Javo Esquivel

Design Manager at Ria Money Transfer & Xe

Santiago, Chile

Introduced design crits, structured reviews, and 1:1s to raise the bar across the team. Leading the Xe consumer redesign with key stakeholders. Still contributing as an individual designer, managing the team doesn't mean stepping away from the work.

Advisory Council Member at Universidad Gabriela Mistral

Santiago, Chile · Remote

Member of the Advisory Council for Digital Programs at the Faculty of Architecture, Design and Digital Arts, shaping curriculum direction and bridging academia with industry best practices.

Product Designer II at Uber

Santiago, Chile

Designed a replacement flow for out-of-stock items during live orders, reducing friction on a path that affects millions of users daily. Designed live order editing with real-time state feedback and constraint handling. Worked closely with PMs and Engineers from early exploration through shipped detail.

Senior Product Designer at Ria Money Transfer

Santiago, Chile

Led migration to Shadcn UI + Tailwind with component documentation and interaction guidelines. Ran an in-person workshop in Denver to onboard stakeholders on the new system. Built collaboration workflows between Product, Engineering, and UX that didn't exist before.

Senior Product Designer at Fintual

Santiago, Chile

Redesigned onboarding so users could explore the product before registering, conversion went up, and the flow rolled out from Chile to Mexico. Redefined design tokens, principles, and documentation for the entire product. Improved the stock and share buying experience for Chile's leading investment platform.

Lead Product Designer at Xepelin

Santiago, Chile

Led the creation of RocketDS design system and redesigned the funding request flow, simplifying complex B2B financing processes while ensuring product consistency.

Head of UX at Orionx

Santiago, Chile

Redesigned brand and products to make crypto more accessible, launched Sirius UI Design System, and led the design team to ensure consistency across platforms.

Semi Senior UX Designer at Mercado Libre

Santiago, Chile

Improved the vehicle vertical in Brazil, Argentina, and Mexico through guerrilla testing, interactive prototypes, and A/B testing to increase user retention and satisfaction.

Semi Senior Product Designer at uBiome

Santiago, Chile

Designed clinical products for patients and doctors, creating a new design system to unify clinical and non-clinical platforms into one cohesive brand experience.

Professor at Universidad Gabriela Mistral

Santiago, Chile

Taught courses in UX, UI, and Interactive Design, mentoring and preparing future digital designers.

UX & Web Designer at Falabella Retail

Santiago, Chile

Enhanced the corporate website experience across Chile, Argentina, Peru, and Colombia using DCU methodology, A/B testing, and user research.

Product Delivery Manager & UX at SmartboxTV

Santiago, Chile

Managed and designed OTT product experiences for iOS, Android, AppleTV, Roku, and IPTV, leading a development squad across Chile, Peru, and Brazil.

UI/UX Designer at SmartboxTV

Santiago, Chile

Designed UI/UX for mobile apps and Smart TV platforms, also contributing to front-end development and multi-platform projects.

Product Designer at Unight SpA

Santiago, Chile

Led the design of the app and web platform, driving the entire design process from concept to implementation.

Diploma in Digital Content Development & Management and User Experience

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Bachelor's Degree in Crossmedia Design

Universidad Gabriela Mistral

Thesis: Karu, a travel app for astronomy tourism in Chile's Elqui Valley

UX Management: Strategy & Tactics

Interaction Design Foundation (IxDF)

La Palabra del Día Chilena

Daily word-guessing game inspired by Wordle, focused on Chilean culture and slang. 10,000+ unique players, 31,000 completed games. Real-time leaderboards with Supabase, personal stats, and web haptics. Co-created and still iterating.

Zesty · Investment App Redesign

End-to-end redesign of a Chilean fintech as external Product Designer. 6 order types, bracket orders (OTO/OCO/OTOCO), real-time charts with session-differentiated colors, and a slide-to-buy/sell pattern. Ongoing since 2023.

Travel Companion App

A travel app I designed and coded for a 3-week UK trip. Live journal with daily entries and photos, itinerary planner with budget tracking and live weather, transport strategy per traveler, and place discovery with ratings and maps.