Gabirel Ezcurra Taiganides

Gabirel Ezcurra Taiganides

Product Designer in NYC

About

I’m a tri-lingual and tri-cultural designer with a deep interest in contributing to meaningful experiences in and beyond the digital realm. As a T-shaped designer, I am constantly using different skills to create easy to understand and long-lasting solutions.

Work Experience

2018 — Now

Our core powerhouse duo performs on just about all design fronts. We love working with good people on meaningful projects. We believe in the importance of relentless tinkering, cultural fusion, depth of message and blending strategy with emotion. With intertwining skills and complimentary approaches we provide perfectly balanced and striking solutions.

2023 — 2023
Remote
  • Reworked 5+ integral platform features which were then validated through user tests.

  • Contributed to a internal design library for more efficient team collaboration.

  • Redesigned the client signup funnel and saw a 1.5% increase in client bookings.

2021 — 2022
Remote
  • Created and managed the design system to improve collaboration between engineering, product, and design.

  • Established processes for operations including design library creation, version control, design feedback structure, and developer handoff.

  • Built high fidelity, animated prototypes for user testing, presenting to stakeholders, and sharing with developers.

2021 — 2022
Remote
  • Designed and developed a custom website the FIB SEM user group.

  • Worked with NIST to provide design direction, branded assets, pitch decks and other client collateral.

2020 — 2022
Remote

Worked on several projects for clients such as AARP, Leading Age, and PBS.

2020 — 2021
Remote
  • Led the rebrand of Rize and created brand guidelines to accompany this shift.

  • Redesigned the marketing website with new animated visuals.

  • Created and distributed an assortment of branded templates and other assets.

  • Was the go-to person for any branded materials that were client facing (social media assets, merch, expo collateral, etc).

2019 — 2020
Washington DC
  • Created custom and easily editable pitch decks.

  • Designed various consumer reports and collateral for conferences.

  • Built complex data visualizations to increase stakeholder engagement.

2019 — 2019
Boulder, CO
  • Led effort to create a design system to unify the design and engineering teams with
a single set of styles and components.

  • Compiled and managed the digital pattern library and brand guidelines.

  • Informed and validated design concepts by performing competitive analyses and conducting user tests.

  • Key contributor in accessibility testing sessions for web and mobile applications.

2018 — 2018
Boulder, CO
  • Designed and published custom websites for clients using different CMS platforms.

  • Worked with the creative team to provide design direction, branded assets, pitch decks and other client collateral.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering at University of Colorado
Boulder, CO

Major in Creative Technology and Design
Minor in Spanish and Engineering Management

Contact

Website
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