Rodrigo Marquez
Verified Expert in Design
Designer
Mérida, Mexico
Toptal member since January 3, 2021
Rodrigo is a multidisciplinary visual and UI designer with hands-on knowledge and expertise covering UX, web, and branding. Where Rodrigo places his focus and excels at are analysis, clean, pixel-perfect visual communication, and intuitive user interaction. Rodrigo's specialties include branding, HTML5, CSS, project development, web and UI design, UX and user-centered design, mockups, wireframes, interactive design, and visual hierarchy.
Portfolio
7-Eleven Member Tiers Program
7-Eleven Illustrations
Work Experience
Lead Visual Designer
7-Eleven - Main
- Designed the new icon library for the new design system.
- Developed more than 100 illustrations and researched and designed the new illustration style.
- Designed a new email for clients and the complete design library. Created the new template Figma for all the different 7-Eleven departments.
Senior UI Designer
Hyatt
- Handled the complete redesign of Hyatt's Guest Services system. Initially, Hyatt used more than 15 systems to offer the service, but this service was complex, slow, and often challenging to manage.
- Analyzed the current systems thoroughly, conducted interviews with users and system administrators, and found the processes we could improve upon to create a single system that runs everything in a straightforward and manageable way.
- Supported the research and created an interface that could offer these services in a single experience. The test results yielded such positive data in time savings for the users that Hyatt realized gains of up to $11,000,000.
- Reduced processes considered complex through the UX design, involving calls to hotels and waits of up to ten minutes for procedures that can be done on a single screen, adding extra information of great value to the user and the customer.
Senior UI/UX Designer
Scorpion
- Created design systems, brand guidelines, and UI kits.
- Handled dark mode analysis, creation, and implementation for mobile and platform products.
- Defined their brand style guidelines and created a library of elements, components, creations, and behaviors.
- Contributed to the transition from Adobe Experience Design (XD) to Figma, ambassador (analysis, research, interview, testing, and implementation).
UX/UI Designer | Brand Specialist
7-Eleven
- Started as a support designer and transitioned to the main product designer for one of the most important 7-Eleven projects in just one year.
- Demonstrated the value of adding a development team to the project's ideation process at 7-Eleven.
- Established a design system for the client version. This library was applied to the main app, creating a very positive uniformity and hierarchy; I also oversaw the redesign of the 50 icons of the library.
- Demonstrated the value design systems at 7-Eleven.
- Led the transition from Sketch to Figma at 7-Eleven.
- Developed complete research processes, design, and template creation for the new overlays system.
- Served as the main UX/UI designer for Member Tiers, 7-Eleven's new loyalty program.
Senior UX/UI Designer
Ksquare
- Contributed to the creation of an LMS for the Boy Scouts of America—developing the research, design, and layout system. I designed over 120 screens in only four months.
- Redesigned the new brand for the Ksquare group with a full analysis and implementation.
- Created a brand manual for all the different applications of the new Ksquare Brand.
- Promoted the use of Atomic Design for Sketch files, developers, and design system for the LMS project.
- Established design grids for designers and developers for the LMS project.
- Implemented an Atomic Design system for designers and developers for the LMS project.
- Demonstrated the value of low-fidelity wireframes to UX research and the use of Balsamiq mockups in the LMS project.
- Designed the admin and student versions for the LMS project, designing more than 120 screens in three months.
- Implemented and created a design for mobile, tablet, and desktop for the LMS project.
Freelance Designer
Freelance
- Managed the project and designed the UX/UI for a transportation app in México.
- Conceptualized and designed an application for a gasoline refueling mobile application; it was a complex application with a modern and current design.
- Contributed to the design of True, an application that sought to modify the behavior of users by encouraging them to follow their dream hobby like learning to surf or climb. This was achieved through small climbing challenges.
- Handled the UX/UI, product, and brand designs for clients across a wide range of projects.
- Created the UX/UI design for a fuel station app in México City.
- Oversaw the UX/UI, product, and brand design for a convenience store company.
- Created the brand design for a mobile complementary product company in Peru.
Art Director | UX/UI Lead Designer
Blimp
- Led the design of more than 30 applications, from video games, museum projects, augmented reality, event apps, and very big applications like an Uber competition, a beauty services network, and a social network focused on parking meters.
