Mario Garcia
Verified Expert in Design
Designer
Tampa, FL, United States
Toptal member since January 9, 2018
Mario Garcia is a veteran UI/UX designer with 28+ years of experience helping startups and enterprise brands craft beautiful, intuitive digital products. He’s led design for over 250 companies—translating complex ideas into clean, fundable interfaces that drive results. If your product needs to look world-class, Mario can make it happen.
Portfolio
Flare Solar
InteractiveTel
Reportable | Desktop App
ContentWatch | Desktop/Mobile App
Real Car | Mobile/Desktop Website
Mediaspectrum | Creative Direction
Work Experience
Founder | Creative Director
Garcia Interactive
- Worked with a global clientele on brand management, user experience, interface design, and overall messaging.
- Offered overall creative direction to startups focusing on brand launches and new product development centered around engaging design.
- Strategized and managed all product budgets, timelines, and partner relationships.
- Partnered with international brands like Dow Jones, Volvo, Epson, and JP Morgan Chase.
- Focused on an audience-centered approach to ensure alignment of the company, product, and messaging to be more effective.
Product Designer
Care.ai
- Led the development of user-centric interfaces for healthcare AI applications.
- Collaborated with product, sales, and development teams to uphold design integrity and brand consistency.
- Managed a team of designers to drive high-quality and cohesive design outcomes.
Product Designer
Savana
- Led brand revamp and developed corporate brand guidelines.
- Designed user interface for bank servicing software.
- Developed user interface design for consumer-facing desktop and mobile applications.
- Harmonized sales and marketing collateral with cohesive messaging and design.
Chief Experience Officer (CXO)
NYMBUS
- Designed a modern banking core application that revolutionized the marketplace.
- Built a brand and brand guidelines for the company and policed branding in all internal and external communication pieces.
- Developed marketing materials and investor presentations.
Education
Juris Doctor Degree in Law
Loyola University College of Law - New Orleans, LA, USA
Bachelor of Arts Degree in Mass Communications
University of South Florida - Tampa, FL, USA
Skills
Tools
Apple Keynote, InVision, Adobe Photoshop, Sketch, Adobe Illustrator, Microsoft PowerPoint, Slack, Adobe CC, Adobe, Visio, InVision App
Platforms
WordPress, Figma, Webflow
Languages
CSS, HTML
Industry Expertise
Travel & Leisure, Retail & Wholesale, Consumer Products, Healthcare
Other
UX Design, UI Design, Data Visualization, App Design, Prototyping, Mobile App Design, Dashboard Design, Fintech, Product Design, PowerPoint Design, Presentation Design, Web Design, Web App Design, Web App UI, Dashboards, UI Prototyping, OutSystems, Web App UX, Material Design, Material UI, User Experience (UX), User Interface (UI), Mobile App UI, Mobile UX, Website Redesign, Private Label Products, Label Design, Branding, Company Naming, Graphic Design, Infographics, Marketing Design, Creative Direction, Online Banking, Product Development, Desktop App Design, UX Research, Information Architecture (IA), User Research, Content Management Systems (CMS), Advertising Design, Electronic Health Records (EHR), Electronic Medical Records (EMR), Tablet UX, Tablet UI, Trade Show Stands, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), B2B, Web Applications, Enterprise Design, No-code Development, User Journeys, Responsive Web Apps
Experience
- UI Design - 20 years
- UX Design - 20 years
- Data Visualization - 17 years
- Dashboard Design - 15 years
- Mobile App Design - 14 years
- Product Design - 13 years
- Prototyping - 10 years
- Figma - 7 years
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