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Industrial Designer & UX/UI Designer
Gabriel Benavides
Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza, Mexico
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Industrial designer with 5 years of professional experience in diverse branches of the industry, i. e. industrial design of furniture, decorative and technological products, UX / UI design for e-commerce and insurance companies, as well as product photography, graphic and editorial design. Recognized for managing and successfully delivering highly complex projects, while collaborating with transdisciplinary teams. Academic and professional experience in Mexico, Germany, South Korea and Austria.
As a Designer, I have worked in different projects, ranging from product, graphic and editorial design to service and web development, being my strongest skills product innovation and graphic representation.
I have advanced expertise in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Muse, InDesign and Lightroom, as well as in Solid Edge, Inventor, Rhinoceros, and KeyShot. Three years ago, I received a stainless-steel certificate from the Mexican Stainless-Steel Institute (IMINOX). I’m also passionate for Product Photography, sketching and agriculture. -
Education
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Master in Strategic Planning and Technology Direction BusinessUniversidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla2018 - 2020
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Bachelor Industrial DesignerTechnological Institute of Higher Education of Monterrey2013 - 2017Graduated as the best average at the Architecture, Arts, and Design Department, with a Honorific mention of Excellence and a Students leadership diploma. I was the president of the Industrial Design Student's Society for one year and a half and also part of an Independent Designers Group called RECÓ, for which I created most of the corporate identity.
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Experience
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Lead UX designerMexicoJan 2022 - Present (4 years 1 month)- Conducted UX research for the design of the main managerial features of an e-commerce. The business saw a significant increase in sales from their own warehouses.
- Resumed the design of an insurance company’s platform. Redesigned both payment and invoicing flows, driving the:
- Hiring of a second phase of the project.
- Full adoption of automation for emitting and canceling invoices.
- Documentation of the payment process and other newly introduced
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Industrial Design ProfessorHeroica Puebla de Zaragoza, MexicoAug 2021 - Dec 2021 (4 months)- Advanced design professor for in-person, remote and hybrid courses. Planned the involvement of industry experts and led students to success in local and national design competitions. Courses taught:
1. Advanced Digital Modeling with Rhinoceros 3D, Keyshot
2. Systems Design II - Taught in English
3. Advanced Product Design
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International Liaison and Cultural Events ManagerHeroica Puebla de Zaragoza, MexicoJan 2020 - Jul 2020 (6 months)Planning and management of cultural projects aimed at developing local companies that belong to the creative sector in collaboration with UNESCO’s Creative Cities Network. Projects were later sold to governmental entities for a value of $30k USD.
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Intership TraineeGraz, AustriaJul 2019 - Dec 2019 (5 months)- Master’s Dissertation on “Planning and management practice analysis of Creative Industries’ companies”
- Inside CIS, I was responsible for:
- Automation of audiovisual material creation with illustrator and Indesign for Styrian Products Exhibition 2019.
- Mediating plans between CIS office and Puebla State Innovation and Design Commission for the “World Wide Things Collection”. -
Project CoordinatorHeroica Puebla de Zaragoza, MexicoFeb 2018 - Jul 2019 (1 year 5 months)- Product sales forecasting with 84% accuracy with available sales data that drove the adjustment of purchasing patterns. The savings allowed for developing a new high-end product.
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- Creating both 2018 and 2019 digital product catalogues using Indesign.
- Instructions manuals design with Rhinoceros 3D, Illustrator and Indesign for lighting, furniture and accessories.
- Product photography. Post-production with Lightroom.
- Manufacturing processes supervision and quality assessment for the production of furniture, lighting and finishing of metal parts. -
Product DesignerKEITCHHeroica Puebla de Zaragoza, MexicoAug 2017 - Jan 2018 (5 months)The development of Intellinode device plastic parts according to IP 66 enclosure degree. As well as company branding (logo, website and corporate image)
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Chief DesignerHeroica Puebla de Zaragoza, MexicoAug 2016 - Dec 2017 (1 year 4 months)I created the whole project’s identity and website (only interface, programming was part of the engineering team). Printed tools were part of my tasks as well as the digital interactive resources.
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Graphic Designer and Board MemberHeroica Puebla de Zaragoza, MexicoJan 2016 - Dec 2017 (1 year 11 months)I was in charge of creating all the social network's graphics as well as the website, posters and banners. As a group, we organized a Design Contest in Puebla and for that matter I designed all the printed materials (tickets, posters, banners) in addition to the digital presentation and videos.
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On Coroflot@gabrielbnvds, member since 2018
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