Rafael Medina portfolio
Product designer. Shaping trading experiences for one of the clearest DEX products in crypto.Frontend dev and designer. Designed financial product workflows for data-dense, decision-heavy tools.Product designer. Contributed to Web3 infrastructure interfaces with a focus on clarity and trust.Product designer. Rethought developer tools and communication platform experiences.Frontend dev and designer. Helped make legal operations software easier to navigate and understand.Design collab. Worked alongside product teams on focused interface explorations.Design collab. Shaped protection-focused mobile product experiences and interface explorations.
Punta Cana & NYCAvailable for work
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About Rafael Medina
Senior Product Designer.
Ten years across web3, fintech, and consumer products — from early strategy to shipped interfaces.
0x Project
- Redesigned Matcha.xyz from scratch and introduced monetization flows that generated sustainable revenue.
- Designed and shipped the 0x API dashboard in five weeks, contributing to API revenue scaling beyond $100K per month.
- Led marketing design strategy for 12 months across campaigns, video content, and web experiences that increased developer adoption.
BoldVoice
- Sole designer for an accent-training mobile app with more than 50K users, partnering directly with one developer to ship growth experiments.
- Prioritized high-ROI product improvements over a full redesign to maximize impact with limited resources.
Moody's
- Redesigned financial-analysis tools for institutional analysts, improving data discovery and workflow efficiency.
- Shaped UX for company profiles and government-entity features used by thousands of financial professionals.
TM (Chainlink, Twilio, and Onit)
- Chainlink: collaborated on internal tools and the brand system for a leading blockchain oracle network.
- Twilio: led a redesign of the developer-tools platform, supported by user interviews and UX research.
- Onit: rebuilt a drag-and-drop logic builder with React for legal workflow automation.
Incubeta (Google)
- Designed Google Edu Directory, connecting schools globally with certified Google trainers.
Education
CCI Program - NOVA Community College
U.S. State Department scholarship recipient (1 of 5 from the Dominican Republic).
ITLA - Las Americas Institute of Technology
Hi, I’m Rafael.
I’ve spent the last ten years designing products, mostly the complicated parts people prefer not to think about. I figure out what to build, test it with real people, and stay for the fixes after launch.
I prototype in code. A working interaction answers questions faster than a static mockup, and usually faster than a meeting.
When I’m not working, I’m probably kickboxing, swimming, riding a bike, or being humbled by salsa and jiu jitsu.
- Kickboxing
- Mountain biking
- Lap swimming
- Hiking
- Salsa (learning)
- Jiu jitsu (learning)
- Now
- Freelance, splitting time between Punta Cana and NYC.
- Lately
- Prototypes, AI tooling, and design systems.
Taking on new work. Building something? Send me an email.