Carlos Montoya Brand

Product Design Lead

Based inMedellín, Colombia
LinkedIncarlosbrand
LanguagesSpanish, English
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Profile

I am a hands-on Experience Design Lead with a foundation in advertising and over a decade of experience building digital products. Since 2012, I have evolved from startup environments to leading high-fidelity execution for global brands like DreamWorks, Salesforce, and the LA Clippers. Currently at Publicis Sapient, I lead by doing, combining high-level UX strategy with rigorous attention to UI craft. I believe the best design solutions live at the intersection of user needs, business goals, and technical feasibility.

Experience
01Experience Design LeadPublicis Sapient
Nov 2023 — Present
Mar 2025 — Present

Latam Experience design craft lead and design mentor.

Mar 2025 — Present

Leading and executing the D2C e-commerce experience for a global car battery supplier, responsible for the end-to-end design process from high-level journey mapping to high-fidelity UI.

Dec 2024 — Mar 2025

Led the hands-on creation of the WEX Conversational Guidelines (Figma library), defining the component architecture and documentation that served as the blueprint for the broader design system.

Jun 2024 — Dec 2024

Embedded with the Verizon conversational team to solve complex logic flows, redesigning multiple high-traffic use cases to improve agent accuracy and user satisfaction.

Nov 2023 — Jun 2024

Led a design team focused on improving perks adoption on mobile plans for Verizon, creating a high-impact vision for future updates.

02Senior Product DesignerGlobant
Oct 2018 — Nov 2023
Sep 2022 — Nov 2023

Art Director & UI Lead for the LA Clippers mobile redesign, incorporating modern urban aesthetics that transformed a utility app into a cultural touchstone for the fandom.

Apr 2019 — Sep 2022

Helped Great Minds transform their renowned K-12 curricula into a digital tool ecosystem, pivoting through complex roadmap changes and external global shifts.

Sep 2018 — Apr 2019

Designed a complete icon set and visual guidelines for DreamWorks, a project that opened doors for future opportunities at Globant.

03UI/UX DesignerWonupShop
Sep 2012 — Sep 2018

As the sole designer, defined the brand identity and executed the end-to-end responsive web experience, collaborating directly with stakeholders and developers to iterate on features and pivot the product to meet the competitive demands of the e-commerce market.

Skills
UI DesignLiving Design SystemsDesign MethodologiesUX StrategyConversational DesignMotion & PrototypingData VisualizationAgentic DesignArt DirectionDesign Mentorship
Education & Certifications
Gen AI & AI Agent Organizational Strategy for LeadersVanderbilt University
Jan 2025 — Ongoing
Designing AI ExperiencesNN Group
Jul 2025
UX Strategy CertificationO'Reilly
Feb 2024 — Apr 2024
Lean UXO'Reilly
Apr 2024 — Jun 2024
Information Visualization: Getting Dashboards RightInteraction Design Foundation
May 2018 — Jul 2020
UI Design Patterns for Successful SoftwareInteraction Design Foundation
Aug 2019 — Oct 2019
The Practical Guide to UsabilityInteraction Design Foundation
Jul 2019 — Aug 2019
Gestalt Psychology and Web Design: The Ultimate GuideInteraction Design Foundation
Nov 2018 — Dec 2018