Curro Cejudo

Product Design Manager & Design Ops Manager

currocejudo.com

About

Hi, I’m Curro!

I'm a product-passionate person.

I help build high-performing design teams and digital products, that aim to solve real problems with simple solutions.

Work Experience

2023 — Now

Product Design Manager at TUI Group

Location, USA

  • Devised and executed a comprehensive UX strategy that significantly streamlined design processes to increase team efficiency, in order to reduce project timelines.
  • Collaborated closely with cross-functional teams to ensure the integration of UX principles throughout the entire product development lifecycle, for a seamless and user-centered design experience.
  • Mentored and coached both mid-weighted and senior UX team members, fostering a collaborative and growth-oriented environment that resulted in enhanced skill development and career progression.

2022 — 2023

Product Design Manager at IOV Labs / Taringa!

Madrid

  • Developed a comprehensive UX strategy that streamlined design processes, resulting in a 35% reduction in project timelines and a 20% increase in team efficiency.
  • Helped conducted extensive user research, including interviews, surveys, and usability testing, to gather valuable insights that informed data-driven design decisions.
  • Collaborated closely with cross-functional teams, including product managers, engineers, and marketing specialists, to ensure a seamless integration of UX principles throughout the entire product development lifecycle.
  • Mentored and coached junior UX team members, fostering a collaborative and growth-oriented environment that promoted skill development and career progression.
  • Implemented quantitative and qualitative metrics to measure the success of UX initiatives, leading to an average result of 85% in user satisfaction scores
  • Established a consistent design language by creating and maintaining a comprehensive design system, which facilitated a cohesive user experience across all digital platforms.
  • Presented UX results and recommendations to stakeholders, effectively communicating the value of user-centered design and securing buy-in for proposed design solutions.

2020 — 2022

Product & Design Manager. Design Ops Manager at MYMOID

Madrid

  • Executed and defined the process of research, discovery, ideation and prioritization of improvements of the company's products (gateway, payment management tools and analysis panel)
  • Maintained and improved the products to guarantee the delivery of value in each phase of the user journey
  • Helped to define the value proposition and planned quarterly and yearly roadmaps and objectives, and its communication to customers, suppliers and stakeholders
  • Evangelized the product and the vision of the company among clients, stakeholders and collaborators
  • As a Product Owner, I coordinated and helped, along with the team, to define and refine user stories according to Agile and Lean UX best practices
  • As Marketing Product Manager, I was in charge of defining product differentiation, sales arguments and coordinating content and marketing campaigns
  • As Design Operations Manager, defined, created and documented the workflows, toolset, budgets and measurement for an end-to-end product design process
  • Promoted the improvement of the UX and the design system of the visual interfaces of the products, focused on CRO

2019 — 2020

UX Team Lead, Design Ops at Indra

Madrid

  • Helped improve the e-commerce, checkout process and back office management for public transportation services and to boost productivity through its UX
  • Coordinated a UX team within transportation division, leading projects for major clients such Metro and Renfe
  • As UX lead and DesignOps, started to set the methodologies, processes, toolset and design system for the whole transportation division along with the UX Manager and a team of 12 multidisciplinary designers

2018 — 2019

Lead Experience Designer at Lastminute Group

Madrid

  • Improved the way users search and filter results at flight & hotels offers page
  • Helped to optimize the CR at key stages in the funnel
  • Contributed to refine UX patterns, microinteractions and information architecture for the team
  • Managed the transitions at Home, Marketing and SEO pages to new design system and CMS platform

2018

Product Design Lead at Torrot EU

Madrid

  • Helped to define new business models and product insights, and collaborating from research, functional definition and visual design to build up new features for both user's mobile apps (B2C) and backend control panel (B2B).

2017 — 2018

Lead UX/UI Designer at BABEL IT

Madrid

  • Led and executed several UX and UI projects, including banking (Attijariwafa Bank), public administration (Social Security) and energy (Iberdrola); for mobile and web products, from research to delivery to developers
  • Assisted the team manager in estimating and planning projects, and assuming responsibilities in their execution.
  • Guided and managed juniors and interns to embrace the methodology and fundamentals of UX

2014 — 2017

Visual & Product Designer at MYMOID

Madrid

  • Helped to update and redefine the UX and UI of the mobile white-label wallet product, for Correos and MediaMarkt business
  • Defined and designed a complete B2B payment management platform, from functional definition to user flows and design system
  • Collaborated with Product Manager and Product Marketing Manager to find the product market fit and plan product evolutions

