Nice to meet you, I'm Zoraida.
My focus is to...
Design stories that empathize with your customers, transforming the way they see you, and hopefully changing the way you see them too.
I've done many things in my life...
Design happens to be my vocation. I want to keep challenging myself with awesome work that provides me the opportunity to affect people positively.
I am very enthusiastic about...
Learning new things. I'm a history buff, a video game geek, an aspiring peripatetic who has had the privilege to live in: Puerto Rico, Mexico, and currently: Dayton, Ohio.
Experience
I have 10+ years of working with design, from graphic, branding, to UI design. In the last five years, I've been designing digital products, focusing on UX, for multiple devices and industries.
The most I've enjoyed all these years has been solving challenging problems, understanding people very different from myself, and collaborating with developers, marketing teams, and product managers, among others.
I've had the opportunity to work with various agencies, and I've learned that the great thing about design is that it changes; it changes you, it forces you to learn and helps you grow. During all these years, I've taken part in creative sessions, design thinking experiments, storyboarding and sketching exercises, brainstorming with co-workers and stakeholders; and I've made more prototypes than I care to count. It's been awesome!
I've also had the chance to talk on design, present work to stakeholders, and play with project management. I can quickly adapt to in-house methodologies, techniques, and tools. Helping others succeed is what keeps me going, and my primary motivation behind being a product designer.
Being completely honest, working with products is more enjoyable compared to other design work. You can see how they grow and evolve, and new ideas continuously pop to mind on how to improve them. I'm always willing to learn something new, and love getting lost in books, the backcountry, and new problems.
Overview
Education:
BFA - Digital Art and Design | Motion Minor (EAPD)
Certifications:
Growth-Driven Design Agency Certified (Hubspot)
Certified Ecommerce Marketing Specialist (DigitalMarketer)
Social Media Marketing (CDP)
Skills:
Research & Problem Solving
User Experience Design
User Interface Design
Wireframing / Prototyping
Digital Product Design
Copywriting
Brand Development
Visual Identity Systems
Graphic Design
Talks:
How to design product pages that get you more sales (Shopify Meetup PR 2017)
Starting at the End (Google Developers Group PR - Women Techmakers 2017)
Accessibility for Web Designers and Developers (Google Developers Group PR - DevFest 2016)
Contact:
zoraida.salcedo@outlook.com