fundamental tasks. — Created user journeys, along with user flows to identify pain points from a user’s perspective. — Participated in the definition of roadmap and initiatives of different projects within the company. — Led the mobile app experience and created assets for App Store and Google Pay store
 — Designed wireframes, high fidelity interfaces, and prototypes for kitchen displays, front of the house and customer display. — Participated in the ideation, concept and execution of the new experience for kiosks, mobile app and web-app.

iOS UI Design
Design Patterns
Design
Figma
Prototyping
Ionic
Mobile UX
Mobile UI/UX Design
Mobile App Testing
UX Designer (Consultant)Currnt
03/2021 - 06/2021

Working with the CEO and CTO to polish the design and strategy of the product. I help optimize the experience, think of and execute new features to increase engagement and customer acquisition.

Strategy
Design
CTO
Product Designer (Consultant)Quantum Talent
08/2020 - 11/2020

Using machine learning and artificial intelligence, Quantum Talent matches the right candidate for the right position on demand. — Helped the company ideate and execute a new experience to help recruiters hire the best talent using machine learning and artificial intelligence.
 — Helped construct initiatives using Jobs to Be Done to create User Stories and experiences that made sense for recruiters.
 — Helped the product team and data analysts implement strategies to guarantee KPIs success for the company.
 — Conducted Usability Testings with recruiters to validate hypothesis using A/B testing.
 — Created interfaces for the different initiatives created with the product team.
 — Designed a design style guide, including colors and typography, reusable components, interactions and transitions between pages and components.

Usability
Testing
Design
Senior User ExperienceDRUO
05/2018 - 06/2020

— Worked directly with CEO and Product Owner to guide and polish the direction of the payment app. — Conducted user journeys and user flows to help visualize the functionalities of the app.
 — Helped the product team prioritize the MVP to launch to market. — Designed a mobile app and iPad POS application for sellers to receive in-person payments. — Designed a design style guide, including colors and typography, reusable components, interactions and transitions between pages and components.

SaaS Design
SaaS
Product Design
Mobile UX
Mobile UI/UX Design
Mobile App Testing
UI Design
Banking & Finance
Financial Data
WordPress
UI/UX DesignerSin Margen
12/2015 - 08/2018

— Conducted meeting with small and medium-size business owners to deliver digital products that suited their needs. — Designed the overall product strategy for digital products, including interface and marketing campaigns. — Handed-off specs for the dev team so that they could implement my designs pixel-perfect.

Mobile UX
Mobile UI/UX Design
Web Design
Adobe
Prototype Framework
UX Design
UI Design
Responsive UI
Product DesignerVoceros
08/2014 - 02/2018

— Created the overall look and feel of the magazine, kiosk and social media channels. — Built an engaged community on social media of 20,000 people within 10 months. — Was responsible for the design of the interface of the digital kiosk. — Created a brand identity, including colors and typography, language and social media posts templates. — Conducted research and user interviews to influence Voceros’s business decisions with market data.

User Interface (UI)
Product Management
Product Design
Content Management Systems (CMS)
WordPress
Web Design
Web
Web DesignerSigma
04/2015 - 12/2015

· Designed wireframes for the websites of their clients. · Designed the interface and style guides for the websites of their clients. · Conducted user interviews and meetings with clients to understand paint points and improving the designs I was doing.

WordPress
Web Design
Adobe Photoshop
Education
Bachelor's degreeUniversidad Autónoma del Caribe
02/2011 - 02/2014
Portfolio
Website Gallery
December 2021 - May 2022
Real Estate Agents Network
September 2021 - September 2021
Arrow and Silk Experience
June 2021 - July 2021
Geolocation Capabilities for a Food Ordering App
January 2021 - February 2021
Primary Care and Specialists
September 2020 - September 2020
Sellast iPhone and iPad Point of Sale
August 2020 - September 2020