# Sadok Cervantes

> Forging teens into founders with Leangap.org | One of FastCompany’s ‘Most Innovative People’

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/sadok

If you've ever used the internet, chances are you have seen or used something that Sadok has worked on.

Sadok Cervantes is an experienced product designer with 10+ years of experience in full product development, including branding, marketing, user research, and technical implementation. His work has impacted over 100M+ people and added over $50M USD in value. 

Sadok is one of FastCompany's "Most Innovative People". He received the Best Mobile Innovation award during the Mobile World Congress in 2020 for creating one of the world's most innovative social good apps.

• He has led design and product for brands like Lufthansa, Allianz, TripAdvisor, The MIT Media Lab, Outschool, Red Cross, Doctors Without Borders, Streamland Media, and more.

• He's advised clients in solving complex business problems by running over a dozen Usability Sessions, Google Design Sprints and org-wide Design Thinking workshops.

• He's spoken on Design, Entrepreneurship, Product, and Mental Health at conferences in San Francisco, Seattle, Mexico City, Vienna, Melbourne, and online.

## Work Experience
### CEO, Managing Director @ Leangap Entrepreneurship Program
Jan 2015 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area
One of the two biggest entrepreneurship programs for teenagers in the world. If the other program is Coca-Cola, we are Pepsi (but we taste better than Coca-Cola).

• Maintained an average Year-over-Year revenue growth of 61%.
• I manage a team of 20 people — marketers, designers, developers, and counselors.
• Increased engagement rate from target audience by +300%.
• Formed strong partnerships with key players in the industry.

### Senior UX Designer @ Wikimedia Foundation
Jan 2019 – Jan 2023
Have you ever seen those banners on top of the articles that say “Please donate $2 to Wikipedia”? I made some of those.

• Increased donation rate +30%.
• Conversion optimization on entire fundraising strategy.
• A/B testing with millions of data points.
• Localization to over 50 countries.
• Multi-viewport optimization.
• Managing a team of developers and designers.

### Adjunct Instructor @ Interaction Design Foundation
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021
Biggest online design school globally. I taught hundreds of students the skills needed to excel in the industry. More than 70% of my students got a job offer from a FAANG-level company shortly after my mentorship.

### Design Mentor @ Springboard
Jan 2015 – Jan 2021 | Global
Springboard is bridging the skills gap through affordable, high-quality online education. Our vision is to create a credible alternative to traditional education for the new economy.

### Lead Designer @ Medal.tv
Jan 2017 – Jan 2020
Medal is the easiest way to create, watch, share, and analyze gaming highlights — the next generation of gaming entertainment.

• Took product from $1M to a $250M valuation.
• Designed, built, and launched a platform that achieved 1M+ MAU.
• Led and created all branding and marketing assets that helped grow the company.
• Created products for Android, iOS, and Web.

### Design Mentor @ Designlab (trydesignlab.com)
Jan 2016 – Jan 2019 | Global
DesignLab helps you learn the skills you need to create amazing products. Learn UI/UX design skills with the help of an expert mentor through our unique online courses.

### Product Designer @ MIT Media Lab
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Boston y alrededores, Estados Unidos
PubPub is a free and open tool for collaborative editing, instant publishing, continuous review, and grassroots journals.

### Lead Product Designer, MapSwipe Project @ Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017
Product design for MapSwipe, a mobile app that lets people search satellite imagery to help put the world's most vulnerable people on the map. http://mapswipe.org/

MapSwipe is an open collaboration founded by the American Red Cross, the British Red Cross, Humanitarian OSM Team (HOT) and Medecins Sans Frontieres/Doctors Without Borders (MSF).

### UX Mentor @ CareerFoundry
Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | Global
CareerFoundry is a career accelerator for vocational tech skills. We build online programs delivered by expert mentors in the fields of UX Design and Web Development.


## Education
### altMBA45 Coda Cohort
altMBA
Jan 2021

### Universidad del Valle de México
Jan 2010 – Jan 2013


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/sadokx
- Portfolio: https://www.leangap.org/

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Last updated: 2026-03-25