2013 — 2017

Freelance On/Off Design Specialist, Product Designer, Design Strategist

Seville/Madrid

  • Multitask digital creative, web+ux+graphic designer, copywriter, brand consultant and communication strategist. Made short –B2B & B2C communication problems solver.
  • Web and graphic designer, marketing strategist, and brand consulter
  • Product, UX and UI designer for web and mobile apps

1999 — 2013

Advertising Creative, Creative Director and On/Off Art Director at Vrifrán Publicidad

Huelva

  • All-purpose advertising creative: copywriter, graphic design, web UI designer. Art Director and Creative Director to up to 5 team members.
  • Creative management and execution of marketing, advertising and branding strategies
  • Managed a +5 members multidisciplinary creative team, and reported to CEO
  • Collaboration in sales activities and strategy and production/traffic processes
  • Performed thorough field research, leading to more effective advertisement strategies
  • Applied effective management strategies to achieve team success
  • Worked to attract and retain consumers
  • Developed thoughtful strategies that supported sales plans
  • Brought forth an energetic attitude and a committment to teamwork

Education

2023 — 2024

Master’s in Digital Product Management

IEBS, online

2015

Postgraduate in UX Design

UOC, online

2012 — 2013

Professional Course Social Media Management

Deusto Formación, online

2008 — 2009

Master’s in Marketing and Communication

IDE-CESEM, online

1998 — 1999

Educational Competence Certificate

Universidad de Sevilla, Seville

1994 — 1998

Bachelor’s in Advertising and Public Relations

Universidad de Sevilla, Seville

Curro Cejudo

Product Design Manager & Design Ops Manager

currocejudo.com

About

Hi, I’m Curro!

I'm a product-passionate person.

I help build high-performing design teams and digital products, that aim to solve real problems with simple solutions.

Work Experience

2023 — Now

Product Design Manager at TUI Group

Location, USA

  • Devised and executed a comprehensive UX strategy that significantly streamlined design processes to increase team efficiency, in order to reduce project timelines.
  • Collaborated closely with cross-functional teams to ensure the integration of UX principles throughout the entire product development lifecycle, for a seamless and user-centered design experience.
  • Mentored and coached both mid-weighted and senior UX team members, fostering a collaborative and growth-oriented environment that resulted in enhanced skill development and career progression.

2022 — 2023

Product Design Manager at IOV Labs / Taringa!

Madrid

  • Developed a comprehensive UX strategy that streamlined design processes, resulting in a 35% reduction in project timelines and a 20% increase in team efficiency.
  • Helped conducted extensive user research, including interviews, surveys, and usability testing, to gather valuable insights that informed data-driven design decisions.
  • Collaborated closely with cross-functional teams, including product managers, engineers, and marketing specialists, to ensure a seamless integration of UX principles throughout the entire product development lifecycle.
  • Mentored and coached junior UX team members, fostering a collaborative and growth-oriented environment that promoted skill development and career progression.
  • Implemented quantitative and qualitative metrics to measure the success of UX initiatives, leading to an average result of 85% in user satisfaction scores
  • Established a consistent design language by creating and maintaining a comprehensive design system, which facilitated a cohesive user experience across all digital platforms.
  • Presented UX results and recommendations to stakeholders, effectively communicating the value of user-centered design and securing buy-in for proposed design solutions.

2020 — 2022

Product & Design Manager. Design Ops Manager at MYMOID

Madrid

  • Executed and defined the process of research, discovery, ideation and prioritization of improvements of the company's products (gateway, payment management tools and analysis panel)
  • Maintained and improved the products to guarantee the delivery of value in each phase of the user journey
  • Helped to define the value proposition and planned quarterly and yearly roadmaps and objectives, and its communication to customers, suppliers and stakeholders
  • Evangelized the product and the vision of the company among clients, stakeholders and collaborators
  • As a Product Owner, I coordinated and helped, along with the team, to define and refine user stories according to Agile and Lean UX best practices
  • As Marketing Product Manager, I was in charge of defining product differentiation, sales arguments and coordinating content and marketing campaigns
  • As Design Operations Manager, defined, created and documented the workflows, toolset, budgets and measurement for an end-to-end product design process
  • Promoted the improvement of the UX and the design system of the visual interfaces of the products, focused on CRO

