Diana Blandon
Crafting Digital Experiences
As a seasoned UX designer, I bridge the gap between user needs and business goals by fostering collaboration, embracing adaptability, and solving complex problems with intuitive design. Over the past decade, I’ve honed a process prioritizing human-centered solutions while ensuring design consistency across every product lifecycle stage. I am a Tech Manager at Globant, located in Medellin, Colombia.
Leading a Systemic Product
Defining a solid design system, influencing devs and FIFA POs, and guiding the design team to generate both UI and components for a multi-tournament app. On the other hand, I helped plan and understand the functionalities and needs of all areas, taking design as a key player in the product creation.
Visualizing a Blockchain Product
This project reimagined collaboration through a blockchain-based digital ecosystem, uniting businesses, users, and communities under a shared sustainable vision. My role involved creating the design vision for this product discovery based on the research on the field we did in Amazon.
Research and UX to Solve Problems
Creating a paperless online experience for users of one of the leading banks in Colombia. In this project, I helped design an MVP and account opening flow with a complete understanding of the process, laws, and business paint points, by connecting with all the stakeholders and the needs of the users.
Effective Communication and Scalability
This project required untangling competing stakeholder priorities for a CRM platform. As Design Lead, I became the connective tissue between executives, techs, and end users. Facilitating hard conversations, refining ambiguous goals into actionable steps.
Envisioning and Strategy
I help create new scenarios and possibilities to broaden the reach and increase revenue. I present design concepts, rapid prototypes, and presales to help companies and add new business ideas inside Globant.
CMS Desing to Delight
Enhancing usability, visual cohesion, and CMS scalability for a financial wellness platform. As a UX lead, I helped empower the client’s internal team to manage content while addressing the financial pain points of U.S. professionals.
This is what you will find in me
- Collaboration First: I thrive in cross-functional teams, working closely with stakeholders, developers, and users to align visions and iterate toward success.
- Adaptability in Action: From startups to enterprise environments, I pivot seamlessly between tools, industries, and challenges to deliver results in dynamic landscapes.
- Problem Solving with Purpose: Great UX isn’t just about users, it’s about aligning their needs with the business’s bottom line. I dissect problems through dual lenses: user research uncovers what to fix, while stakeholder collaboration defines why it matters.
- Design Consistency as a Standard: Whether refining design systems or scaling products, I ensure cohesive interactions that build trust and usability over time.
Community and Personal Projects
Samio AI Blog
I have an 8-year-old kid, and since he was born, I have noticed how hard it is to find content in Spanish. So, I started playing with AI and created a basic chat GPT to generate content for educators in Spanish. Also, all the images were created in Midjourney. It is a play zone right now, but it is interesting to move towards something more profound and connect with local schools.
Design Center
For three years, I have contributed to organizing and serving as a tutor for the Design Center, an internal Globant initiative focused on guiding designers through evolving challenges. Our program empowers designers to craft impactful products and services while equipping them with the skills and confidence to excel autonomously in real-world projects.
Medellin UX Meetup
Between 2013 and 2018, I co-founded a local meetup to cultivate a stronger UX and design community in the city. As an organizer and speaker, I helped bridge disciplines by bringing together developers, designers, and professionals from diverse fields to collaborate and exchange ideas through the event.