# Jose Hernandez

> Staff Designer at Pinterest, Search

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/josehernandez

I am a designer with over 20 years of experience. For the first 13 years of my career I lead a small studio based in Barcelona that consulted throughout Europe for global brands and start ups. I also dedicated time to giving post graduate classes and workshops at Elisava School of Design, Instituto Europeo di Design and IDEP Barcelona.

Most recently, I was at Twitter for the last 7 years and lead designer of the DMs team for the last 2.5. During my time at Twitter I worked on various teams and initiatives and was able to enjoy memorable moments like being on stage at WWDC, organizing design off sites in Barcelona, and mentoring some truly amazing co-workers. 

I love to make. I love to to invent and explore and I love doing it working closely with talented, humble people. I think I’m pretty good at thinking outside the box. I have had success and have enjoyed making things that provoke, and inspire paths forward, but am just as experienced with the nuts and bolts work required to get things done. When working with my teams, I try my best to play the role of the glue that gels us and makes working together more fun and meaningful. 

Visual design, UX, design vision, prototyping and motion are my sweet spots.

## Work Experience
### Staff Product Designer @ Pinterest
Jan 2023 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area

### Staff Designer @ Twitter
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022
Lead Designer for Direct Messages

### Senior Designer @ Twitter
Jan 2015 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Creative Director, Cofounder @ Aer Studio
Jan 2002 – Jan 2015

### Workshop Instructor @ IDEP BARCELONA Escuela Superior de Imagen y Diseño (UAO)
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013
Tought UX basics to post graduate design students.

### Teacher in Master in Digital Creative Business @ IED Barcelona
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013
Tought 2 subjects about UI/UX and evolution of technology applied to Creative Business

### Teacher and Mentor in Postgraduate design classes @ ELISAVA
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013
Taught postagraduate students on subject of User Experience and mentored them on their final projects.


## Education
### MA in Interaction Design
Elisava Escola Superior de Disseny
Jan 2001 – Jan 2003

### BFA in Graphic Design
University of Florida
Jan 1995 – Jan 2000


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/joselhernandez
- Portfolio: https://www.aerstudio.com

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Last updated: 2026-03-30