Alvaro Garrido - Product & UX Designer, Sweetspot.io

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Work Background

SweetspotUser Experience Team Lead

Aug. 2023Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden · Hybrid

Calo Inc.Product Design Lead

Jun. 2022 - Dec. 2022Manama, Capital Governorate, Bahrain · Remote- Defined the area of Product Design for the organization. - Installed the UX Research discipline within the Product Team. - Initiated the DesignOps and Design System efforts for the first time in the company. - Mentored Junior and Senior Designers for their professional development. - Helped Product Managers and the VP of Product on defining several initiatives and features.

FyndiqSenior User Experience Designer

Jul. 2020 - Aug. 2023Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden · HybridAs Fyndiq's first in-house UX Designer, I had the opportunity to implement their Design organisation from scratch, defining roles, responsibilities, activities and strategy from the product design point of view. - Defined and Implemented the DesignOps initiative for the organisation - Kickstarted the Design System project - After 1.5 years, "SemlaDS" became a full-fledged Design System, working together with Product and FrontEnd teams - Installed the UX Research discipline and process for the company - Recruited Product Designers to scale the team - Mentored Junior and Senior Designers - Executed for the first time in the company SUS and Usability Testing activities

ToptalUX Consultant, Product Designer

May. 2020Göteborg, Vastra Gotaland County, Sweden

Forza FootballDesign Team Coach

Nov. 2018 - May. 2020Gothenburg, SwedenResponsibilities: - Supported team members to find their passion, build trust between them, and support their personal, technical, and professional development to maximize their potential. - Guided the professional development of a group of eight designers. Achievements: - Defined and developed the workflow and toolbox for the team. - Designed improvements for information architecture and ad experience in the main product of the company, a Football LiveScores iOS App. - Started a DesignOps effort within the company. - Designed a web branch of "Riquelme", a design system from Forza Football. - Designed more than 30 different international ad campaigns for the short-term revenue squad.

Forza FootballSenior User Experience Designer for Ad-Revenue Squad

Nov. 2018 - Apr. 2020Gothenburg, Västra Götaland County, SwedenLed design initiatives and produce all needed flows, assets, components and solutions in general within the context of all short term ad-related projects. Support the sales team with insights, proposals, presentations and marketing material in general.

Self-employedSenior Consultant

Apr. 2018 - Jun. 2019Santiago Province, Chile

2Brains ChileDirector Of User Experience

May. 2017 - Apr. 2018Santiago Province, ChileLead inspiring user experience strategy and direction for both physical and digital products and services, managing a team of roughly 26 UX'ers; creating outstanding experiences from concept to completion.

Telefónica I+D ChileUX Researcher & Product Designer

Jul. 2015 - May. 2017Santiago, ChileUser Experience Research Information Architecture Design Service Design Interface Design For industrial scale IoT projects on Smart Mining/Agro/Cities

Universidad de Santiago de ChileAssociate Professor - Desarrollo móvil con UX, Ingeniería Informática

Mar. 2015 - Jun. 2015Santiago, ChilePrepare and conduct UX classes, lectures and laboratories for the UX & MobDev course. Prepare tests and evaluation process for the module. Continue as a companion teacher for the estimation and development modules of the course.

Continuum ChileUX Consultant

Jul. 2013 - Jun. 2015Santiago, ChileAgile web & mobile UX design and prototyping, wireframing and information architecture.

KoombeaSenior UX/UI Designer

Sep. 2010 - Jun. 2013Barranquilla, Col.• Information Architecture, Design of web interfaces, Web design, UX Design, Wireframing, Copywriter.

IT49 MultimediaWeb Designer

Feb. 2009 - Apr. 2010* Design Web Interfaces * Design User Experience for Sites * Construct marketing pieces; Facebook Pages, Videos, Email Marketing, Ads.

Invesakk LTDADiseñador Web

Mar. 2006 - Feb. 2009* Package Design * eCommerce Site Administration * Web Application Design and Development