8+ years designing products that resolve tensions between people and business

I design with a systems perspective in highly complex contexts (from banking and telecommunications to technology) where the challenge is connecting business strategy with design decisions under uncertainty.

I don’t design to tick off deliverables: I design to make decisions that transform systems, reduce risk and create measurable impact.

8+ years

across product, brand, and design

560+ designers

trained with a strategic perspective

My approach

Design is the act of imagining a new reality that works for both people and business.

Portrait of Camilo Granados

I lead the end-to-end design of solutions, from concept through validation. My work is always grounded in metrics and qualitative data.

My practice moves across three areas that constantly inform one another:

Understand

I examine the full system (users, business, data and constraints) to uncover real opportunities.

Build

I co-design with multidisciplinary teams, balancing desirability, feasibility, and viability.

Validate

I use prototypes, MVPs, and metrics to test hypotheses and measure impact on both experience and business.

I facilitate workshops and decision-making spaces with business, technology, and legal teams to align perspectives, navigate friction, and move forward with focus.

Background and leadership

I come from communications, marketing, and branding. Strategic design is where I found the greatest leverage: connecting vision, execution, and results.

Camilo Granados speaking at an event

I practice adaptive leadership: I facilitate when alignment is needed, connect the dots when it’s time to move, and challenge teams when they become too comfortable.

I believe in leadership that drives progress but also makes people uncomfortable, because design that never challenges rarely transforms.

Alongside my design work, I teach and share what I learn. I’ve trained 560+ designers in strategic UX through teaching, workshops, and professional mentoring. Teaching pushes me to think more clearly and question my own assumptions.

Professional experience

2020 - present

Senior Product Designer / BBVA Mexico

I lead the design of strategic products aligned with global and local OKRs.

2026 - present

Adjunct Instructor / ISIL

I train designers to think strategically.

2023 - present

UX Design Instructor / Idat

I train designers to think strategically.

2019 - 2020

UX Designer / Financiera oh!

I redesigned digital channels with a focus on conversion, digital adoption, and efficiency.

2019

UX & Communications Designer / Wiico (HR startup)

I improved the product with new features to accelerate product-market fit.

2018 - 2019

CX & Digital Transformation Intern / Tuenti (Telefónica)

I led the launch of the Tuenti community to reduce customer service costs.

2016 - 2018

Various roles in marketing, advertising, and branding

Achievements and projects

2021 - present

UX Vitals project

Quantitative studies on salaries, skills and maturity with 4,000+ responses.

2025

Speaker at Product Interface

Sharing the findings of the UX Vitals salary survey.

2022

Speaker, Figma design and prototyping workshop / UPC

2019

Winning team / 3M Invent a New Future Challenge

Developed in Costa Rica.