Why I became a Product Designer and evolved into a Manager


One of my earliest memories is as a 2 year old walking up the aisle of an airliner to the cockpit and gazing up at all those dials and knobs. I was transfixed. I'm told that at that age I would stop and straighten out rugs. Early indicators of someone who enjoys solving complex problems.

Fast foward to college: I built a full-sized cockpit mock-up for my Industrial Design Master's thesis. Concurrently I earned my instrument rating and commercial pilot licence. Over the years, I've garnered extensive design experience across several disciplines: Web | Exhibit | Print | Product.

I love learning and observing how people interact with objects. And while I'm a minimalist at heart, I enjoy gadgets.

I fixate when I see a cool dashboard. I gaze lustfully at good info graphics, especially data driven, allowing me to see the big picture when it's put together like a photo mosiac. I've learned the common elements of good user-centered design across several mediums.

I listen, really listen. There's a reason why humans have 2 highly specialized ears and only 1 multi-tasking mouth. I absorb the stakeholder's concerns, align them with user expectations, then craft a user experience that will gratify and delight.

Understanding how users respond to interfaces has been a life long passion. UX and UI pull all of my innate traits, interests, and design experience together.

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Skills


User Experience

Personas, Journey Maps, User Flows, Wireframes, Site maps, Mockups, Prototypes

User Interface

Expert in HTML, CSS. Familiar with Jquery, Javascript

Web

Responsive CMS: Adobe Experience Mananger, Joomla, Ektron, Workpress

Visual

Info Graphics, Icons, Layout, Epub

User Experience means different things depending on the context.
Here's a chart to map areas of my expertise.

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Phone

+1 323.528.9442


E-mail

juan@oaxa.biz