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Mariana Garcia

Verified Expert in Design

Designer

Location

Guadalajara, Mexico

Toptal Member Since

December 7, 2015

Mariana has more than 10 years of experience working with digital products. She has worked in both digital agencies and in software. Most of her experience is oriented towards software/mobile application definition and user interfaces, Mariana also has experience with data visualization, information architecture, user testing, A/B testing, multivariate testing, heuristic evaluation, and research.

Product Design User Interface (UI)UX Design User Experience (UX)Information Architecture (IA)UX Research Mobile First Data Visualization Responsive Adobe Photoshop Mobile iOS Android InVision Sketch

Work Experience

UX Designer (Contract)

2016 - PRESENT

Google

Worked on internal projects developing internal tools.
Performed UX research for teams.
Helped to build documentation and results for product managers.
Supported 3 internal products.
Created visual designs for applications.

Technologies: Sketch, UX Design

Product Designer

2016 - PRESENT

OneLogin

Led the device strategy for security enterprise applications.
Worked as the design launcher for Mac Desktop, and Mobile One Time Password.
Started an initiative to implement analytics to track user behavior.
Designed security applications with the newest technology.
Worked with a multicultural team around the world.

Technologies: Zeplin, Sketch, InVision, UX Design

UX Consultant (Contract)

2015 - 2016

Kueski

Defined the UX for the whole mobile strategy.
Created the UI designs for web and mobile.
Introduced the UX process inside the product and to the engineer team.
Implemented user testing for their website.
Provided heuristic evaluation for their web app.

Technologies: Zeplin, Adobe Photoshop, Sketch, InVision, UX Design

UX Professor

2012 - 2016

ITESO

Created materials for designers and engineers.
Defined the process.
Performed basic research.
Collaborated with other mobile labs (Microsoft).
Spoke and shared insights into UX/UI designing.

Technologies: UI Principles, UX Research, UX Design

Lead UX

2011 - 2015

WePow

Designed the product from scratch.
Maintained the application to support 6 languages and to be scalable for the web and mobile.
Did UX research and UX evaluations; using several techniques.
Communicated with the business-side concerning KPI and metric definition along with product manager to improve the product.
Used my basic knowledge as the product manager to perform similar tasks.

Technologies: Sketch, Adobe Photoshop, InVision

Education

2002 - 2005

Bachelor's Degree in Graphic Design

Universidad del Valle de Atemajac (UNIVA) - Guadalajara, Mexico

Experience

Product Design - 12 years User Interface (UI) - 10 years Enterprise Design - 10 years User Experience (UX) - 7 years Apps - 7 years Enterprise System Design - 5 years Information Architecture (IA) - 5 years Data Visualization - 3 years

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