David Vera
Design Systems | Product Design | UX Leader
(He/him) - Toronto 🇨🇦
About me
David leads the Canadian Design System at Manulife, where his primary focus is on ensuring design libraries effectively meet the diverse needs of users. He delves into understanding the users' background, financial status, gender, language, and life circumstances. His approach centers around leveraging research insights to develop design systems that not only support business success but also achieve the right outcomes.1.
In his role, David is committed to supporting other designers and their teams, guiding them in identifying and solving relevant problems effectively. Having collaborated with designers globally, he values the exchange of superior design practices and mutual learning.
David's recent explorations include delving into 3D designs for virtual and augmented reality, with a portfolio available on Dribbble.
Frameworks
David employs various frameworks in his design work, including Design Thinking, Lean UX, Agile, and Human-Centered Design. These methodologies aid him in understanding users, fostering creativity, iterating quickly based on feedback, and designing tailored solutions.
Tools
His agile toolkit features Figma, Spline, After Effects, Excel, JIRA, Confluence, Miro, Blender, and VS Code.
Work Experience
David's experience include a role as UX Lead for the Sales and Onboarding division at Scotiabank Colombia and a position on the Design Systems team at Scotiabank Canada.
He holds a Master's degree in Advertising from IED Barcelona (2014) and a degree in Design from LCI Bogotá (2007).
Contact Info
David welcomes opportunities to connect and discuss design over coffee in Toronto 🤓. He can be reached at hi [at] davidvera.co
References
1. Joshua Seiden, Outcomes over output (United States: Sense & Respond Press, 2019), 12.