Andres Clavijo

About

I’m a Product Design Leader with 13+ years of experience building scalable digital systems across SaaS and mobile platforms. I joined Hourly as its first designer and built the product experience from the ground up, scaling design through rapid growth to a 70+ person organization and eventual acquisition. I’ve led UX strategy in close partnership with executive leadership, shaping roadmap direction across payroll, compliance, and workforce management systems. My work spans system governance, onboarding transformation, and multi-role platform design—reducing friction, improving clarity, and strengthening user trust at scale. As AI becomes increasingly embedded in digital products, I leverage AI-assisted research and workflow acceleration while maintaining a strong focus on responsible system design and operational integrity. Beyond my work at Hourly, I'm currently building Paletta — an AI-powered color palette tool — as a solo founder. I handle the full stack: product design, React/TypeScript, Supabase, and Claude AI integration. It's sharpened how I think about AI-native UX patterns, prompt design, and building lean products without a team.

Experience

• UX Design Consultant · Grupo Vanti03-01-2024 –

  Acting as UX lead for enterprise-level initiatives, establishing design governance practices and strengthening cross-functional collaboration across product and engineering teams. Designed and operationalized a centralized Design Hub to improve asset discoverability, version control, and workflow transparency across stakeholders. Mentored internal designers and product contributors, strengthening design maturity and embedding structured decision-making practices. Partnered with digital transformation leadership to align UX standards with broader organizational agility initiatives.

• Director of User Experience · Hourly12-01-2023 –

  Strategy Development: Formulating and implementing a comprehensive UX strategy aligned with the company's goals and objectives. Team Leadership: Leading and managing a team of Product designers to ensure cohesive collaboration and effective execution of UX initiatives. User Research: Conducting and overseeing user research activities to gain insights into user behaviors, needs, and preferences. Cross-functional Collaboration: Collaborating with product managers, developers, and other stakeholders to integrate UX considerations into product development. User-Centered Design Advocacy: Promoting a user-centered design culture within the organization by advocating for the importance of user experience in decision-making processes.

• Lead Product Designer · Hourly08-01-2018 – 01-01-2021

  Leading design projects from start to finish to increase the business value of the company through design. • Guide the Product Design team through the design process using industry best practices. • Guide and shape the culture of design. • Work with the leaders from product and engineering to scope requirements. • Evaluation product features/design ideas and prioritize based on business value. • Find lean design solutions to problems in a high-paced environment. • Supporting development teams with design revisions once development begins.

• Head Of Design · Hourly05-01-2018 – 12-01-2023
• Product Designer · Hourly05-01-2018 – 07-01-2018
• UX/UI Senior Designer · Banco Falabella Colombia08-01-2014 – 08-01-2016

  Led UX initiatives to modernize digital banking services across customer-facing and internal platforms. Designed and launched a transactional portal and contributed to omnichannel strategies in Colombia.

• User Experience Designer · Fiserv04-01-2014 – 07-01-2014

  Collaborating with teams to define proto-personas, scenarios, wireframes, prototypes, and UI for innovation projects; conducted usability testing.

• Remote UX/UI · Simple [A]12-01-2013 – 04-01-2014

  Designed icons, landing pages for partners, and whitepaper covers.

Education

• IEBS Business SchoolMaster en Analítica Web, Usabilidad y Experiencia de Usuario (UX)
• New York UniversityCertificate in User Experience (UX) Design, User Experience Design
• Universidad Jorge Tadeo LozanoGraphic Designer, Graphic Design

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