Experienced in leading design for complex cross-functional teams and delivering user-centric product experiences. Skilled in collaborating with engineering, product management, and company leaders to take products from concept to launch.


Enthusiastic and innovative. Always advocating for simplifying the work of developers and creating great developer-designer relationships.

Experience

Experience

Senior Product Designer @ Freelance / Toptal Network

04/2024 - Present

Spain (Remote)

Toptal is an exclusive network of the top freelance software developers, designers, finance experts, product managers, and project managers in the world.

  • Delivering design solutions for diverse clients in multiple Senior Product Designer

    roles, successfully completing multiple design projects.

Senior Product Designer @ Decrypt Media

11/2021 - 11/2023 

Spain (Remote)

Decrypt Media is an independent media brand covering stories from business, politics, art, culture, technology, education, and the latest news.

  • Improved user engagement by 20% by leading the initial design and

implementation of Decrypt's Educational Product.

  • Contributed to an increase of 30% in new accounts creation and newsletter

subscriptions due to Educational product and emails redesign and strategy .

  • Issued 250k NFT Certificates to Decrypt University users as part of a digital

certification initiative.

  • Increased Unique visitors by 10% by redesigning the Decrypt.co website

  • Enhanced website functionality and brand presence by creating 5+ new company

brands and thematic sections.

  • Defined product strategy and roadmap by collaborating with the Head of Product,

CTO, cross-functional teams, ensuring alignment with company goals and

enhancing overall product vision.

Product Designer @ CTAIMA

04/2021 - 11/2021 

Spain (Remote)

One of the top 3 technology companies in Spain for Contractor Compliance, Workplace health & safety and Quality Assurance. It has offices in Portugal, Mexico, Chile and Colombia.

  • Reduced customer support calls by 15% by leading the first UX audit, improving

    usability for main products, CAE and CTAIMA Legal. Conducted UX research,

    including user stories, user flows and personas.

  • Kicked off new legal compliance and access management web app project by

    leading product design and collaborating with lead developers to define frontend

    stack, initial design system and styles and ensuring product features prioritization.

  • Streamlined product development processes by leading initiatives across 4

    developer squads, along with the Scrum Master and Product Manager following business objectives.

  • UX Research, Journey Mapping, Personas, Competitive Audit

UX UI Designer & Frontend Developer
@ TurinLabs / Elixir Games Inc.

10/2020 - 05/2021 

Spain (Remote)

TurinLabs empower individuals and companies to achieve financial freedom through crypto financial services.Elixir Games empowers the indie game ecosystems through innovation

and engagement. Committed to propelling small studios to new horizons.

  • Achieved 1st prize at Miami Bitcoin conference 2021 with Elixir Games team by

    designing the UX and UI for Elixir.app, a prominent web3 gaming Platform

  • Led successful branding and rebranding initiatives for 5+ products to drive market

    recognition and user satisfaction

  • Developed a Crypto Wallet Mobile App and DeFi Pool Web App by following

    common banking, financial, and crypto patterns

  • Conducted UX Research, interviews, and Usability testing with Gaming, Crypto

    Wallets, and DeFi users to inform product design decisions

  • Built Frontend Components libraries, storybook and documentation with React, Grommet & Tailwind Css

UI UX & Graphic Designer
@ Freelancer

2016 - 2020 

Argentina/USA (Remote)

  • UX design generalist

  • Created User Interfaces (UI)and assets for Web Applications & Landing Pages

  • Created Content for Graphic & Digital Campaigns

  • Implemented Branding and Corporate Visual Identity

  • Designed assets for printed ads and packaging

Education

Education

Bachelor of Business in Design and Communication

Bachelor of Business in Design and Communication

Bachelor of Business in Design and Communication

Universidad de Palermo

Remote (2024-present)

Graphic Design Degree

Graphic Design Degree

Graphic Design Degree

Universidad de Palermo

Argentina

Web Developer Bootcamp

Web Developer Bootcamp

Web Developer Bootcamp

Ironhack

Spain

Certifications

Certifications

Toptal Certified Product Designer

Toptal Certified Product Designer

Toptal Certified Product Designer

Toptal

Arc.dev Certified Product Designer

Arc.dev Certified Product Designer

Arc.dev Certified Product Designer

Arc.dev

Andela Certified Product Designer

Andela Certified Product Designer

Andela Certified Product Designer

Andela

UX Design Professional Certified

UX Design Professional Certified

UX Design Professional Certified

Google

Professional SCRUM Product Owner

Professional SCRUM Product Owner

Professional SCRUM Product Owner

Scrum.org

Professional SCRUM with User Experience

Professional SCRUM with User Experience

Professional SCRUM with User Experience

Scrum.org

'Tokenization in Blockchain' Bootcamp

'Tokenization in Blockchain' Bootcamp

'Tokenization in Blockchain' Bootcamp

Tutellus

Languages

Languages

Spanish

Spanish

Spanish

Native

English

English

English

Proeficient

French

French

French

Advanced

Italian

Italian

Italian

Intermediate

Skills

User Interface Design (UI)

User Experience Design (UX)

Design Patterns

User Research

Prototypes

Wireframing

Mockups

Competitive Audit

User Stories

User Flows

User Testing

Usability

Storyboards

Web Design

Figma

Sketch

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop

Illustrations

Graphic Design

CSS

HTML

Javascript(JS)

Javascript(JS)

Web3

Team Work

Product Management

Design Thinking

Rod Martinez © 2024

Rod Martinez © 2024