# Rodrigo de Benito Sanz > Staff Product Designer at DoorDash Location: New York, New York, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/rodrigodebenitosanz I’m a product and digital designer who loves turning complex problems into clear, human-centered solutions. My work combines strategy, systems thinking, and hands-on craft to create impactful, scalable products. With over 15 years of experience, my work spans site-specific, editorial, and product design across web, mobile, and immersive installations. I’ve collaborated with renowned institutions such as the 9/11 Memorial Museum and the Eisenhower Memorial, as well as industry leaders like The New York Times, Datadog, and DoorDash. My projects have received honors such as a Cannes Golden Lion, World Press Photo Multimedia Award, National Design Award, AAM Muse Awards, AIGA Awards, Webby Awards, and Society of News Design awards. Explore my work at lobula.com ## Work Experience ### Staff Product Designer @ DoorDash Jan 2022 – Present | New York, United States • Lead design of consumer and merchant experiences for Commerce Platform, DoorDash’s suite of white-label online ordering products. • Design and launch growth features to increase consumer conversion and merchant adoption. • Define and drive 0→1 design strategy for new products such as merchant-branded native apps, an omni-channel loyalty program, and enterprise ordering solutions for partners including Starbucks, McDonald’s, Wendy’s, and Checkers & Rally’s. • Serve as interim design manager, hiring and mentoring a small team of full-time designers and contractors for over two years. ### Product Design Team Lead @ Datadog Jan 2019 – Jan 2022 | New York • Managed and mentored a team of five product designers across varying levels of experience. • Directed the design strategy and execution for five interconnected products — Monitors, Events, SLOs, Incidents, and Workflow Automation. • Drove 0→1 design for new products within the suite, leading the process from concept to launch. • Enhanced the core design system with new components to support incident tracking ### Senior Product Designer @ Datadog Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Greater New York City Area ### Adjunct Professor @ International Center of Photography (ICP) Jan 2016 – Jan 2019 | Greater New York City Area Taught Design & Code 3, a class about design, development and critical analysis of digital projects as part of the New Media Narratives program at the ICP School. ### Digital Art Director, The New York Times Magazine @ The New York Times Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Greater New York City Area Design and develop special projects and feature interactive stories. ### Multimedia & Graphics Editor, Digital News Design @ The New York Times Jan 2014 – Jan 2017 | Greater New York City Area Led design and development of many high profile interactive stories, like the Olympics Fine Line series (featuring Simone Biles among other athletes) and the Pulitzer winning "They're Slaughtering Us Like Animals" on the war on drugs in the Philippines. Received several awards for it (see awards section). Developed front-end and back-end of tools for the newsroom. ### Senior UI Developer / Designer @ Local Projects Jan 2009 – Jan 2014 | Greater New York City Area Led UI development and oversaw design of the core interactive exhibits of the National 9/ 11 Memorial & Museum and National Museum of American Jewish History. Led web front-end development for the Eisenhower Memorial Foundation and the New York City Mayor's o ce for Media and Entertainment. ### Web designer / developer @ Self Employed Jan 2003 – Jan 2009 | Spain / Germany Led UI design and full-stack development of web projects for the Lower East Side Tenement Museum in New York, Unitel Classica Music TV Channel and the Digital Opera project by the Liceu Opera House of Barcelona, among others. ### Web Designer @ Thumbplay Jan 2009 – Jan 2009 Mobile and Web Designer of marketing and PR applications for the company’s website and its supported set of mobile devices. ### Web designer / developer @ New York University Jan 2009 – Jan 2009 | new york Designed and developed UI for Video Broadcaster Application with multiple bidirectional streams and a video tagging system. ### Intern: Mobile / Web Designer @ Vindigo Jan 2008 – Jan 2008 Defined UI architecture and design concept for mobile applications such as Vindigo CityGuide 2.0 (crossplatform redesign), Men’s Health (Blackberry) and MySpace (Verizon Flashcast). ### Lead Designer @ Aspecto Comunicación Jan 2006 – Jan 2007 | Sevilla, Spain Led design and UI programming for MXM (Iberian Food Products), CENTA (Water Research Center) and FESBA (Spanish Badminton Federation) among others. ### Designer (European Voluntary Service) @ Gerede e.V. Jan 2004 – Jan 2005 | Dresden, Germany Designed web, PR and branding materials. ### Graphic Designer @ Shoot! Communication Jan 2003 – Jan 2004 | Madrid, Spain Concept and art direction in the Direct Marketing Department for clients such as BMW, Daewoo, Amena Wireless, Jazztel Network. ## Education ### Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) in Interactive Design & Development New York University Jan 2007 – Jan 2009 ### Server-Side Development of Business Applications in Computer Programming Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia - U.N.E.D. Jan 2005 – Jan 2006 ### Professional Degree of Higher Education in Advertising and Graphic Design Arts & Crafts School of Salamanca Jan 1999 – Jan 2003 ### BFA in Graphic Design Universidad de Salamanca Jan 1998 – Jan 2003 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/rodrigodebenito - Portfolio: https://www.lobula.com --- Source: https://flows.cv/rodrigodebenitosanz JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/rodrigodebenitosanz/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-30