Gabriel Rosado Jeffrey, Designer in Madrid, Spain
Gabriel is available for hire
Hire Gabriel

Gabriel Rosado Jeffrey

Verified Expert  in Design

Bio

Gabriel is an experienced designer with a rich background in product design, specializing in evolving, scaling, and maintaining design systems. With a deep understanding of the design process from concept to completion, he excels in transforming user needs and business goals into compelling products. Gabriel's strategic, data-informed approach ensures alignment with objectives, whether enhancing existing products or creating new ones.

Portfolio

Work Experience

Senior Product Designer

2021 - 2024
Personio
  • Steered design decisions for the company's design system team of 11 people, comprising one project manager, seven engineers, and three designers.
  • Crafted and evolved a design system that served 20+ other multidisciplinary teams with around 60+ designers.
  • Led strategy and planning sessions within the design system team to ensure the roadmap was most impactful and aligned with company goals.
  • Drove the introduction of the very first set of design tokens, which later became the driver for scaling up the design system's maturity level.
  • Introduced processes that helped evolve Personio's design system and collaboration culture.
  • Ran sessions for onboarding and educating on the design system, acting as the company's ambassador for best design practices.
  • Conducted research, interviews, and usability tests to help inform the design system's evolution and the collaborating product team's domain.
  • Collaborated with product teams to aid them in redesigning their product areas during a global company overhaul.
  • Evolved the documentation site to help product teams become self-sufficient when using the design system.
  • Hosted office hours and supported designers daily across the organization to produce better and more cohesive experiences.
Technologies: Figma, Framer, Jira, Confluence

Senior Product Designer

2019 - 2021
TomTom
  • Defined the design strategy that guided the creation of two new apps from the ground up, ensuring that the online presence of both products across multiple devices remained consistent with TomTom's global brand and its affiliates.
  • Led and supported the research team through usability testing and user interviews throughout the entire product cycle.
  • Developed the design system for both products and led its alignment with the design systems of other products, guaranteeing cohesion and consistency throughout the company's product range.
  • Engaged as a gatekeeper and contributor of TomTom's 1st unified, cross-domain icon library.
  • Enhanced the product's experience by integrating motion and bespoke illustrations, adding depth and engagement to the user interaction.
  • Improved the company's ways of working by introducing and establishing Figma as a more advanced design tool.
Technologies: Figma, Principle, Jira, Confluence

Senior UX/UI Designer

2018 - 2019
Valtech
  • Led the delivery of an Adobe Experience Manager agile program of work for Danone globally in collaboration with UX and engineering teams.
  • Improved the company's communication and client relations by becoming the embedded designer at Danone.
  • Evolved and expanded the CMS library, introducing extended customization options of components, enhancing client satisfaction as it more effectively addressed customer needs and pain points.
  • Pitched and educated clients regularly on the CMS's capabilities and best design practices, enabling a smoother and more satisfactory client–agency relationship.
Technologies: Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Sketch, Principle

Senior UX/UI Designer

2016 - 2018
Dept Agency
  • Led the visual work for the agency's biggest clients and became the embedded designer for adidas.
  • Steered the creation of the adidas campaign framework, a foundational component library that enabled the launch of 20+ different adidas campaigns during my tenure.
  • Co-created an official methodology to define the company's ways of working with the head of UX. It became the official pitch for client acquisition and an onboarding tool and helped establish collaboration between companies within the Dept group.
  • Drove user research and interviews to improve the agency's clients' understanding of their customer base.
Technologies: Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Sketch

Education

2001 - 2004

Bachelor of Arts Degree in Illustration and Graphic Design

University of Portsmouth - Portsmouth, UK

Certifications

JANUARY 2014 - PRESENT

Web Design and Programming, Advanced Course

Comunidad de Madrid

JULY 2013 - PRESENT

Web Design Course

Discovery Formacion

Skills

Tools

Sketch, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Principle, Adobe After Effects, Jira, Confluence, Adobe Fireworks

Platforms

Figma, Web, Mobile

Languages

CSS, HTML, JavaScript

Other

Design Systems, User Interface (UI), User Experience (UX), Illustration, Icon Design, Product Design, Websites, Website CMS, Component Libraries, UI Branding, Visual Design, Branding, Logotype, UI Design, UX Design, Token Design, UX Audits, Design Documentation, Design Guidelines, Prototyping, Mobile Apps, Research, Framer, Mobility, Maps, Animation, Travel

Experience

  • Visual Design - 10 years
  • Prototyping - 8 years
  • Icon Design - 8 years
  • User Interface (UI) - 8 years
  • User Experience (UX) - 8 years
  • Figma - 5 years
  • Design Systems - 5 years
Collaboration That Works

How to Work with Toptal

Toptal matches you directly with global industry experts from our network in hours—not weeks or months.

1

Share your needs

Discuss your requirements and refine your scope in a call with a Toptal domain expert.
2

Choose your talent

Get a short list of expertly matched talent within 24 hours to review, interview, and choose from.
3

Start your risk-free talent trial

Work with your chosen talent on a trial basis for up to two weeks. Pay only if you decide to hire them.

Top talent is in high demand.

Start hiring