2019 — 2020

UX Team Lead, Design Ops at Indra

Madrid

  • Helped improve the e-commerce, checkout process and back office management for public transportation services and to boost productivity through its UX
  • Coordinated a UX team within transportation division, leading projects for major clients such Metro and Renfe
  • As UX lead and DesignOps, started to set the methodologies, processes, toolset and design system for the whole transportation division along with the UX Manager and a team of 12 multidisciplinary designers

2018 — 2019

Lead Experience Designer at Lastminute Group

Madrid

  • Improved the way users search and filter results at flight & hotels offers page
  • Helped to optimize the CR at key stages in the funnel
  • Contributed to refine UX patterns, microinteractions and information architecture for the team
  • Managed the transitions at Home, Marketing and SEO pages to new design system and CMS platform

2018

Product Design Lead at Torrot EU

Madrid

  • Helped to define new business models and product insights, and collaborating from research, functional definition and visual design to build up new features for both user's mobile apps (B2C) and backend control panel (B2B).

2017 — 2018

Lead UX/UI Designer at BABEL IT

Madrid

  • Led and executed several UX and UI projects, including banking (Attijariwafa Bank), public administration (Social Security) and energy (Iberdrola); for mobile and web products, from research to delivery to developers
  • Assisted the team manager in estimating and planning projects, and assuming responsibilities in their execution.
  • Guided and managed juniors and interns to embrace the methodology and fundamentals of UX

2014 — 2017

Visual & Product Designer at MYMOID

Madrid

  • Helped to update and redefine the UX and UI of the mobile white-label wallet product, for Correos and MediaMarkt business
  • Defined and designed a complete B2B payment management platform, from functional definition to user flows and design system
  • Collaborated with Product Manager and Product Marketing Manager to find the product market fit and plan product evolutions

2013 — 2017

Freelance On/Off Design Specialist, Product Designer, Design Strategist

Seville/Madrid

  • Multitask digital creative, web+ux+graphic designer, copywriter, brand consultant and communication strategist. Made short –B2B & B2C communication problems solver.
  • Web and graphic designer, marketing strategist, and brand consulter
  • Product, UX and UI designer for web and mobile apps

1999 — 2013

Advertising Creative, Creative Director and On/Off Art Director at Vrifrán Publicidad

Huelva

  • All-purpose advertising creative: copywriter, graphic design, web UI designer. Art Director and Creative Director to up to 5 team members.
  • Creative management and execution of marketing, advertising and branding strategies
  • Managed a +5 members multidisciplinary creative team, and reported to CEO
  • Collaboration in sales activities and strategy and production/traffic processes
  • Performed thorough field research, leading to more effective advertisement strategies
  • Applied effective management strategies to achieve team success
  • Worked to attract and retain consumers
  • Developed thoughtful strategies that supported sales plans
  • Brought forth an energetic attitude and a committment to teamwork

Education

2023 — 2024

Master’s in Digital Product Management

IEBS, online

2015

Postgraduate in UX Design

UOC, online

2012 — 2013

Professional Course Social Media Management

Deusto Formación, online

2008 — 2009

Master’s in Marketing and Communication

IDE-CESEM, online

1998 — 1999

Educational Competence Certificate

Universidad de Sevilla, Seville

1994 — 1998

Bachelor’s in Advertising and Public Relations

Universidad de Sevilla, Seville

Curro Cejudo

Product Design Manager & Design Ops Manager

currocejudo.com

About

Hi, I’m Curro!

I'm a product-passionate person. I help build high-performing design teams and digital products, that aim to solve real problems with simple solutions.

Work Experience

2023 — Now

Product Design Manager at TUI Group

Madrid

  • Devised and executed a comprehensive UX strategy that significantly streamlined design processes to increase team efficiency, in order to reduce project timelines.
  • Collaborated closely with cross-functional teams to ensure the integration of UX principles throughout the entire product development lifecycle, for a seamless and user-centered design experience.
  • Mentored and coached both mid-weighted and senior UX team members, fostering a collaborative and growth-oriented environment that resulted in enhanced skill development and career progression.

2022 — 2023

Product Design Manager at IOV Labs / Taringa!