- Developed a complex application of beauty services that interacted with various types of services, payments, and commissions; it involved a complex design and a lot of research.
- Designed the corporate identity for Mead Johnsons Supply Chain; we created a manual to apply the design to 16 offices worldwide in more than five different languages.
- Conceptualized and designed a web app to control a notary's office. The goal was to find the money flows and especially the loss of millions of pesos. The project was very successful as it saved at least two million pesos.
- Created Mr. Disguise, a video game for iOS with more than 30,000 downloads; the goal of the game was to find the culprit of a crime in various scenarios through fun clues.
- Designed, for Mead Johnson, an augmented reality application for his worldwide exhibitions. This was shown in four exhibitions around the world and I was asked to design their brand for Supply Chain.
- Conceptualized and designed an application for Astra Zeneca that helped certify physicians and help them evaluate, train, and learn various skills for their medical career.
- Contributed to the concept creation, UX/UI, and marketing campaign for a video game called Mr. Disguise with more than 30,000 downloads.
Freelance
Freelance
- Created the corporate identity and branding for Mead Johnson's Supply Chain.
- Designed the exposition for Mead Johnson Supply Chain in Mexico, Evansville, and Singapore.
- Contributed to the "Sin Mollo y sin Bolsita" exposition design in Reforma, Mexico City with two million visitors.
- Created the financial report design for the United Nations in Latin America.
- Designed more than 80 icons that represent Mexico for a Mexican designer.
- Led the redesign of the Animal Politico News portal; this project involved interviews, project analysts, design, and implementation.
- Created more than 20 brand designs for different companies based in the US, Mexico, Peru, and Costa Rica.
UX/UI Designer
Net Weazel
- Analyzed and redesigned the web portal for Grupo Radio Formula.
- Designed more than ten different websites for companies like Mazda, CFE, Lamborgini, among others.
- Analyzed the branding and created designs for ten different companies.
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Graphic Design
Universidad Intercontinental - Mexico City, Mexico
Certifications
Introduction to Generative AI
IBM | via edX
AI for Designers
Interaction Design Foundation
User Interface Design
University of Minnesota
Design Thinking: The Ultimate Guide
Interaction Design Foundation
Accessibility: How to Design for All
Interaction Design Foundation
UX505x | UX Design: From Concept to Wireframe
University of Michigan
Skills
Tools
Adobe CC, Balsamiq Mockups, Adobe Illustrator, Balsamiq, Adobe Experience Design (XD), Microsoft PowerPoint, Adobe Creative Suite, Photoshop CC, InDesign CC, Zeplin, Maya, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe Brackets, Miro, After Effects CC, VideoScribe, AI Tools
Languages
Visual Design Language, HTML, CSS
Platforms
Figma, Vyond, WordPress, iOS
Industry Expertise
Pharmaceuticals, Education, Social Networking, Marketing, Consumer Products
Other
Wireframing, Branding, Icon Design, Logo Design, Web Design, User Experience (UX), User Interface (UI), UI Design, Mobile UI Design, Illustration, Visual Design, Brand Design, Concepting, Corporate Identity, Atomic Design, UX Research, Design Systems, Print Design, UX Design, Microsoft Teams, Loyalty Programs, Isometric Design, Digital Illustration, Iconography, A/B Testing, Learning, Learning Management Systems (LMS), Responsive Design, Newsfeeds, UI Research, Patient Services, UI Branding, User Interviews, User Personas, Mind Maps, User Journey Maps, Mockups, Prototyping, Localization, Kids & Families, Adventure Games, Gamification, User Journeys, Material UI, Google Material Design, Brand Analysis, Brand Activation, Corporate Design, Corporate Videos, Identity, Manual Testing, Brand Guidelines, Office Supply Design, Overlay Design, User Testing, Enterprise Loyalty Programs, Client Interviews, Rebranding, Donations, Human Interface Design, App UI, Mobile First, Dashboard Design, Project Analysis, Accessibility, Design Thinking, ClickUp, Monday.com, User Experience Strategy, Web Illustration, eCommerce, Motion Graphics, Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Experience
- Logo Design - 14 years
- Branding - 12 years
- Wireframing - 10 years
- Concepting - 10 years
- User Interface (UI) - 10 years
- User Experience (UX) - 10 years
- Figma - 5 years
- Design Systems - 3 years
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