Alejandro Calderón López

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Bogotá, Bogota, Colombia

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  • Frubana
    Design Systems Consultant
    Frubana
    Sep 2023 - Nov 2023 (3 months)
    Led the development of Frubana's Growth Team's first UI Kit, optimizing design workflows. Established centralized Component and Style Libraries for app, web, and brand alignment. Conducted workshops to empower the team in systematic design, Figma usage, and ongoing UI Kit maintenance.
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    Product Design Consultant
    Psicología y Mente
    Aug 2023 - Current (1 year 11 months)
    Product designer in charge of conducting strategy workshops, quarterly objectives planning and improvements to our hispanic mental-health professional directory. I had the chance of designing and implementing a brand new screening test service for patients to quickly find a recommended professional. From the MVP stage to the final implementation on the site.
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    Product Design Consultant
    remoti
    Mar 2023 - Oct 2023 (8 months)
    Facilitated a month of Product Vision workshops focused on creating the principles, identifying key metrics and settling on an MVP for an in-house ATS (Applicant Tracking Software) Led the Product Design process for the first MVP of said ATS. From wireframes and early drafts to final designs. Set up the first version of the Remoti Design System, set to be brought into development during 2023.
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    Product Designer
    The Brian Othmer Foundation
    Feb 2023 - Jul 2023 (6 months)
    Lead Product Designer for Project Chaco - a confidential app design project. I led Product Vision Workshops, set the product's strategy and metrics, developed the structure for the MVP and created the first designs for development. This also included the creation of a custom UI Kit for the project.
  • Wunderman Thompson
    UI Designer
    Wunderman Thompson
    Feb 2023 - Aug 2023 (7 months)
    Developed interfaces for Abbott's E-commerce platform and loyalty program. Specialized in leveraging Abbott's Global Design System.
  • Laboratoria
    Mentor
    Laboratoria
    Nov 2022
    - Prepared and executed 6 weeks of mentoring sessions on a number of subjects ranging from CV evaluations to technical interview simulations. Became a mentor for the UX Design Bootcamp taught by Laboratoria on the second semester of 2022. Prepared and executed 6 weeks of mentoring sessions on a number of subjects ranging from CV evaluations to technical interview simulations.
  • Universidad de los Andes
    UX Researcher public Remote experience
    Universidad de los Andes
    Dec 2021 - Feb 2022 (3 months)
    - Handed in timelines, diagrams, user understandings and recommendations for the later development of a digital solution to increase inscriptions to the post-graduate programs. - Alongside a research team, Designed and conducted 25+ interviews to MA and Doctorate Students Was tasked with understanding and mapping the context of post-graduate studies in Uniandes. The whole timeline: from application to graduation.
  • Aptuno
    Product Designer
    Aptuno
    Sep 2021 - Nov 2022 (1 year 3 months)
    • Helped scale the platform from 400 to 1500+ signed leasing contracts within my first year • Focused on the demand side of the marketplace, helping residents find better properties for rent in an easier, more secure and quicker fashion. • Helped develop a first version of Aptuno’s design system, fully operational through Figma and storybook
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    Community Lead
    Friends of Figma Bogotá
    May 2021 - Current (4 years 2 months)
    • Organized 15+ virtual and in-person events and meetups around Product Design and Figma for over 600 unique attendees since May 2021. • Developed and led introductory in-person workshops for Figma for 60+ university students. • Facilitating weekly volunteer meetings around three key aspects of the community: events, Dogma (our blog) and communications • In charge of recruitment for new volunteers (If interested, hit me up!)
  • Frubana
    Jr. UX Designer
    Frubana
    Jul 2020 - Sep 2021 (1 year 3 months)
    UX / UI designer for the Growth area, mainly in charge of redesigning existing features and designing new features focused on improving the shopping experience and the acquisition of new customers. In addition to the design and construction of 10+ web pages for different purposes in the area.
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    Freelance UX / UI Designer
    Tru
    Jul 2020 - Aug 2020 (2 months)
    UX UI Design for two Blockchain-based apps: a DeFi trading app and an Identity Wallet.
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    UX/UI Designer
    Tru
    Jun 2020 - Aug 2020 (3 months)
    UX/UI Designer in the creation of two Web3 products. A basic trading App based on ETH and a digital identity wallet for a government office.
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    Exchange Student, Design & Visual Arts
    The Australian National University
    Jan 2019
  • Universidad de los Andes
    Diseñador, Diseño y comunicación visual, general
    Universidad de los Andes
    Jan 2015 - Jan 2020 (5 years 1 month)
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      Premio Andrés Bello a la Excelencia Académica
      Iberuly Ddet República de Colombia Ministerio de Educación Nacional Corporación Universitaria de Investigación y Desarrollo UDI
      Dec 2015
      Awarded the Andrés Bello Prize for achieving one of the top 50 scores nationwide in the ICFES state exam.
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      100,000 Strong in the Americas Scholarship
      Economics Department, Universidad de los Andes
      Nov 2019
      Recipient of a scholarship for a Research Internship in the Computational Media department at the University of California, Santa Cruz, during the first quarter of 2020.