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Hi, I'm Frankelly Valdez! 👋🏼
I'm a Product Designer based in Philly

I'm currently a Senior Product Designer at IKEA, where I design digital products aimed at improving everyday life for many people. With a focus on user-centered design and data-driven decision making, I'm passionate about creating joyful experiences that help both our customers and our business.

General Design Work

Since I come from a generalist design background, some people may consider me a multifaceted designer. Here’s a little taste of other things I can do.

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FrankThreads

Branding and identity, e-commerce web design

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Marker Investments

Branding and identity, custom web design and development

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Jawn Stickers

Custom print merchandise design

I've worked with

IKEA logoeMoney LogoLincoln Financial Group LogoFidelity Investments Logo
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About

Frankelly is an award-winning Product Designer with 10+ years of experience in product design for various industries, including e-commerce, startups, fintech, software, small businesses, and more.

His skills include: Product UX Design, UI Design, Interaction Design, Visual Design, Product Strategy, UX Research, Omni-channel Design, Wire-framing, Prototyping, Motion Design, Usability Testing, Market Research, Agile Methodologies, Print Design, Branding, Illustration.

In his spare time, he likes to take beautiful photos, play his guitar and ride his electric bike around the city. He also likes spending quality time with his family. He reads a lot and believes that every day should be used to learn something new. Here’s his reading list.

Brag Sheet

Here is a list with a few examples of things I'm proud to say I've accomplished, or contributed to over the last few years in my career.

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🗂 IKEA App Research Collaboration with Spain

Collaborated with the IKEA research team in Spain to research a new In-Store app feature by conducting interviews and moderated testing with participants.

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💰 $10.6 M Incremental Omni-channel Value

I helped ship IKEA’s first-ever store experience user-generated content feature, facilitating impactful positive change at a collective level.

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📝 Ran in-store UX Research

Ran intercept surveys to validate the criteria for a store experience UGC feature that has an end goal of facilitating impactful positive change.

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🤲 Speaker @ OffGrid Lviv

I delivered a presentation called “UX vs. UX for the real world” where I gave the UX process a reality check. This event helped raise over 200,000+₴.

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📝 Certified LUMA Practitioner

I studied the LUMA methods and passed the exam to become a certified LUMA practitioner and immediately put it to good use!

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📝 Certified in Omni-channel design

I studied the NN/g methods and passed the exam to become certified in Omni-channel journeys and customer experience.

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📝 Certified in UX Strategy

I participated in training sessions and workshops using the NN/g methods and passed the exam to become certified in UX Strategy.

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🤲 Mentored on ADP List

- 300 Minutes
- 10 Mentees
- 2 Countries

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📝 Ran design sprints

I facilitated the first-ever design sprint at eMoney. I later ran a retro to see how we could adjust the process to better fit our specific organizational needs.

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🤲 Speaker at Microsoft Dominicana

In 2018 I shared my learnings on the UX design process with young design and development professionals.

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🦄 Won a hackathon

Design the winning app in the 2017 eMoney Summit Hackathon, it was an app that onboards clients by scanning pictures of standardized tax forms.

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✨ Design Featured in Yahoo Finance

In 2015 I helped redesign the Lincoln Financial Group retirement planning dashboard and it got featured in Yahoo Finance.

What some people are saying about me

"His empathy and desire to understand the users resulted in intuitive and desirable interfaces that were quickly adopted by stakeholders. If I were to build my Product Team today, no doubt, Frankelly would be the first designer I would ask to come on board!"

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Galina Sidarenka

Staff Product Manager @ CNN Business

"I had the great pleasure of being on the same team as Frankelly at eMoney. I found that his designs always addressed the various stakeholders' requests, while ultimately keeping the user in the forefront."

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Caroline Byler

Product Manager @ Envestnet

"Frankelly lives and breathes the user experience. He has an amazing talent for taking a challenging and cumbersome experience and turning it into something simple and enjoyable for all users."​

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Holly Cusack

AVP, Application Development @ Lincoln Financial Group

"His passion for bringing joyful user experiences to everyone is what separates him from other designers. His keen ability to perform interviews and usability tests with users will lead to comfortable, well-designed user experiences."

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Brandon Au

Software Engineer @ OpenGov

"He is also a very wonderful person to work with. He is personable, collaborative, and supportive of all his teammates. He is eager to learn from others and has an excellent understanding of how to best partner with User Research."

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Justin Davis

Senior User Experience Researcher @ Fidelity Investments

"Working with Frankelly has been a true pleasure. He is super easy to work with, dedicated, hardworking, and shows a true eye for design. He always strives to create solutions that are both visually striking, but also simple and intuitive."

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Belcky Bayard

Front-End Web Developer @ Vistar Media

"Frankelly is a true team player and collaborator, he fostered a positive work environment and encouraged collaboration among all team members. His positive attitude and dedication to his craft made him a pleasure to work with."

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Bryan Mey

Senior Software Engineer @ Villanova Tech

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