Mateo Miguel Delgado

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Design Manager at Drift Bio · Brand and marketing design

Drift Bio
Washington, DC · ET (UTC-5)
12+ years experience
UC Berkeley
English
Hiring
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Overview

I lead brand and marketing design at Drift Bio in Washington. Ran 120 usability sessions and turned them into a research repository. Shipped the brand redesign that lifted task completion 13%. Before that: PepsiCo and Bank of America. Most at home with typography and web design. Trail runner and occasional climber.

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Skills
brand designtypographyweb designillustration
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Hiring a senior product designer for the brand team - Washington

Role
Senior product designer
Level
Senior
Type
Full-time
Work mode
Remote within country
Compensation
$129k-$166k + equity
Team
Brand, 8 people
Start
As soon as possible
Must have
A portfolio of shipped product work Comfort working directly with engineers Comfort with ambiguity
Process
Decision within 10 days

Comp $203k-$274k. Four conversations, no take-home. Message me with one thing you shipped that you're proud of.

Washington, DCweb designillustrationbrand design
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Experience

  1. Design Manager
    Jul 2025 - Present
    Drift Bio · 1 yr 3 mo · Full-time · Washington, DC
    • Shipped the brand redesign that lifted task completion 29%.
    • Brought the brand flows to WCAG 2.2 AA.
  2. Senior Product Designer
    Jan 2022 - Jul 2025
    PepsiCo · 3 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Washington, DC
    • Ran 33 usability sessions and turned them into a research repository.
  3. Product Designer
    Jul 2020 - Jan 2022
    Bank of America · 1 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Washington, DC
    • Cut support tickets about brand by 24% with clearer copy and states.
  4. Product Designer
    Jul 2018 - Jul 2020
    Databricks · 2 yr · Full-time · Washington, DC
    • Built a component library 63 engineers ship with every day.
  5. UX Researcher
    Mar 2015 - Jul 2018
    Walmart · 3 yr 4 mo · Full-time · Washington, DC
    • Built a component library 79 engineers ship with every day.

Projects

Write-up: brand and marketing design in practice
2024

A long-form guide to brand and marketing design for people starting out.

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Education

  1. UC Berkeley
    BA, Architecture
    2009 - 2013

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