Jose Alvarez

UX/UI & Product Designer for digital products, design systems, and AI tools

Product Designer focused on emotional UX — interfaces that use behavioral design and character systems to retain users in anxiety-prone products. I build end-to-end: Figma to React Native and Next.js. My current work is in fintech (Cuak) and developer tools (DuoGit). Background in visual systems, motion design, and component libraries. Open to contracts and product collaborations.

Skills

Product & UX

Product Design UX/UI Design User Flows Information Architecture Wireframing Prototyping Behavioral UX

Research & Strategy

UX Research Product Strategy Usability Testing Competitive Analysis Journey Mapping Metrics Definition

UI & Systems

Figma Design Systems Auto Layout Components & Variants Design Tokens High-fidelity UI Responsive Design Visual Design AI Tools

Tools & Handoff

Design Handoff Notion After Effects Premiere Pro HTML/CSS Basics AI-assisted Workflows Git

Work Experience

Visual & Motion Designer

2020 — 2024

Serudda · Digital Content Platform →

  • Built a Figma component library with reusable elements, variants, and auto-layout workflows for a multi-year content catalog.
  • Defined the visual language: typography, color system, layout grids, and illustration style — applied consistently across all content formats.
  • Designed motion graphics and micro-interactions in After Effects for thumbnails, intros, and branded assets.
  • Iterated on layout and visual hierarchy based on engagement data to improve audience retention.
Figma After Effects Premiere Pro Photoshop Illustration

Product Projects

Product Designer & Builder

2026

ByMakers · Multi-tenant SaaS · View Case Study →

  • Designed a multi-tenant catalog platform for entrepreneurs, replacing WhatsApp photo dumps and outdated PDFs with a professional, shareable catalog.
  • Mapped the admin-to-public-catalog experience: product upload, brand customization, public browsing, WhatsApp ordering, dual pricing, and PDF quote generation.
  • Designed for non-technical users with mobile-first flows, curated visual customization, clear empty states, and a catalog experience manageable without training.
  • Launched with a real client in production, reaching 83+ products loaded, <5 minutes to upload a product with photo, and zero technical knowledge required to manage the catalog.
Next.js Figma Supabase Responsive UI jsPDF

Product Designer

2026

Duo Git · UI Complete · iOS & Android · View Case Study →

  • Designed a behavioral mobile app and widget system that transforms GitHub contribution data into streak-based emotional feedback, targeting 70%+ Day 30 retention.
  • Conducted competitive analysis across Duolingo, GitHub, and Streaks — identifying an uncontested position at the intersection of high emotional feedback + coding-specific tracking.
  • Defined the information architecture, onboarding logic, dashboard views, league ranking, mascot states, and full widget family for iOS and Android.
  • Created a measurement strategy with behavioral KPIs: streak recovery rate, Day 7 retention, time-to-first-commit, and NPS targets.
Figma GitHub API Data Visualization Motion Design

Education & Certifications

Technical Degree in Software Development In Progress

TecMD – Fundación Politécnico Minuto de Dios · Jan 2026 – Expected Dec 2027 · Virtual

UI/UX Design Specialization

California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) · Coursera

UX Foundations, Visual Design Systems, Information Architecture, Product Thinking & User-Centered Design.

Motion Graphics Certification

Coderhouse · 2024

Motion principles, visual storytelling, and animation fundamentals applied to interface micro-interactions.