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.
- 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.
- 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.
Brand Strategy
Brand Identity
Design Systems
Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO)
Visual Design
Visual Identity
Art Direction
Web Design