Dustin Morales

Designer in Los Angeles, CA, United States

Member since October 7, 2021

Dustin is an award-winning multidisciplinary designer who's endlessly driven to create intuitive products and brands that users fall in love with. Over the last 15 years, he has been delivering unique digital experiences for global companies and startups. Dustin's clients hire him for his strategic mindset, collaborative leadership, creativity, and effectiveness. He's worked for Amazon, Nestle-Purina, Petco, Nickelodeon, Redbull, NBA, KTM Motorcycles, Disney, and was co-founder of Petnet.

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Portfolio

Digital Design

Metolius | Brand Design
- Brand Design
- Brand Strategy
- Branding
- Brand Guidelines
- Responsive Web Design (RWD)
- Landing Page Design
- Web App Design
- Data Visualization
- Design Systems
- Wireframing
- Color Schemes
- Typography
- Logo Design
- Prototyping
- Presentation Design
- User Personas
- Personas
- Responsive Web Apps
- Graphic Design
- UI Design
- UX Design
- Product Design
Ozone | Cloud-powered Video Editing
- Branding
- Brand Identity
- Visual Design
- Product Design
- Web App Design
- User Experience (UX)
- User Interface (UI)
- User Flows
- UX Research
- Figma
- Design Systems
- Brand Design
- Workflow
- Responsive Web Apps
- User Interviews
- Competitive Analysis
- User Personas
- Startups
- UI Design
- B2C
- Mood Board
- Low-fidelity Prototypes
- High-fidelity Prototypes
- Design Thinking
- Innovative UX
- Responsive Web Design (RWD)
- Collaboration
- Layout Design
Creek | Commercial Real Estate Investing
- Product Design
- Branding
- User Experience (UX)
- User Interface (UI)
- iOS
- Android
- Web
- User Flows
- User Personas
- Company Naming
- Brand Design
- Visual Design
- Apps
- Brand Strategy
- Mobile App Design
- iOS App Design
- Responsive Web Design (RWD)
- Web App Design
- Design Leadership
- UI Design
- B2C
- Mobile Design
- Logo Design
- Brand Identity
- UX Design
Hopps | Marketing Landing Page
- Landing Page Design
- Ads
- Brand Design
- Visual Design
- SaaS
- On-demand
- B2B Lead Generation
- Landing Pages
- Responsive Web Design (RWD)
- Design Leadership
- UI Design
Petastic | Customer Data Experience Platform
- User Experience (UX)
- User Interface (UI)
- Creative Direction
- Visual Design
- Art Direction
- Web UI
- Web Illustration
- Branding
- Brand Design
- Design Systems
- Product Design
- Web Dashboards
- Information Architecture (IA)
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Blockchain
- Dashboard Design
- Responsive Web Design (RWD)
- Web App Design
- Design Leadership
- Management
- Startups
- UI Design
Petnet | Mobile App
- Research
- User Experience (UX)
- User Interface (UI)
- Branding
- Creative Direction
- Product Design
- Visual Design
- Wireframing
- User Flows
- User Personas
- Art Direction
- Illustration
- Mobile UI
- iOS UI Design
- Android UI Design
- Smart Home Technology
- UI Design
- Android Design Guidelines
- UX Design
- iOS App Design
- Photoshop 7
- Mobile UX Design
- Mockups
- Web App Design
- Web UI Design
- Design
- Presentation Design
- Android
- Pitch Decks
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Adobe
- Logo Design
- Digital Design
- Ad Design
- iOS
- Mobile UI Design
- Prototyping
- Open Innovation
- Design Leadership
- Mobile App Design
- User Onboarding
- Smart Devices
- Customer Experience
- Startups
- Print Design
- Advertising Design
- Marketing Materials
- Print Marketing Design
- Print
- Brochure Design
Petastic | A Food Search eCommerce Website
- Product Design
- Web UI
- User Interface (UI)
- Brand Identity
- Creative Direction
- Visual Design
- Art Direction
- Illustration
- User Experience (UX)
- Funnel Optimization
- Figma
- eCommerce UI
- Graphic Design
- UI Design
Petnet | Product eCommerce Website
- User Interface (UI)
- User Experience (UX)
- Brand Identity
- Creative Direction
- Web UI
- Visual Design
- Photography
- Video Production
- Art Direction
- Illustration
- UX Wireflows
- Wireframe to Product
- Product Management
- Adobe CC
- Sketch
- Figma
- Responsive Web Design (RWD)
- Web Design

