Javier
González

UX Designer Munich
I’m a Mentor, Product and UX designer located in Munich

Audi, Accenture, ING or Santander are just some of the companies I have worked with in the past 20 years. I am a Product and UX Designer who has overseen every stage of the UX/UI lifecycle.

I have worked on UX research, strategy, Information Architecture and designed bold interfaces for desktop and mobile devices.

Education

1994–2000 | Madrid, Spain

Ingeniería Técnica en Informática Gestión (UNED)

I started technical studies in Computer Science in the Spanish Distance University; I moved early into Usability and Information Architecture, so I never completed my studies, I can join Bill Gates and Steve Jobs or Mark Zuckerberg to the list of famous undergraduate people ;-)

Skills and tools

  • Agile (Scrum)

  • CMS´s (Wordpress, Joomla, Drupal)

  • Desktop, Android, iOS, Adaptive

  • Design Systems

  • HTML /  CSS

  • Interaction Design

  • Information Architecture

  • UX Design

  • UX Research

  • Wireframing and prototyping

  • Workshops


  • Adobe XD

  • Axure

  • Balsamiq

  • Confluence

  • Figna

  • Flinto

  • Invision

  • Jira

  • Trello

  • Sketch

Languages

  • Spanish (Native)

  • English (Business)

  • German (Basic level)

Projects

2017 | Munich, DE

UXando

It is a smart community for UX designers, based on providing curate content to UX designers.

2014 | Berlin

Sparkmind

A semantic web project focus on personal Knowledge and Skills management. Based on the analysis of job offers and making recommendations on skills that should be acquired to keep the right professional level in the market.

2007 | Madrid

Baguelus LMS

Was a quite popular Open Source E-learning platform some years ago, was used for universities and schools all around the globe.

Experience

2019 – Currently

Product Designer | Allianz GDF

I collaborate with Allianz Digital Factory to deliver global workflows and patterns, supporting the development of the Design Systems for Experts and Customers.

2015 – Currently

UX Mentor | Career Foundry

I currently work as a mentor for the CF UX Certification Programs, having supported more than 100 students during the last years.

2018 - 2019

Senior UX Designer Munich | European Patent Office

I have collaborated with the EPO UX team defining digital workflows  for the digitalization process of patent registration.

2017 - 2018

UX Design Lead Munich | Brabbler AG

I have supported Brabbler with the project Ginlo, redefining how companies communicate and collaborate using a private and secure messaging system.

Vsit web

2015 – 2017

Senior UX/UI Lead | Accenture

I have collaborated with Accenture designing tools and applications for employees. One of the most relevant was to improve the onboarding experience.

2013 - 2015

Senior UX Designer Berlin | Acrolinx

I worked to define a new product strategy for the company creating new tools for marketers in the process of managing and creating content globally for companies like Facebook, Apple or Microsoft.

Visit web

2013

Senior User Experience Designer | Audi (AKQA)

I worked in collaboration with Akqa.de for a short term mobility project for Audi. I worked on defining the UX for a management dashboard system.

2012 – 2013

UX Researcher | User Zoom

Freelance collaboration as UX Researcher, Information Architect and Interaction Designers for a variety of clients such as Santander, ING, Mapfre, Madrid City Hall, Yoigo, La Caixa and PAF.

2011 – 2012

Senior Interaction Designer | BBVA (Fjord)

A freelance collaboration as an Interaction Designer for the new BBVA website, working with Agile methodology

2008 – 2011

UX Consultant | IECISA

I worked as UX Designer for most of the top Spanish companies and government like Spanish Domain Registration Office, Spanish Patent and Trademark Office, Bank of Spain, Spanish Presidency of the European Union and Melia Hotels among others.

2006 – 2008

Mobile UX Consultant | Telefonica / Movistar

I have worked on the development of the Usability Lab in Telefonica and the definitionof the methodology for conducting user testing for mobile applications.

2005 – 2006

Usability Consultant | Santander Bank

Consultant in the Usability Department of the Santander Group in Madrid and London, I conducted expert evaluations of transactional banking applications for portals and tools belonging to the Santander Group.

Hire Me

Interested in hiring me as mentor 
or supporting your project? get in touch ✌️