Spain

Graphic Design

Branding and Identity Design

Design Operations

Content Design

Branding

Oviedo Art School

Orlando F. Ruiz

Sr Director Creative

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Brand positioning

Brand strategy

Design systems

Typeform

Asana

Blender

Figma

Framer

Adobe Creative Suite

Introduce yourself, define mentoring expectations and goals. Learn and grow together.

General mentorship

Making remote and globally distributed teams work for you and your needs.

Working remotely

Learn essential burnout prevention techniques and replenish physical and emotional energy.

Managing burnout

Talk to people who have learned to manage their imposter syndrome.

Dealing with imposter syndrome

Navigating micro-aggression, getting paid what you are worth and finding a community.

Being a woman in tech

Understand the process of training, motivating and directing your team members.

Managing people

How to create a positive workplace culture that drives collaboration and productivity?

Fostering a good team culture

Steps to building and maintaining a strong, cohesive and effective team.

Building an effective team

Learn the tips to successfully manage a team in a remote environment.

Managing a remote team

Tips for transitioning into a new role or company.

Changing roles

How to think about design career paths and what progression looks like for designers?

Design career path

Get actionable feedback on your resume or portfolio.

Resume and portfolio review

Practice HR, technical and behavioural interviews with mentors.

Practice mock interviews

Best practices for running productive design critiques.

Running effective design critiques

Manage team expectations and get the most out of your meetings.

Running effective meetings

Learn how to properly present your work and share ideas and opinions.

Presenting your work with impact

Tips on how to work and collaborate with designers.

Working with designers

Methods and models of exploring, deciding and delivering design.

Building a design process

Managing being the only designer at your company and working with non-designers.

Being the only designer

Ways and resources to improve your design skills.

Improving design skills

How to create personas, and leverage them in design.

Creating and leveraging user personas

Ways to provide constructive feedback to team members.

Giving effective feedback

As VP of Creative, I oversaw WeTransfer’s creative direction, ensuring an alignment of creative values across every aspect of the WeTransfer brand for its 42 million active users. Under my tenure, WeTransfer received numerous design awards, including Red Dot, Clio, and Lovie, to name a few.
I also helped build, WeTransfer’s Studio, an in-house agency, that serviced: sales, product, product marketing, editorial marketing, and Brand with their creative needs. But most importantly, I enjoyed helping develop a culture that would empower young designers and creatives to get the most out of themselves.

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