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My friends call me Monty

I am a Product Designer & UX Educator bridging my love for people with technology.

01 PORTFOLIO

UX CASE STUDIES

A Design Walkthrough.
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Pasión Del Cielo

Coffee ordering experience

Creating a platform for users to order coffee on the go from their favorite coffee shop.

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WayFarm

People & produce

Connecting users to their locally grown produce markets from any location.

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The Ocean Agency

An environmental initiative

ReefStar, a donation platform that incentivizes users to help restore coral reefs.

PORTFOLIO

UI & Brand Design work

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02 Hard skills

I'm a true UX/UI hybrid with a super power in interface design.

Problem Finding

Utilizing user research methods to observe and discover insights into problems that need to be analyzed and solved.

Interface Design

Leveraging complex grid systems in order to structure symmetrical and asymmetrical layouts.

Prototyping

Rapidly able to create interactive prototypes that are almost indistinguishable from the real thing.

Information Architecture

Able to organize information and create schematics of digital experience that cover every instance and route through digital properties and user flows.

Visual Design

Able to create a visual language using shape, color, and typography to personify and brands identity. 

Motion Design

Using general perceptions of real-world physics to mimic the laws around speed, time and distance in order to create purposeful animations for digital interfaces.

Wireframing

Master at conceptualizing multi-fidelity interface structures prior to polish and design.

Interaction Design

Using insights into human psyche and the natural world to create interactions that are familiar to users exisiting mental models.

Video Editing

Limited skill in editing video to tell a story with music and sound design.

PROFESSIONAL 

03 Features & Mentions

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Shoutout Miami

Local publication featuring my story, goals and body of work.

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Web design in Adobe XD

Featured article published on Let's XD about my insights on web design best practices in Adobe XD. 

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From Sketch to XD

Featured article published by the UX Collective about my insights related to design software Sketch and XD.

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The Ocean agency

As a design student, I was honored to partner with The Ocean Agency to find UX solutions to protect our oceans.

04 CORPORATE VIDEO WORK

Filmed, edited and produced by me.

05 WORK Experience

Feb 2022 - Present

Nearpod (SaaS)

Senior UX/UI Designer

Researching, experimenting, and understanding teacher needs in order to create exceptional experiences that retain existing users, acquire new ones, and influence teacher behavior in order to encourage more use of Nearpod to see a positive and well documented outcome for all students.

May 2021- Feb 2022

PwC Experience Center

Senior UX/UI Designer

Execute on UX research/strategy, UI design, and visual design. Lead client calls to justify design direction based on research and heuristic evaluations. Collaborate with design and development teams for documentation and hand-off. Prototype realistic digital experiences for user testing and validation. 

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Oct 2020-MAY 2021

Wrecking Ball Studio + Labs

Product Designer

Identifying business and user experience problems and ideating solutions. Designing prototypes ranging from low to high fidelity that facilitate user research and business decisions. Collaborating with tech teams to bring product ideas to completion.

Brands I've worked with.

July 2020- Oct 2020

CITRIX (Contract)

Senior User Interface Designer

Lead in creating and documenting design system specs, constraints, and rules for web components and layout structures for the Citrix Brand Hub.

Collaborate with design team and developers in designing multiple web property experiences.

Ideated and prototyped interactions and animations to take the Citrix.com experience to the next level.

2018-PRESENT

CBRE - DIVISIONAL

Senior Designer / Marketing Specialist
Delivering creative strategy and advanced technology skills to the Florida Business Development team. Designer and developer of innovative marketing material for high profile pursuits. Collaborator and creative team leader. Expert developer of Liquid Galaxy Technology (What is Liquid Galaxy?). Design logos, web prototypes and interactive presentations to support property marketing efforts.

2016-2018

CBRE - REGIONAL

Lead Graphic Designer

In charge of designing all corporate branding material for the Southeast. Acting as a primary resource for branding, artistic direction, digital publishing, and business development solutions for the Southeast. Collaborate with state managers and the marketing directors to unify regional marketing efforts which includes initiatives to create regional campaigns for events, advertising, and broker brand marketing. 

EXPERIENCEO
CONTACT
CONTACT

Share your thoughts with me.

Ask me anything.

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contact@jonathanmontalvo.com

Tel: 786.424.0550

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