Gabriel Valdivia

@gvaldivia
Head of Consumer Experience Design, Patreon
New York
he/him

Product Designer

Writer

Speaker

Professor

Angel investor

Award Winner

UX Design

I'm currently leading consumer experience design at Patreon. Prior to that I managed a design and research team at CNN Digital, built technology for social good at Jigsaw, and designed virtual reality apps at Facebook.

I'm open to

co-founding a company,

making introductions,

advising companies,

speaking at events,

speaking on podcasts,

and guest lecturing.

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Resume

Feb 2021 - Present

Principal Product Designer, Patreon

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Portfolio

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Provided creative direction for Rising Together, a Google exhibit about the African American experience with the police in America.

Served as judge captain for 2019 Core77 Design Awards Strategy & Research category.

Launched a website redesign for Project Shield.

Joined CNN as Design Director.

Writing

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https://www.gabrielvaldivia.com/essays/eight-little-tricks-to-grow-your-career

https://www.gabrielvaldivia.com/essays/blurred-lines

https://www.gabrielvaldivia.com/essays/embracing-public-design-discourse

https://www.gabrielvaldivia.com/essays/sensible-design-making-ethically-personalized-digital-products

Speaking engagements

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Spoke to Laboratoria students in Lima, Peru with Daniel Burka.

Spoke at Design Driven NYC about Experimentation in User Research.

Spoke at Google's UXU APAC 2019 in Sydney, Australia.

Spoke at POC Designers Meetup.

Podcasts

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https://maze.co/podcast/#gabriel-valdivia

Guest on Design To Be Conversation.

Interviewed on UX Collective's Leading with Craft series.

Guest on Diseño con Ñ, Pivotar: el arte de cambiar de chamba.