Carlos Montoya Brand
Verified Expert in Design
Designer
Medellín - Antioquia, Colombia
Toptal member since October 3, 2022
Carlos began his career in print design. In 2012 he got amazed by the digital design environment and started educating himself on UI and UX design topics. He's worked as a freelancer for a Canadian company and moved forward to full-time digital product design. Carlos considers himself a good team player and a methodical professional passionate about design.
Portfolio
Font Squirrel UI/UX Strategy Redesign
Rocklab – A Modern Local Rock Clothing Brand
Goodkind – A 1:1 Mobile Video Sass for Companies
Repan – A Responsive Website Redesign
Work Experience
Senior Product Designer
Globant
- Served as a UI design lead and art director for a comprehensive project involving redesigning fan and staff apps for an NBA team.
- Worked as a senior UX designer and helped transform the most adopted educational curriculum in the US into a set of rewarded digital products.
- Designed a complete icon set for a big international animation company in Los Angeles. Collaborated on creating and executing an icon style guide and visual system.
- Led and mentored five UI designers in different countries.
- Participated as a product design tutor on Globant Design Center editions for 2020 and 2022.
Product Designer
Bip Market, LLC
- Designed a responsive web app (three breakpoints) that allows users to simplify the end-to-end brand licensing process.
- Started with a mood board and style tile, then approved the look and feel along with the stakeholders. Designed wireframes for certain flows and put together mockups of the entire product for three different breakpoints.
- Helped the client get a complete MVP ready for an important event they had in June (less than six months), improved the overall experience of the product with different design strategies, like advanced prototyping, to improve the handoff process.
UX/UI Designer and Figma Expert
DataCamp, Inc.
- Designed multiple infographics and cheat sheets for their content, as well as some sliders for LinkedIn content.
- Designed complete infographic content for chat for tutorials with more than 50 slides.
- Iterated and designed more than 15 visual cheat sheets for multiple courses they have on their platform.
Senior Product Designer
GoodKind
- Designed a complete admin app for campaign creators, with a design framework focused on quick product iterations.
- Designed an iOS mobile app for video messaging, that is the core experience for this company, again using a fast paced design methodology focused on quick deliveries.
- Managed to complete this freelance project while engaging part-time.
UI/UX Designer
WonupShop
- Designed a two-in-one eCommerce responsive app. The first part of the app is a local marketplace where small businesses can have their store, while the other part is a gamified eCommerce platform that provides great discounts.
- Built a concise brand with a color palette, typography, digital guidelines, and correct logo applications.
- Created a style guide to help engineers develop the most accurate product, ensuring clear documentation and states for each component.
- Supported the company to get funding, attract investors, and disrupt Canada's local commerce industry.
Senior Designer
Grafiflex
- Created the visual design for packaging and branding projects with a heavy client-facing layer.
- Conducted the web design and re-branding proposal for the company's website.
- Mentored young designers on advanced visual design techniques.
Education
Associate's Degree in Advertising and Marketing
CESDE - Medellín, Colombia
Certifications
Information Visualization
Interaction Design Foundation
Accessibility: How to Design for All
Interaction Design Foundation
Become a UX Designer from Scratch
Interaction Design Foundation
Principle: Realistic Animations & Prototypes
Udemy
UI Design Patterns for Successful Software
Interaction Design Foundation
Information Visualization: Getting Dashboard Right
Interaction Design Foundation
The Practical Guide to Usability
Interaction Design Foundation
Gestalt Psychology and Web Design: The Ultimate Guide
Interaction Design Foundation
Design Thinking: The Beginner’s Guide
Interaction Design Foundation
Web Design from Scratch
Udemy
User Experience Design Graduate Certificate
Udemy
Skills
Tools
FigJam, Sketch, Photoshop CC, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Miro, Principle, InVision, Zeplin
Platforms
Figma, Webflow, iOS
Other
Visual Design, Graphic Design, UI Principles, Data Visualization, Accessible Design, Interaction Design (IxD), Usability, Design Thinking, Web Design, UI Design, Style Guides, UX Wireframes, Landing Page Design, Web App Design, Web App UI, Wireframing, User Experience (UX), User Interface (UI), Prototyping, Product Design, UX Design, Customer Journeys, Usability Testing, Art Direction, Gestalt Laws, Interactive UI, Web Fonts, Branding, eCommerce UI, Design Systems, Bootstrap 3, Responsive UI, UX Workshops, Responsive Web Design (RWD), Dashboards, User Journeys, Web App UX, Dashboard Design, Web UX, UX Research, Strategy, Gamification, Business Strategy, Mobile UI, Startups, Videos, Sass, WebApp, Sitemaps, Responsive Design, Journey Mapping, User Testing, Web UI, Marketing Design
Experience
- Style Guides - 6 years
- Responsive UI - 6 years
- Figma - 4 years
- UI Design - 4 years
- Interaction Design (IxD) - 4 years
- Design Thinking - 4 years
- UX Design - 4 years
- FigJam - 2 years
Tools
- FigJam
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