Hi! In case we haven’t met yet, I’m...
Héctor Calaza
Some developers have called me (affectionately, I hope) zebra-painter, postit-sticker or pixel-mover. I think they overestimate me. I’m really just the...
Product Designer
About me
10+ years turning “we’ll figure out the UX later” into products that ship. I specialise in design systems and the messy, high-stakes stuff behind them.
I’ve worked with teams in countries like Spain, the US, the UK and Germany, usually as the person translating between designers, developers and anyone asking “but why does this take so long?”
I’ve done research, interaction design and information architecture. And I’ve done it in sectors as different as fintech, insurance, telecom, renewables and public services.
In short, I build things that keep working, even after I’ve left the project.
Services
Design Systems
The common thread in everything I do: components, tokens and the rules that keep a product consistent.
Product & Interaction Design
Research, flows, prototypes. Turning tangled requirements into screens nobody has to stop and think about.
Information Architecture
Making complex products (fintech, insurance, telecom) easy to navigate, for the people who use them and for whoever inherits the project after me.
Also in my toolbox: user research, documentation, roadmaps and planning, AI prototyping... The things you’d assume I use but I don’t list (everyone takes it for granted that a carpenter uses screwdrivers and hammers, and nobody asks him whether he does, right?).
My work
I’m used to all kinds of situations: landing in a project that’s already under way, on a product that’s already live or in a team that’s already swamped and already late for its deadline.
I like working side by side with in-house teams and other freelancers, and leaving behind something they can keep building on.
The proof (and really what you came here for: actual case studies, not just my word) is on the work page.
Contact me
If you’ve taken a liking to me and want to get in touch, or maybe just tell me how you’re doing, or share your thoughts on Romanesque chapels in French Brittany or your theories about Area 51, or even better (hopefully this is the case 🤞), you want to contact me for professional reasons, such as giving talks or conferences, etc.
Please, I invite you to write to me via email, through my LinkedIn profile, or to schedule a meeting with me.