Madrid

  • Developed a comprehensive UX strategy that streamlined design processes, resulting in a 35% reduction in project timelines and a 20% increase in team efficiency.
  • Helped conducted extensive user research, including interviews, surveys, and usability testing, to gather valuable insights that informed data-driven design decisions.
  • Collaborated closely with cross-functional teams, including product managers, engineers, and marketing specialists, to ensure a seamless integration of UX principles throughout the entire product development lifecycle.
  • Mentored and coached junior UX team members, fostering a collaborative and growth-oriented environment that promoted skill development and career progression.
  • Implemented quantitative and qualitative metrics to measure the success of UX initiatives, leading to an average result of 85% in user satisfaction scores
  • Established a consistent design language by creating and maintaining a comprehensive design system, which facilitated a cohesive user experience across all digital platforms.
  • Presented UX results and recommendations to stakeholders, effectively communicating the value of user-centered design and securing buy-in for proposed design solutions.

2020 — 2022

Product & Design Manager. Design Ops Manager at MYMOID

Madrid

  • Executed and defined the process of research, discovery, ideation and prioritization of improvements of the company's products (gateway, payment management tools and analysis panel)
  • Maintained and improved the products to guarantee the delivery of value in each phase of the user journey
  • Helped to define the value proposition and planned quarterly and yearly roadmaps and objectives, and its communication to customers, suppliers and stakeholders
  • Evangelized the product and the vision of the company among clients, stakeholders and collaborators
  • As a Product Owner, I coordinated and helped, along with the team, to define and refine user stories according to Agile and Lean UX best practices
  • As Marketing Product Manager, I was in charge of defining product differentiation, sales arguments and coordinating content and marketing campaigns
  • As Design Operations Manager, defined, created and documented the workflows, toolset, budgets and measurement for an end-to-end product design process
  • Promoted the improvement of the UX and the design system of the visual interfaces of the products, focused on CRO

2019 — 2020

UX Team Lead, Design Ops at Indra

Madrid

  • Helped improve the e-commerce, checkout process and back office management for public transportation services and to boost productivity through its UX
  • Coordinated a UX team within transportation division, leading projects for major clients such Metro and Renfe
  • As UX lead and DesignOps, started to set the methodologies, processes, toolset and design system for the whole transportation division along with the UX Manager and a team of 12 multidisciplinary designers

2018 — 2019

Lead Experience Designer at Lastminute Group

Madrid

  • Improved the way users search and filter results at flight & hotels offers page
  • Helped to optimize the CR at key stages in the funnel
  • Contributed to refine UX patterns, microinteractions and information architecture for the team
  • Managed the transitions at Home, Marketing and SEO pages to new design system and CMS platform

2018

Product Design Lead at Torrot EU

Madrid

  • Helped to define new business models and product insights, and collaborating from research, functional definition and visual design to build up new features for both user's mobile apps (B2C) and backend control panel (B2B).

2017 — 2018

Lead UX/UI Designer at BABEL IT

Madrid

  • Led and executed several UX and UI projects, including banking (Attijariwafa Bank), public administration (Social Security) and energy (Iberdrola); for mobile and web products, from research to delivery to developers
  • Assisted the team manager in estimating and planning projects, and assuming responsibilities in their execution.
  • Guided and managed juniors and interns to embrace the methodology and fundamentals of UX

2014 — 2017

Visual & Product Designer at MYMOID

Madrid

  • Helped to update and redefine the UX and UI of the mobile white-label wallet product, for Correos and MediaMarkt business
  • Defined and designed a complete B2B payment management platform, from functional definition to user flows and design system
  • Collaborated with Product Manager and Product Marketing Manager to find the product market fit and plan product evolutions

2013 — 2017

Freelance On/Off Design Specialist, Product Designer, Design Strategist

Seville/Madrid

  • Multitask digital creative, web+ux+graphic designer, copywriter, brand consultant and communication strategist. Made short –B2B & B2C communication problems solver.
  • Web and graphic designer, marketing strategist, and brand consulter
  • Product, UX and UI designer for web and mobile apps

1999 — 2013

Advertising Creative, Creative Director and On/Off Art Director at Vrifrán Publicidad

Huelva

  • All-purpose advertising creative: copywriter, graphic design, web UI designer. Art Director and Creative Director to up to 5 team members.
  • Creative management and execution of marketing, advertising and branding strategies
  • Managed a +5 members multidisciplinary creative team, and reported to CEO
  • Collaboration in sales activities and strategy and production/traffic processes
  • Performed thorough field research, leading to more effective advertisement strategies
  • Applied effective management strategies to achieve team success
  • Worked to attract and retain consumers
  • Developed thoughtful strategies that supported sales plans
  • Brought forth an energetic attitude and a committment to teamwork

Education

2012 — 2013

2008 — 2009

1998 — 1999

Educational Competence Certificate

Universidad de Sevilla, Seville

1994 — 1998