Jose Alvarez

Product Designer building AI-powered tools

Designer with 4 years of experience in visual systems, motion design, and multimedia production. Now focused on product design and AI-powered tools. Currently studying Software Development to bridge design and engineering.

Skills

Proven

Visual Design Motion Graphics Figma After Effects Video Editing Design Systems Asset Pipelines

Building

AI Tools LLM APIs UX Research Prototyping HTML/CSS/JS API Integration

Tools

Figma After Effects Premiere Pro Notion Git VS Code

Work Experience

Visual Designer

2020 — 2024

Serudda · YouTube Channel →

  • Led visual design for a growing YouTube channel, scaling visual systems across a multi-year content catalog.
  • Built reusable component libraries in Figma with auto-export workflows — updating assets once propagated changes across the entire production pipeline.
  • Made data-informed design decisions for thumbnails and banners, optimizing for engagement and maintaining visual consistency.
  • Produced motion graphics and video editing in After Effects, adapting content across formats for multi-platform distribution.
  • Collaborated with stakeholders on content strategy, managing end-to-end multimedia production including podcasts and audio.
Figma After Effects Premiere Pro Photoshop Design Systems

Product Projects

Product Designer & Builder

2026

UX AI Generator · View Case Study →

  • Reduced UX documentation time significantly during internal testing by designing an AI-assisted generation workflow powered by LLM APIs.
  • Automated 10+ structured UX deliverables per project (briefs, personas, user flows, problem statements) through reusable JSON-based pipelines.
  • Designed the end-to-end workflow from research input to export-ready output, including token-based UI structure and interaction system.
  • Implemented Notion export integration, enabling teams to receive structured documentation directly inside their workspace.
Figma LLM APIs Notion API HTML/CSS/JS

Product Concept & Ongoing Development

2026

Duo Git · In Active Development

  • Designing a behavioral UX system exploring how GitHub activity can be transformed into visible streak-based progress.
  • Researching developer motivation patterns and lightweight gamification mechanisms for productivity consistency.
  • Defining interaction models and emotional feedback loops to support habit-building workflows.
  • Currently moving from concept to early prototype phase.
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.