Wiki Chaves

Product Designer

18 yrs 8 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Over 20 years of experience in Product Design.
  • Worked with top tech companies like Netflix and Airbnb.
  • Expert in transforming concepts into impactful products.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Product Designer with extensive experience in SaaS and Fintech industries.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product DesignSystems Design

Other Skills

Product MarketingFigma (Software)WireframingPrototypingUX ResearchA/B TestingTeam BuildingWeb DesignUser ExperienceInteraction DesignGraphic DesignMobile ApplicationsGraphicsWeb DevelopmentUser Interface

About

With more than two decades of experience as a Product Designer, my recent years have been dedicated to contributing my skills to renowned tech companies such as Netflix, Airbnb, Meta and Xapo. My passion lies in transforming concepts into tangible, impactful products, driving my excitement and inspiration in the dynamic realm of design.

Experience

18 yrs 8 mos
Total Experience
1 yr 5 mos
Average Tenure
3 yrs 11 mos
Current Experience

Meta

Product Designer

Dec 2023Mar 2024 · 3 mos · Remote

  • During my contract, I worked in the Geodesic Team, the Design System for Monetization Products helping the team create new patterns and templates for Ads Manager.

Wiki chaves design

Product Designer

Jul 2022Present · 3 yrs 11 mos

  • For the last three years, I've bee working for clients as a contractor and advisor.
  • · I teamed up with Possible Finance to make their Card product even better.
  • · I helped Microverse design a landing page for a brand-new product, Leap.
  • · I worked with Meetverse IA to create a vision for his new product that would attract investors and talented people.
  • · I collaborated with Kindred on several product initiatives, including redesigning their Browse Page.
  • · I worked with Pachama to redesign their homepage and update their Design System.
Product DesignSystems DesignProduct MarketingFigma (Software)

Netflix

2 roles

System Designer

Jan 2021Jun 2022 · 1 yr 5 mos

  • While at Netflix, I mostly worked on creating, extending, and maintaining components for Hawkins Professional, the Design System used to develop internal tools at Netflix.
Product DesignSystems DesignFigma (Software)

System Designer

Jun 2020Jan 2021 · 7 mos

Product DesignSystems DesignFigma (Software)

Airbnb

3 roles

Experience Designer

Aug 2019Nov 2019 · 3 mos · Remote

  • I've worked on a project at Airbnb's Human team. Our team's mission is to connect refugees, disaster evacuees, and medical patients with free, temporary housing through Airbnb.
Product DesignFigma (Software)WireframingPrototypingUX Research

Experience Designer

Jan 2017Mar 2018 · 1 yr 2 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

  • During my time at Airbnb, I worked on the Search/Decide team and partnered with Design Language System (DLS) team. My goal was to help guests make better decisions during the search for a home process.
  • I specifically worked on:
  • Homes search results cards merchandising and design system
  • Product detail page (PDP) optimization
  • Urgency and commitment messages
  • I was a Design Ambassador, connecting Product Designers with the Design System team to gather and share product context.
Product DesignWireframingPrototypingUX ResearchA/B Testing

Experience Designer

Sep 2016Jan 2017 · 4 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

  • During this time I worked on projects for Pricing, Trust and Search teams

Aerolab

Partner

May 2015Oct 2016 · 1 yr 5 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Aerolab is a digital agency that creates products for startups and leading brands.
  • As a partner, I had the responsibility to open San Francisco office and bring new leads from the Bay Area. I was also involved in the whole design and development process, and finally shipping the product live to the market.
  • During my stay, I worked with an amazing team of nearly 40 digital craftspeople, from designers to full-stack developers designing and developing digital products for small startups and tech companies from the Bay Area.

Xapo

Head Of Design

Apr 2014Oct 2015 · 1 yr 6 mos · Palo Alto, California

  • As head of Product Design at Xapo, a bitcoin wallet. I started with the company and built a team of world class designers. I managed product, design and product marketing.

Lifelock

Head Of Design

Dec 2013Apr 2014 · 4 mos · San Francisco

  • At LifeLock I helped to transition the product from the old Lemon brand over to the LifeLock look and feel. I also collaborated with my experience and findings converting free users into LifeLock paid subscription.

Lemon wallet

Head Of Design

May 2011Dec 2013 · 2 yrs 7 mos · Palo Alto, California

  • In May 2011, Wences Casares recruited me to join his new startup. At that time, we had no name or even a product, but we knew we wanted to do something related with finance and mobile. I packed my bags and moved to Palo Alto.
  • During the following 2 1/2 years, I worked closely with the marketing team to build and develop the brand and identity, with the product team to think up and design new products and features, and with the engineering team to develop them.
  • In December 2013, Lemon Wallet was acquired by LifeLock.

Qualia interactive

Art Director

May 2009Jul 2010 · 1 yr 2 mos · Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina

  • In Qualia Interactive (aka Octopus) I took both Art Director and Project Manager roles, in web projects. First, in the creative and design process, time/budget estimation, planning the project and coordinating the production.
  • Accounts: Rexona (Ponce) , Cadbury (Del Campo)

Almactiva

Art Director

Jul 2008Apr 2009 · 9 mos · Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina

  • Art Director at Almactiva, interactive agency.
  • Accounts: Volkswagen, Nickelodeon, L'Oréal, Clarín.

Insite latin america

Art Director

Mar 2008Jun 2008 · 3 mos · Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina

  • Insite, is an Interactive Agency which works for clients like Hewlett Packard, Procter & Gamble, Intel, and so on. My work, as a Creative Designer, consisted on thinking new ideas to be implemented on web-based campaigns.

Lenovo

Design Lead

Jul 2006Feb 2008 · 1 yr 7 mos · Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina

  • In Lenovo I started working as a Multimedia / Web Designer and ended leading the Design Team (group of 6 designers) working for lenovo.com. We did promotional homepage graphic spots, web maintenance, flash banners, e-mail marketing and newsletters for clients from US, Canada and Latin America. We also collaborated with the Web Design and User Experience Team based in Raleigh, USA.

Kergroup

Web Designer

Jun 2005Dec 2005 · 6 mos · Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina

  • I did Flash webpages for small business and comunication pieces, newsletters and interactive presentations for DHL and Blockbuster.

Northlands school

Multimedia Designer

Aug 2002Feb 2005 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina

  • Multimedia and Web Designer: Photography, filming and video editing.
  • Teacher: Photoshop, Flash MX y traditional animation techniques (Stop Motion).

Education

University of Buenos Aires

Postgrade — Digital Design

Jan 2005Jan 2006

University of Buenos Aires

Image and Sound Designer — Multimedia Design

Jan 1999Jan 2003

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