Head of Design @ LemonWallet

Wiki Chaves

Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Hi, my name is Francisco Chaves, but most people just call me Wiki.

I’m an Product Designer, living in San Francisco and working at Lemon Wallet, a startup based in Palo Alto, where I lead the Design team.

Before Lemon, I’ve worked at Lenovo managing the Web Design team, and in different Web Agencies as Art Director in projects for Procter & Gamble, Intel, Volkswagen, Nickelodeon, Unilever and Cadbury.
Education
- Postgrade Digital Design
  
  Universidad de Buenos Aires
  
  2005 - 2006
- Image and Sound Designer Multimedia Design
  
  Universidad de Buenos Aires
  
  1999 - 2003
  
  Our Thesis Short Film, "Dr. Dimitri Nynirav", was chosen to represent the Saenz Valiente cathedra in the anual exposition of the University of Buenos Aires, 2002. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26CRxyTdjd4
Experience
- Head of Design
  
  Lemon Wallet
  
  Jun 2011 - Present (15 years)
  
  In Lemon I lead the Design Team, where I'm responsible of the web and mobile apps design, experience, branding and positioning.
- Freelance Designer
  
  wikichaves.com
  
  Jul 2010 - Jun 2011 (11 months)
  
  Web Design & Development. Check portfolio at http://wikichaves.com or contact at [email protected]
- Project Leader
  
  Qualia Interactive
  
  May 2009 - Jul 2010 (1 year 2 months)
  
  In Qualia Interactive (aka Octopus) I took both Art Director and Project Leader roles, in web projects. First, in the creative and design process, time/budget estimation, planning the project and coordinating the production.
  
  Accounts: Rexona (Ponce) , Cadbury (Del Campo)
- Art Director
  
  Almactiva
  
  Jul 2008 - Apr 2009 (9 months)
  
  Art Director at Almactiva, interactive agency.
  Accounts: Volskwagen, Nickelodeon, L'Oréal, Clarín.
  
  see some works > wikichaves.com/tag/almactiva/
- Art Director
  
  Insite Latin America
  
  Mar 2008 - Jun 2008 (3 months)
  
  Insite, is an Interactive Agency which works for clients like Hewlett Packard, Procter & Gamble, Intel, and so on. My work, as a Creative Designer, consisted on thinking new ideas to be implemented on web-based campaigns.
  
  see some works > wikichaves.com/tag/insite/
- Graphic Design Lead
  
  Lenovo
  
  Jul 2006 - Feb 2008 (1 year 7 months)
  
  In Lenovo I started working as a Multimedia / Web Designer and ended leading the Graphic Design Team (group of 6 designers) working for lenovo.com. We did promotional homepage graphic spots, web maintainment, flash banners, e-mail marketing and newsletters for clients from US, Canada and Latin America. We also collaborated with the Web Design and User Experience Team based in Raleigh, USA.
  
  see some works > wikichaves.com/tag/lenovo/
- Web Designer
  
  Kergroup
  
  Jun 2005 - Dec 2005 (6 months)
  
  I did Flash webpages for small business and comunication pieces, newsletters and interactive presentations for DHL and Blockbuster.
  
  see some works > wikichaves.com/tag/kergroup/
- Multimedia Designer
  
  Colegio Northlands
  
  Aug 2002 - Feb 2005 (2 years 6 months)
  
  Multimedia and Web Designer: Photography, filming and video editing.
  Teacher: Photoshop, Flash MX y traditional animation techniques (Stop Motion).
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