Sebastian García

Sebastian García

Product Designer in Victoria, BC - Canada

About

I'm Head of Design at 'tyba por Credicorp Capital', the largest financial group in LATAM.

I enjoy transform complex problems into simple, valuable solutions. High-quality craft, and share what I learn along the way.

2021
pc Factory, The biggest tech ecommerce in Chile at Modyo
2020
The new way of the healthcare in Colombia at National Clinics

Work Experience

2024 — Now
  • Execution of role transition plan from UX/UI to Product Designer.

  • Management and implementation of the new Design System (GEMA), hand in hand with the technology team.

  • Preparation of Career Path for team roles.

  • Implementation of a new role within the structure, Product Designer (Design System), allowing scalability and maintenance of the product.

  • Increasing the design team capacity in 23% with the same team.

2023 — 2024
  • Creation of the new version of the homepage of the Propiedades.com marketplace that Habi has in Mexico, increasing conversion by 22%.

  • Development of a loyalty plan for users through qualitative and quantitative research, resulting in the gamification of the product.

  • Improvement in the conversion funnel of property publication, identifying quick wins that increased the conversion rate by 7%.

2022 — 2023
Remote
  • Leader of the creation of the new version of the platform's homepage, increasing by 140% the diversification of products in users and achieving a 2.8X increase in final product conversion.
  • Improvement in the fund creation flow, increasing the final cash-in of the product by up to 50%.
  • Transversal work on the platform, with an impact on initiatives in Colombia, Peru and Chile.
  • Research for each of the initiatives, managing to capture early feedback.
  • Strategic decision making with the stakeholders.
  • Generation of the new web portal channel for the product of international stocks.
  • Direct communication with development teams, QA, SH.
2021 — 2022
Remote
  • Active participation in decision-making in the discovery process with the stakeholders.
  • Conducted user research, created personas, journey maps, cardsorting, wireframes, high fidelity prototypes, visual designs, and user tests.
  • Creation of design systems that ensure a scalable project.
  • Leader of UX/UI designers cluster in order to guarantee quality on delivery process with clients and support the career plan on the company.
  • Reduced customer support dependency for new members by 40% in SURA Fiduciary.
2019 — 2021
Remote
  • Design leader
  • Increased user satisfaction by 75% in Steward Colombia by redesigning the platform experience.
  • Work closely with developers and CTO to enhance product features and achieve business goals.
  • User research, UX flows, wireframes, interaction design, interactive prototypes.

Education

2018 — 2018
Diploma of Digital Communication at Politécnico Grancolombiano
Bogotá, Colombia
2016 — 2018
Bachelor of Graphic Design at Politécnico Grancolombiano
Bogotá, Colombia
2013 — 2018
Bachelor of Audiovisual Media at Politécnico Grancolombiano
Bogotá, Colombia

Contact

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