Elba Ornelas

Elba Ornelas

Product Design for health & care in Toronto, She/Her

About

Sr. Product Designer with +7 years of experience & accessibility design champion · wanna-be food tour guide & coffee taster

Awards

2020

This is a program that highlights impressive, up-and-coming UX design talent from around the world, people who are consistently challenging the limitations of the design profession despite being relatively early in their careers.
Picked by Jamie Myrold, Vice President of Design at Adobe; Joshua Seiden, Designer, Entrepreneur, and Co-Founder of IxDA; Fabricio Teixeira, Work & Co Design Director; Liz Danzico, Vice President of Design at NPR; and Khoi Vinh.

Contact

LinkedIn

Work Experience

2021 — Now
Product Designer at League
2017 — 2021
UX designer at Wizeline

Speaking

2021
Lo-fi prototyping for everyone at Technovation 2021
Remote

A close-up to prototyping experiences in low fidelity, to enable the right conversations towards product ideas. A hands on talk that covers the essentials of prototyping.

2021
Remote

Impostor syndrome affects all creatives around the world, no matter their role. In our time together, we will dive into the behind-the-scenes of impostor syndrome, what it is about, and what you can do about it. You'll leave the session with a ready-to-go plan for the next time that the impostor syndrome creeps in.

2019
Why we love the apps we love at Congreso Líderes
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

A brief introduction to user experience and why it matters today.

Writing

2019

A step-by-step guide to how I take notes, with examples and theory.

2019

A brief collection of things I learned when transitioning from an entry-level position, to a mid level position as UX Designer.

2018

The story behind my internship at Wizeline, what it taught me, and what I felt was next in my career as a UX designer.

Features

2021

An article on effective in-app surveys that make the most of user feedback, in collaboration with other peers from the design industry.

Volunteering

2018 — Now
Remote

Empowering women and underrepresented groups to grow in their careers, recognizing the current society's struggles that impose glass ceilings and impostor syndrome.

Side Projects

2018

Around thirteen liters of water produce one single tomato, and one slice of bread, needs up to 40 liters of water. It is urgent for us as species to be more mindful of the resources we consume - and badly exploit - to produce our food. Otherwise, we will run out pretty sooner than we thought. And not only how we produce it, but how little we care about what is wasted.

Pre-covid times, Wizeline, served catered meals in the main offices in Guadalajara and Mexico City. Each office tailors this perk according to the size and amount of employees. The main office in Guadalajara has been growing exponentially fast, and so as the food waste problem. It was only a matter of time for Mexico City office to suffer the same issues.