Employment

Chief Design Officer
2021 - PRESENT
Ozone Technologies
- Designed a brand identity and created a common language across the organization.
- Led the user experience and product design efforts for the team.
- Improved customer experience by ensuring high-quality design, including ownership of all front-end interaction points.
- Collaborated with other leaders to ensure the successful development, release, and launch of world-class products.
Technologies: Figma, Adobe CC, Product Design, User Research, Design Leadership, Design Workshops, Wireframing, High-fidelity Prototypes, Prototyping, B2C, UX Design, UI Design, SaaS Design, User Journeys, User Workflows, Design Systems, Stakeholder Interviews, Branding, Brand Design, Brand Identity, Low-fidelity Prototypes, User Experience (UX), User Interface (UI), Startups, Zeplin, Product Discovery
Chief Experience Officer (CXO)
2020 - PRESENT
Petastic
- Led the data-driven development with stakeholders and the development team. Created a digital product brand, UX, and UI with early prototype deliverables going through higher-level approvals and feedback. Also delivered design handoff.
- Facilitated a human-centered design process with stakeholders to align business objectives with their user needs and define a clear pathway to desired outcomes.
- Worked on UX/UI vision and rollout a successful SaaS B2B platform and product from the ground up.
- Collaborated with engineering to ensure our implementation and user experience is of high quality.
- Created brand strategy, logo, style guides, and illustrations to guide the client's brand through the next year's transformation.
- Oversaw all the product design and user experience—achieving business and product goals.
- Drove collaboration across departments that contribute to the product value chain to ensure that product solutions have high adoption rates and maximum usage.
Technologies: Figma, Adobe CC, SaaS, AI Design, Machine Learning, B2B, UI Design
Co-founder | Chief Design Officer (CDO)
2012 - 2020
Petnet
- Created a brand strategy, logo, style guides, and illustrations for the brand experience.
- Led design and managed UI/UX for iOS and Android apps that personalize pets' daily meal times and portion sizes and order pet food for delivery. Created and iterated on solutions inspired by a deep empathy for our users.
- Provided creative direction and design for mobile apps, customer relationship management, customer support, industrial design, UI/UX, eCommerce, responsive web and mobile applications, content and brand strategy, and cross-functional team leadership.
- Directed the end-to-end design of various commerce and marketing experiences, including checkout, self-cancel, and trials.
- Solved business challenges through innovative ideas, future thinking, and creative concepts.
- Measured and tracked the impact of initiatives on the company's key performance indicators (KPIs), including overall customer sentiment and customer satisfaction metrics.
- Received CES Innovation Award 2017 for product and app design and iF Design Award 2018 for product design – SmartFeeder.
Technologies: Figma, Sketch, InVision, Zeplin, Adobe CC, AI Design, Machine Learning, Social Media Design, eCommerce, UX Design, Print Design, Advertising Design, Brochure Design, Package Design, Adobe Creative Suite, Design Systems, UI Design, iOS App Design, Android App Design, Presentation Design, Investor Presentations, Style Guides, Conversion Rate, Best Practices in Design, Layout
Creative Director
2010 - 2013
DreamHammer
- Led design for a rebrand and future vision of the company.
- Oversaw all the product design and user experience—achieving business and product goals.
- Worked closely with aerospace engineers on the user interface (UI) and developments of human-to-machine interfaces for an unmanned control system.
- Developed campaign creative direction and brand guidelines for content creation and internal communications.
- Designed and managed marketing collateral, direct and email marketing, website, and product merchandising.
- Oversaw video production, product photography, lifestyle photography, and press checks.
Technologies: Adobe CC, UI Design
Creative Director
2007 - 2010
3 Day Blinds
- Designed the rebrand, core values, and brand guidelines for the company.
- Led the redesign and development of eCommerce website with over 200 products. I increased the appointment conversion rates by redesigning the web funnel for in-home consultations and improving the core UI/UX shopping experience.
- Worked closely with the marketing team on designing and shipping successful promotional campaigns that increased revenue and daily active user numbers.
- Managed retail store design, marketing collateral, direct email marketing, website, and product merchandising.
- Oversaw video production, product photography, lifestyle photography, and press checks.
Technologies: Adobe CC, Adobe Creative Suite, Ad Design, Packaging, Collateral, Marketing Design, Advertising Design, Brochure Design, Web UI Design, Responsive Web Design (RWD), Presentation Design, Google SEO
Creative Director
2005 - 2007
Arras Group
- Worked with the brand team to produce new ideas for client branding, promotional campaigns, and marketing communications.
- Created and implemented tailored marketing plans based on individual client requirements.
- Led brainstorming and creative sessions to generate ideas.
- Initiated creative concepts and oversaw the execution and final production of all areas of print, mobile, and online advertising.
- Worked with clients such as Advan, Yokohama, Falken, Kumho, Denso, KTM Motorcycles, S&B Filters, Puma Motorsports, and more.
Technologies: Adobe CC

Education

Associate Degree in Graphic Design
1999 - 2001
Platt College - Los Angeles, CA, USA

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