WORK HISTORY
2017Co-founder / Business designer (Currently)
ZÚCCARU
Description:
Zúccaru is a brand which delivers Italian experiences for Italian and for local italian-food lovers.
We offers top quality products on an italian atmosphere but in the heart of Madrid.
My role:
I arrange Business development and operations, market and trend studies, defined business model, target profile, etc to cover any aspect of what a business need from its birth to its growth.
We use Agile methodology and OKR’s for achieving our goals.
I own the brand and product design.
Industry: Food and lifestyle
Location: Madrid (ES)
2020SERVICE DESIGNER / FREELANCE
HABITANT
My role:
My team researched for pain points within the selling funnel of one of the biggest energetic companies in Spain.
We interviewed stake holders of a dozen departments and around 60 real customers on several focus groups. Afterwards we analyzed all the information filtering out the tactical and strategic insights on a qualitative analysis.
Industry: Analyze the sales funnel of an energetic company.
Location: Madrid / Remote (ES)
2020SERVICE DESIGNER / FREELANCE
ING
My role:
I analyzed the services provided by the bank and evaluate their impact among their beneficiaries.
Industry: Banking and Human Resources
Location: Madrid (ES)
2016SENIOR INTERACTION DESIGNER
HERE
My role:
I designed new features using the existing interaction style and introduced improvements to the HERE WeGo App, a location service.
I did research market trends, ideation, conception, storytelling and LowFi/HiFi prototypes for mobile & web applications.
I designed the concept, mockups, animations and some snipets of the visual design. In addition i leaded the user testing with real users, filtered and analyzed their conclusions which affected the final design.
Our project aimed for becoming the most reliable transportation system for commuting deploying technology and infrastructure systems to improve reliability of travel times, and optimize routing and movement of commutes.
We developed solutions to transform data into actionable intelligence, and deliver to drivers, mobile applications and connected and/or autonomous vehicles.
We wanted to make a dramatic leap toward zero deaths on highways.
Industry: Mobility, geo-located services and IoT
Location: Berlin (DE)
2016DESIGN TEACHER / FREELANCE
Ironhack
My role:
I participated as teacher in the brand new UX/UI Bootcamp at Ironhack. During a week I introduced to the students the keys about Design Thinking and User Centered Design. All those concepts were assimilated with daily exercises (group and individual) which were documented and presented.
In class there were lectures and exercises about:
– User Experience
– Design Thinking
– Market/Business & Design Research
– Synthesizing Research: User Personas and Storyboards
– Sketching techniques: User Flows, Journey Maps
– Interactive Prototyping and Storytelling
Industry: Private education
Location: Madrid (ES)
2016DESIGN CONSULTANT / FREELANCE
Genyca
Projects:
Analyse the existing brand attributes and designed the new vision for the launch of new products with a different target. Originally dedicated to providing services to the medical industry, Genyca is shifting to a different and wider audience.
I guided the client deciding how to make genetic services more appealing for their new audience without losing the scientific touch.
I used the results as basis to design the evolutionary vision for the brand.
Industry: Genetics & Health
Location: Berlin (DE) / Madrid (ES)
2015UX MENTOR
World Food Programme – United Nations
Description:
A selected group of young entrepreneurs within the WFP organization participated in a Bootcamp to develop their way to solve a specific problem and explore ways to apply those solutions in other areas
Tasks:
– Coach a wide range of professionals (engineers, psychologist, farmers, etc) using User Experience principles
– Guide the design process by using Design Thinking and Service Design Tools.
– Support defining Personas and User journeys
– Coach building a story for the final pitch.
Industry: Non Profit Organisation
Location: Munich (DE)
2015FREELANCER UX DESIGNER
HERE, a Nokia company
Projects:
Automotive: Responsible of the consistency of the automotive system and their related mobile applications.
I tested HERE products and solved concept bugs by quick iterations with developers and stakeholders.
Web: Responsible for designing a new vision for here.com. I researched an updated ‘urban mobility’ scenario, which is translated in a more pleasing and worthwhile user experience.
Tasks:
– Researcher
– UX Design consultant
– Concept designer
– User experience definition
Industries: Automotive, Mobile and Cloud Connected services
Achievements:
– HERE Maps was awarded as ‘Best Automotive App’ 2015 by AutoBild
Location: Berlin (DE)
2011UX DESIGNER
Iconmobile GmbH
Tasks:
– Design consultant
– Concept design
– User experience definition
– Service design
Industries: Automotive & E-commerce industries
Location: Berlin (DE) / Shanghai (CN)
Steps: Intern / Trainee / Ux designer / Concept lead
Projects
– Mainly mobile app for a non-profit organization and Embedded systems for cars
– Also designed branded android widgets, a mobile banking app as android expert and a mobile automotive app for iOS
Achievements:
– ‘Best supplier’ 2013 by our client
– “One of the 15 ideas for a better world in 2015” WIRED magazine Germany
– Innovation Award at SXSW in the category ‘New Economy’ (2015)
– Webby Award on the People’s Voice category (2016)
2010JUNIOR UX DESIGNER
Telefónica Research&Development
Tasks
– UI design
– Concept design assistant
– Service design
– User testing
– co-creation workshop assistant.
Industries: Telecommunications and e-commerce
Location: Madrid (ES)
Steps: Intern / Junior designer
Achievements:
– O2 Wallet conception: beta version was launched in UK
– 2 Projects presented in the MWC11
ACADEMIC HISTORY
2008
ERASMUS GRANT
Fachhochschule Hildesheim/Holzminden/Göttingen
Main areas: Interaction and media design.
Location: Hildesheim, Lower Saxony
Achievements:
– Video selected Winner by the client “KSM Castings GmbH”. Title “Aufwachen”. In collaboration with Dorian Vasco Nagel and Lourdes Castro
– Exhibited a video at the artistic project “Aphorismen”. It was exposed at the Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum in Hildesheim, Germany and also in Warsaw, Poland
2004
BACHELOR OF ARTS
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Main areas: Sculpture, video-art, media, photography
Location: Madrid
Achievements:
– Selected artist in the 69th International Art Competition of Valdepeñas, Spain.
– Sold artworks to private and public institutions