Ivan Balado

Product Manager

A Coruña, Galicia, Spain6 yrs 6 mos experience

Highly StableAI Enabled

Key Highlights

Designed 15+ Web3 products with user-friendly interfaces.
Grew a design community to over 21K followers.
Led B2C product design focusing on trust and conversion.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Product Designer specializing in Web3 and B2C UX.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product DesignWeb3 / Crypto UxContent StrategyAudience GrowthUxDesign ManagementWordpressUser-centered DesignGraphic Design

Other Skills

Design SystemsFigmashadcnCross-functional CollaborationCopywritingDigital Product LaunchCreator PartnershipsResearch MethodsPrototypingAccessibilitySEOProblem SolvingBrand IdentityClient ManagementCommunication

About

I help founders go from idea to shipped product in 4-6 weeks. 🔁 No 3-month design cycles. 🤚 No 12-person teams. 🖥 No agency overhead. Just one design + build partner who has done this before and ships. Hi, I'm Iván. a product designer and builder specialize in early-stage startups that need to launch fast and look serious doing it. Most start ups I meet have the same problem: - They raised. The clock is ticking. - Hiring a full design team takes months. - Big agencies are slow, expensive, and treat them like project #47. - Freelancers ghost or deliver Figma files no one can build from. We pick the right tools for each project, not the trendy ones. We move fast because we've done this before, not because we cut corners. And we hand you a live product, not a deck. What I do: ✦ Product design (UX + UI) end-to-end. ✦ Landing pages and websites that convert (Framer) ✦ MVPs and prototypes for fundraising ✦ Design systems that survive your next 10 hires ✦ AI-powered workflows for product teams Who I work with: - Funded early-stage startups (pre-seed / seed) shipping their first serious product. - Existing companies with a product that needs a real redesign, not a facelift. How to work with me: our official website. ────────── Background: 5+ years designing product for startups and tech companies. Based in Spain, working with founders globally. Bilingual ES/EN. Galician too, if that matters to you.

Experience

6 yrs 6 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 9 mos

Average Tenure

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Current Experience

Metlabs

Product designer

Feb 2024 – May 2026 · 2 yrs 3 mos · La Coruña y alrededores · Remote

Joined as product designer at a Web3 studio building crypto-native
products for token projects, presales, and tokenization platforms.
Designed 15+ shipped products across the Web3 stack:
→ Tokenization platforms, interfaces that turn complex on-chain
mechanics (smart contracts, custody, distribution) into flows real
users can navigate.
→ Crypto presale platforms, high-stakes UX where trust, clarity, and
conversion matter more than aesthetics.
→ Investor decks and sales materials for token launches and
fundraising rounds.
→ Web3 dashboards and wallet-connected applications.
How I worked:
→ Embedded with a 15+ person cross-functional team engineers, PMs,
founders, marketing across multiple concurrent projects.
→ Worked within Metlabs' internal design system and integrated shadcn
components to ship faster without sacrificing consistency.
→ Translated technical Web3 concepts (gas, signing, bridges, vesting,
staking) into interfaces non-crypto-native users could actually use.
→ Owned design end-to-end on most projects: from briefing through
shipped product.
This is where I learned to ship fast under real constraints.
Stack: Product Design · Web3 / Crypto UX · Design Systems · Figma ·
shadcn · Cross-functional Collaboration

Product DesignWeb3 / Crypto UXDesign SystemsFigmashadcnCross-functional Collaboration

Tiktok

Creador de contenido

Sep 2023 – Mar 2026 · 2 yrs 6 mos · remota · Remote

Built and grew The Creative Pill from zero to a 21,000+ community of
designers across TikTok, LinkedIn, and newsletter.
The thesis was simple: most design education online is either too
theoretical or too tool-obsessed. The Creative Pill bridged the gap
with practical, applied content for UX/UI designers shipping real work.
What I built:
→ Grew the audience to 21K+ followers across platforms through
consistent, high-signal content no growth hacks, no engagement
pods, just craft.
→ Designed, wrote, and produced 100+ original pieces covering UX/UI,
design tools, AI workflows, and creative process.
→ Launched and sold my own digital products (templates, guides, and
educational resources) directly to the community.
→ Partnered with leading brands in the design space like Pantone, Wix
Studio, CapCut, Uxcel, and Framer on sponsored content and
educational collaborations.
→ Built a personal brand strong enough to be approached by global
design tools as a creator partner.
Why this matters now:
Running The Creative Pill taught me how to communicate product value
clearly, position a brand, and convert attention into revenue.
Stack: Brand Building · Content Strategy · Audience Growth ·
Copywriting · Digital Product Launch · Creator Partnerships

UXContent StrategyAudience GrowthCopywritingDigital Product LaunchCreator Partnerships

Neoland

Diseñador UX-UI

Sep 2023 – Dec 2023 · 3 mos · Provincia de Madrid · Remote

Proyectos UX/UI de principio a fin, gestión de sistemas de diseño, aplicaciones nativas y UX research

UXDesign ManagementResearch MethodsPrototypingAccessibility

40funnels

Wordpress developer

Jul 2023 – Jul 2023 · 0 mo · La Coruña · Remote

Desarrollo de páginas web en wordpress

SEOWordPressUser-Centered DesignProblem Solving

Rodamen, desarrollos informáticos, s.l

Graphic design & UX/UI

Jan 2021 – Jul 2023 · 2 yrs 6 mos · La Coruña, Galicia

Led design at a software development agency delivering custom products
for B2C startups and established companies primarily in the insurance,
rental, and on-demand services space.
What I worked on:
→ Designed 6+ shipped products across native mobile apps, web
applications, and marketing sites, several reaching tens of thousands
of users in production.
→ Took ownership of UX/UI end-to-end on high-stakes B2C products where
trust, conversion, and clarity were non-negotiable (insurance flows,
rental marketplaces, renting platforms).
→ Built brand identities and visual systems for clients launching new
products or evolving existing ones.
→ Worked side-by-side with engineering throughout the full product
lifecycle from kickoff briefings to handoff and post-launch
iterations.
→ Operated under real production constraints: tight budgets, real
deadlines, real users, real consequences.
This is where I learned what most designers don't get to learn until
much later: how to make design decisions that survive contact with
engineering, business, and end users.
Stack: Product Design · Brand Identity · UX/UI · Native Mobile Design ·
B2C Product · Client Management

Graphic DesignUXBrand IdentityClient Management

Freelance

2 roles

Filmaker

Jan 2020 – Nov 2022 · 2 yrs 10 mos · Galicia / Galiza, España

Ideación, planificación y grabación de productos audiovisuales profesionales.

CommunicationDesign Tools

Diseñador gráfico

Apr 2019 – Feb 2020 · 10 mos · Remote

Branding | Diseño web

Graphic DesignCommunication

Education

Memorisely

AI Coding — Development

Feb 2026 – Apr 2026

NEOLAND

Bootcamp — UX-UI

Sep 2023 – Jan 2024

Platzi

Product design — UX/UI

Oct 2021 – Dec 2022

Escola de Arte e Superior de Deseño Pablo Picasso

Diseño gráfico — Diseño Gráfico

Jan 2017 – Jan 2021

Evolve

Evolve into e-commerce — Comercio electrónico

Feb 2020 – Jun 2020

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