Nicolás Navarrete

Senior Brand Designer IC Brand Systems & CRO

Hey, I'm Nicolás.

My experience started and grew at Mandarina, a branding agency, where I ended up as Art Director. After that, I moved to a different side of design: working with brands over time, building for continuity and scale, starting to experiment with systems.

Typography is where I experiment. Image is where I go glitchy. Finding the balance between both is where the work lives.

More detail on my experience below.

To get in touch, find me on LinkedIn.

Senior brand
designer
Scilife
Aug 2023 / present

- Inherited a brand system that wasn't translating to digital; extended it into a full working system: content typologies, illustration library from 6 to 50+ assets, and a custom typeface adopted across the company.

- Built web design system foundations on a visually inconsistent site, with no shared UI decisions and every page designed in isolation: typography scale, color tokens, and layout patterns.

- Co-led CRO end-to-end with demand gen: funnel audit, ICP mapping, A/B testing. Proposed eliminating a friction step before the form; pricing form completion from 2% to 16% (A/B tested). Bounce rate down from 81% to 73% on pricing, 81% to 76% on Book a Demo.

- Led cross-functional projects end-to-end (product launches, campaign branding, events), aligning teams and timelines.

- Built reusable systems across channels (blog typologies, HubSpot workflows, illustration libraries) to reduce production bottlenecks and team dependency.

ART
DIRECTOR
MANDARiNA
Jan 2020 / Jun 2023

- Directed brand and visual identity for regional and global clients (EGGER, SodaStream, MercadoLibre, Kia, Carrefour, UN) across identity, web, print, and social.

- Designed web UI end-to-end (wireframes to Figma handoff); introduced prototyping workflows and led the team migration from Sketch to Figma.

- Built internal processes where none existed: file naming systems, centralized file structure, annual design reviews. None of this existed before I joined.

- Managed a team of 7 designers (junior to senior) plus 2 in-house motion designers and 3 external freelancers, mentoring two into lead roles.

Team
leader
MANDARiNA
Jan 2019 / Jun 2020
graphic
designer
MANDARiNA
Jul 2013 / Dec 2018

Brand Strategy

Brand Identity

Design Systems

Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO)

Visual Design

Visual Identity

Art Direction

Web Design