Designer
Product & Interaction Designer
I’m Luis Blanco, a Product Designer from Buenos Aires with a background in Graphic Design, Art Direction, and Illustration. Since 2018, I’ve focused on UX/UI and user-centered design for Web3, fintech, and emerging tech platforms. My experience spans a wide range of industries—data privacy, DeFi, crypto wallets, mental health, AR, and e-commerce—where I’ve contributed to product strategy, branding, and UI/UX across desktop and mobile platforms. Creativity is my superpower, and I bring energy, adaptability, and a competitive edge to every project. I’m also passionate about classic branding, having brought to life hundreds of identities for conferences, startups, and decentralized products. I’ve collaborated with teams at OnePlus, Decentraland, Element Finance, MediaMonks, MetaCartel DAO, and more, helping bring ideas to life through design thinking, rapid prototyping, and cross-functional teamwork.
Experience: 7 years
Yearly salary: $90,000
Hourly rate: $50
Nationality: 🇦🇷 Argentina
Residency: 🇦🇷 Argentina
Experience
Product Designer
Decentraland 2023 - 2025
Contributed to the UX/UI design of Decentraland across web, mobile, and client platforms—enhancing user journeys for the marketplace, events, onboarding, and avatar creation. Focused on simplifying complex interactions and improving accessibility, while collaborating with developers and PMs to build scalable design systems aligned with the platform's growth.
Product Designer
OpenDive 2021 - 2023
Led design for Kiyomi, an immersive NFT gaming wallet with AR capabilities. Owned the full product experience from ideation to launch—covering UX/UI, branding, web design, and go-to-market strategy. Collaborated with engineers and founders to develop a multi-chain interface (Solana & EVM), enabling real-world NFT display and DAO governance via AR. Also created pitch decks, event stands, and merchandise to support investor outreach.
Product Designer
Element Finance (DELV) 2021 - 2022
Platform Designer at Element Finance, leading UX/UI for the dApp and website to simplify fixed and variable yield strategies in DeFi. Helped shape the platform’s visual identity, NFT collections, and launch content—translating complex mechanics into accessible user experiences for both retail and institutional users.
Product Designer
Metacartel DAO 2020 - 2024
Product Designer at MetaCartel DAO, where I designed websites, web apps, and campaigns for events like MCON Denver 2021. Contributed to Web3 onboarding through user-centered design and participated in governance by voting on grant proposals and supporting community-driven projects.
Product Designer
Belo Cash 2020 - 2020
Product Designer at Belo during its early development, leading branding, logo, and end-to-end design for the crypto wallet app. Designed the core app, web platform, go-to-market campaign, and pitch deck—helping shape Belo into one of LATAM’s top wallets for saving and investing in digital assets.
Product Designer
Sigi App 2019 - 2021
Led end-to-end design for Sigi, a mental health platform that connects clients with therapists and streamlines care delivery. Created the full product ecosystem—branding, design system, and UX/UI for desktop and mobile—with features like video calls, therapist dashboards, patient profiles, chat, subscriptions, and onboarding flows.
Product Designer
Wibson 2019 - 2020
Product Strategist Advisor at Wibson, a data privacy manager focused on user data ownership. Contributed to the overall product experience and helped define key features to support privacy, control, and user empowerment.
Product Designer
Grandata 2019 - 2020
I supported business units in aligning their products with UX/UI best practices, ensuring consistency, usability, and accessibility across platforms. Collaborated across-functional teams designing workflows. Had the opportunity to work alongside and be mentored by experts from Y Combinator, gaining valuable insight into startup dynamics, product-market fit, and design-driven growth.
Product Designer
MediaMonks 2018 - 2019
Designed user-centered digital experiences for global brands including OPI, Starbucks, and Aeromexico. Collaborated with cross-functional teams to align product design with business goals and brand standards. Key responsibilities included user research (personas, qualitative/quantitative analysis), sitemap definition, design sprint facilitation, low-to-high fidelity prototyping, and accessibility testing. UX documentation to support implementation.
Product Designer
Snappy Commerce 2017 - 2019
Designed UX/UI for a SaaS platform that helps e-commerce businesses increase sales through AI-powered chatbots and conversational tools. Contributed to lead capture flows, real-time chat supervision, metrics dashboards, and knowledge base systems. Supported integration with platforms like Zendesk, with ongoing development toward WhatsApp Business and Facebook.
Graphic Designer - Product
ValueLink Corporation 2016 - 2017
Provided design, branding, and marketing support for e-commerce and software brands within Valuelink's Amazon-focused portfolio. Led rebranding and UX work for Dtas.com, including landing pages, sign-up flows, and support interfaces. For Lyps.com, acted as branding consultant and production advisor, overseeing visual strategy and product photography.
Graphic Designer - Art Direction
OnePlus 2016 - 2016
Art Director for OnePlus 3 Global Launch. Led creative execution for the international campaign across New York, London, Paris, and Berlin—covering digital ads, landing pages, billboards, social assets, and retail graphics. Developed the 360° Eurotour campaign, including vehicle wraps, newsletters, pop-up prints, and window displays. Also contributed to Dash Charge branding and teaser campaigns.
Graphic Designer - Art Director
Arrow A+P 2014 - 2015
Created traditional and digital content for major clients including Volkswagen, Philip Morris, and the Buenos Aires Government. Contributed to campaign production across print, web, and social media, supporting brand communication through strategic and visually engaging design.
Graphic Designer Contractor
Poincenot 2014 - 2014
Collaborated with Poincenot—specialists in user-centric, white-label FinTech solutions for digital banking and financial services—supporting both branding and product initiatives. Led the interior design of the company’s offices and contributed to the design of the first real-time trading mobile app in LATAM, helping accelerate digital business conversion in the financial sector.
Graphic Designer
Hormigas Group 2013 - 2014
Worked on digital and print content for clients like Banco Comafi, Cargill, and Canal 13. Designed assets for email campaigns, websites, banners, TV and public ads, merchandising, and event stands within a traditional marketing agency environment.
Skills
design
english