# Miguel Arias > Design at Raptive Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/miguelarias Over 15 years of experience across product design, brand, marketing, and agency. Passionate for crafting and creating intuitive, user-centered design solutions. Specialized in developing comprehensive design systems from early stages to maturity. Defined visual language and design principles for Trulia design systems. Focused on strategy, implementation, and adoption of the design system across platforms. Established component library, documentation and guidelines to support the team across product development phases for optimal collaboration and efficiency. Collaborated with leadership and created roadmap for Zillow B2B design system by facilitating cross-functional workshops to maximize development efficiency and design consistency. At Nextdoor, I led UX/UI design initiatives, focusing on user engagement and growth across consumer and business categories, home feed, and design systems. Figma and Sketch expert and prototype maker. Mentored young designers. My goal is to merge technical skill and craft with creative insight to drive innovative and delightful design solutions that enhance user experience and business success. ## Work Experience ### Staff Product Designer @ Raptive Jan 2024 – Present | United States ### Consultant @ Miguel Arias Creative Jan 2005 – Present • Responsible for projects across product design, design systems, ui/ux, brand, marketing, art direction, design, and editorial illustration for online and print publications. • Editorial work has appeared in Computer Arts, SFWEEKLY, The Bold Italic, 3x3 Illustration Annual, Makeshift Magazine, Portland Mercury, Oregon Humanities Magazine, True Parenting, and others. ### Product Designer @ Owlio Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco Bay Area ### Staff Product Designer, Growth @ Nextdoor Jan 2020 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco, California, United States • Lead designer for customer facing business experience. UI improvements on mobile and desktop led to 15% increased neighbor to business engagement across platform. • Annual survey to vote and nonimate businesses saw increased neighbor engagement of 77% from the previous year. • Ideation and development of UX/UI, product vision, design systems, and prototypes across growth, home feed, and consumer and business projects. • Collaborate closely with user research, product, and engineering teams to ensure seamless implementation of designs while being data-informed and equipped with insights. • Create reusable component libraries and contributed to the design system with thorough documentation and best practices. • Mentor designers on a project basis, providing guidance and support throughout their work. ### Design and Illustration @ Embroker Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 • Conceptualized, and defined a modular illustration system for brand materials. ### Senior Product Designer @ SoFi Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area ### Senior UX Visual Designer @ Trulia Jan 2016 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco, CA • Design system unification led to a 100% adoption of modular components across product pages, search, and neighborhood pages • Developed and implemented a cohesive design system for Zillow and Trulia, ensuring consistency across responsive web and native apps. • Created comprehensive documentation and established industry best practices for B2B and consumer experiences. • Defined roadmap and prioritized components across Zillow Documents, Transaction Tools, Closing Services and Home Loans for product teams to start consuming the system. • Played a key role in definition and unification of the visual language of the design system, driving a seamless user experience. • Contributed to improving the overall user interface by implementing effective design solutions. ### Marketing Designer @ Nest Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Palo Alto, CA • Designed landing pages and emails for product launches. Set visual design guidelines across email platforms. ### Art Director @ AKQA Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 • Collaborated with Apple's design team to develop email campaigns. ### Senior UX Designer @ StubHub Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | San Francisco Bay Area • Unification of design system led to 100% adoption of components on home page, product pages, and search pages. • Led visual and interaction design for StubHub's design system. • Created and maintained a component library for consistency across StubHub responsive web ### Freelance Illustrator/Designer @ The Bold Italic Jan 2011 – Jan 2015 • Conceptualize, art direct, illustrate and design for online and print publications. The Bold Italic is an editorial publication that shares unique stories and events based in San Francisco. ### Lead Designer @ Fitbit Jan 2012 – Jan 2014 | San Francisco Bay Area • Contributed to communication design projects ranging from brand development to art direction in product pages, photography, campaigns, illustration, retail and other web experiences. ### Senior Designer @ Shutterfly Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 | Redwood City, CA • Collaborated with CRM managers and copywriters to produce cohesive email marketing campaigns. • Developed landing pages for targeted promotions. • Conceptualized photography for upcoming promotional campaigns. ### Interactive Art Director @ Benefit Cosmetics Jan 2010 – Jan 2011 • Supervised and managed a team of designers and production artists to create functional and relevant design. • Collaborated with producers and copywriters to create and produce content throughout site. • Worked with developers to develop online interactions compatible with mobile environments using modern technology. • Designed and assisted in e-commerce platform. • Responsibilities include project management, art direction, storyboarding, design, and production. ### Art Director @ OneShare Investments Jan 2008 – Jan 2010 Design for brand identity, online collateral, user interfaces, and print. Manage projects and collaborate with copywriter and developers to create web applications for online environments. Responsibilities include project management, design, illustration, front-end development, and production. ### Web Designer @ Antics Online, Inc. Jan 2006 – Jan 2008 | Belmont, CA ### Web Designer @ Website Pros Jan 2003 – Jan 2005 Managed client relations for one of the top providers of web resources for business solutions. Consultation included designing various web options, meeting regularly to solicit client feedback, and integrating back-end coding to meet with their demands. ### Art Director, Noctambulo @ Mannon Group Corp. Jan 2000 – Jan 2002 | Rio Piedras, PR Provided complete oversight of projects. Contributed creative direction for multiple projects. Created logo designs. Executed hand lettering treatments. Developed and designed for web and print. Clients included: Coca-Cola, Twix, Coors Light, Jack Daniels, Bacardi, and Empire Entertainment. ## Education ### BA in Graphic Design Savannah College of Art and Design ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/miguelarias82 - Portfolio: http://www.miguelariascreative.com - Portfolio: http://www.argumentativa.com --- Source: https://flows.cv/miguelarias JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/miguelarias/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-30