I'm Daniel Ortiz

The perfect combo: UX Design, Graphic Design & Engineering

Thanks to my study background in graphic design and BS in industrial engineering, I connect UX/UI design with real business goals while I create solutions for users and smooth experiences. I have agency and company experience, I love team working and collaboration, this is key for UX. When you work with a multicultural team, you learn a lot. Each project is a blessing and an opportunity to learn. I speak both English and Spanish fluently, which helps me a lot.

Asides from UX/UI design, I have background in cost control, industrial engineering, supply chain, marketing, business, and graphic design. One of the perks of having all these skills is that I can combine them to provide multiple-angle solutions, not only for the designer perspective, but also for the marketing and engineering one.

First steps into the design world

Design has always been my passion and hobby since my early childhood. Although I studied Industrial Engineering first, I started to use the Adobe Suite when I was just 14 years old, making funny edits of my friends in Photoshop and doing logos for imaginary brands on Illustrator. All these skills were self-taught, watching tutorials and reading design books.

At the age of 18, when I was allowed to join freelance webs, I started to work at Fiverr and Upwork (it was called Elance). Thanks to that, I gained real professional experience before I had my degree. Three years later, when I was 21, I already had a portfolio with 700+ projects for 200+ clients in more than 50 countries. Having the United States as my main market.

My personal journey

As mentioned before, I have a BS in Industrial Engineering, and deep knowledge in graphic design, UX/UI design, and psychology. But, "who is Daniel when he's not designing?".
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Born in 1996, in Maracaibo, Venezuela. I moved early to Colombia, close to the border with Venezuela. Although my path went differently, I always wanted to be an odontologist, it's funny because they are the teeth designers and engineers. Since I was a teenager, I loved creating funny edits and designing imaginary brands, so I started to use the Adobe Suite (mostly Photoshop and Illustrator) when I was just 13 years old.

When I was in high school, I got a scholarship to study either journalism or engineering. I'm a talkative person, but journalism wasn't my thing, so I chose industrial engineering, later I discovered that I was skilled in design and I kept learning about that field even when I was still studying engineering, and the rest is history.

In my free time I enjoy playing guitar, spending time with my family, watching movies, playing videogames, football, paintball. And I also enjoy a lot reading about new design and technology trends.

And... I guess this is pretty much it, I'm open with my personal life, but I'm not sure I can make a summary without spending less than one million words😁