Good design builds the rocket, great design knows when to launch it.

Ricardo Adame
Senior Product Designer

Ricardo Adame Senior Product Designer

Nubank · Clip · EarnIn from startup to unicorn scale

10+ years designing and shipping digital products, from 01 launches to platforms used by 15M+ people, across high growth startups in LATAM and global tech.

One craft, every orbit.

My work spans product design, websites, and brand systems, from onboarding flows to marketing sites. No matter the medium, my goal is always the same: helping people understand complex products and trust them from the very first interaction.

Based in Mexico City, working with
cross-functional teams worldwide.

Flight path

A curated selection of the experiences that shaped how I think, design, and build. Find the full journey in my resume.

01.

Design Strategy & Ops Lead

2025 - Now

02.

Fractional Designer (Product, Web, Brand)

2025

03.

Senior Web Designer

2023 - 2024

04.

Product Design Manager Senior

2022 - 2023

05.

Head of Design

Mar - Nov 2021

06.

Senior Product Designer

2019 - 2021

How I navigate

complexity

Every product brings uncertainty. Here's how I approach it.

01.

Question first

I ask uncomfortable questions early instead of defending assumptions later.

02.

Think before frameworks

I use frameworks as a starting point, not a replacement for thinking through the specific problem.

03.

Remove before adding

Removing something is often the highest-leverage decision I make in a day.

04.

Look for the real trade-off

If a decision feels too easy, I usually haven't found what's actually being sacrificed.

From principles

to practice

From principles to practice

The work changes, the principles stay the same.

01.

Product Direction

Create clarity. Turn uncertainty into actionable product decisions.

02.

Scalable Foundations

Design for growth. Build systems that hold up as products scale.

03.

Accelerated Exploration

Reduce uncertainty. Validate ideas in hours, not weeks, with prototypes, code, and AI-assisted workflows.

04.

Hands-on craft

Raise the quality bar. Stay close to the work through design, systems thinking, and collaboration.