Staff Designer @YouTube
Based in SF from NYC
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Hello!
Currently Juan is at YouTube, designing for the mission to give everyone a voice and show them the world. Prior to joining YouTube, Juan was a Design Lead at Disney+ helping start, launch globally, and iterate to 50 million+ subscribers. He's also led design for ESPN+, ESPN Apps, and CBS Sports, as well as an Emmy-Award winning editorial designer. He enjoys the intersection of design, storytelling, and technology.
Disney+
Design Lead for Mobile Platforms, Content Discovery, & Design System, having been involved since inception, the US launch on Nov. 12, 2019, and beyond. Also worked on Prototypes, Kid's Profile UX, Accessibility, Art Direction, Visual Design, and anywhere else I can help out. Manages direct reports and helps grow the Design team.
Press
- Disney Plus Racks Up 50 Million Subscribers in 5 Months - NY Times
- Disney Says Disney Plus Has Over 10 Million Sign-Ups After Launch Day - Variety
- Disney+ was the most downloaded app in the US in Q4 2019 - TechCrunch
- ‘Disney Plus’ was Google’s top US trending search term in 2019 - TechCrunch
Disney+ iPad App
Create an iPad Prototype to use for presentations, engineering teams, and Disney’s Investor Day on April 2019.
Collaborated with the iOS engineering team for responsive iOS architecture and support MultiTasking.
MultiSport to ESPN+
Create a live sports direct-to-consumer product codenamed MultiSport. After Disney purchased a majority share of MLB/BAMTECH, we were tasked with integrating MultiSport purchasing and viewing experience into ESPN App.
MLS LIVE
Solo UX & Visual Designer for end-to-end experience. Create a subscription service to watch Major League Soccer on mobile, web, and Roku. Presented to MLS, internal stakeholders, and collaborated with product & engineers to launch in time for season.
CBS Sports
As the Design Lead, we redesigned the entire CBS Sports Product Experience on apps, desktop, mobile web, and OTT devices. Soup to nuts - including Home Page, Sports Pages, Articles, GameTrackers, Scoreboards, Stats, Personalization, Registration, OnBoarding, Navigation, and more. We listened to user feedback, user interviews, and A/B testing. We migrated the editorial team from an archaic CMS to a modern CMS for efficiency & cross-platform publishing. And we also worked on March Madness, The Masters, and Super Bowl 50, which became the most watched live-stream Super Bowl ever (2017 Update: 2nd most watched live-stream Super Bowl ever).
CBS Sports - 2015
CBS Sports - 2015 Onward
CBS Sports.com
We shipped Version 1 of CBSSports.com on desktop and mobile web. Site is set up to evolve with backlog of feature updates, testing, & iterations.
Super Bowl 50
Designed live video player UX for desktop, tablets, and OTT devices. Super Bowl 50 became the most-watched live stream game in history.
Led a Design Team
Mentored, recruited, and hired designers to build a collaborative & talented design team.
Design Partners
Partner with Senior Product, Engineering, Editorial, Sales, & Marketing executives and teams to evangelize design.
Hands-On
Practiced design & front-end development on a daily basis to hone craft & solve problems with the team.
ESPN App
As an Associate Art Director at ESPN, Juan was the Product Design Lead on ESPN apps, the most popular sports app on iOS & Android. The ESPN App was formerly known as the SportsCenter App, which was also formerly known as the ScoreCenter App - yes, it's confusing. The ESPN apps are consistently ranked at the top of the iOS & Android Sports Categories and has been featured multiple times, including Apple's WWDC.
Press
- This is the new ESPN app - The Verge
- ESPN is getting a brand-wide makeover, starting with its iOS app - Engadget
ESPN Tablet App
iPad & Android app with a focus on personalization. Ideas & learnings were used to influence the ESPN.com redesign.
Business Insider
Some older stuff
Skills
UX/UI Design, Creative Direction, Mobile/OTT Applications, Design Management, Figma, Sketch, Adobe CC, InVision, Principle, HTML, CSS, Swift, XML, *some Javascript
Apps that Juan has worked on:
- YouTube: iOS | Android | Web | Connected TVs
- Disney+: iOS | Android | Web | Connected TVs
- ESPN+: iOS | Android | Web | Connected TVs
- MLS LIVE: Roku | iOS | Android
- CBS Sports: iOS | Android | Web
- CBS Sports Fantasy: Android
- ESPN: iOS | Android
- ESPN FC: iOS | Android
- Tournament Challenge: iOS | Android
- Fantasy Football: iOS | Android
MLB Advanced Media BAMTECH Media Disney Streaming Services
Principal Designer Design Manager
Sep '16–Jun '20
Design Lead and Product Design Manager for Disney+, involved since inception and collaborating on various aspects of the product for the Nov. 12 US launch and beyond. Some areas of focus include content presentation & discovery, concept, platform design, Kid’s Profile, prototyping, creation of the Vader & Anakin Design system, recruiting, hiring, direct reports, user research, presenting to stakeholders, and engineering collaboration.
Design Lead for ESPN+ and MLS LIVE, including onboarding, purchase funnels, video player, account management, front-end development, design system, and content discovery. ESPN+ and MLS Live were streaming products that shipped as part of BAMTECH and bought by Disney.
CBS Sports
Senior Product Design Manager
Feb '15–Jul '16
Managed a cross-disciplinary team of UX/UI, visual, and photo designers for CBS Sports on apps, desktop, mobile web, and OTT devices. Lead designer for a pod responsible for UX/UI/IX/IA design direction, visual/CSS design system, and creating familiarity across all products. Led design for Super Bowl 50 suite of live-stream & content products. Involved in UX research, A/B testing and user interviews for product iterations & roadmap planning. Partnered with Product, Engineering, Editorial, & Marketing Executives to evangelize design processes & drive metrics.
ESPN
Associate Art Director
Oct '12–Feb '15
First internal, mobile-dedicated Designer at ESPN. Product Design Lead for ESPN apps on iOS, Android, & Windows. Managed internal & external designers on product feature roadmap & iterations. Participated in design sprints, user testing, and shared learnings with teammates to help influence ESPN.com redesign, Fantasy Sports apps, and Tournament Challenge products.
ESPN
Designer II Senior Designer, ESPN.com Editorial
Mar '08–Oct '12
Editorial Designer responsible for top ESPN content initiatives for NFL, MLB, longform features, marketing initiatives, and CSS/Flash front-end development. Won an Emmy for Super Bowl MVP Flash feature. Led design for Madden NFL Cover Vote campaign in partnership with EA Sports. Mentored junior designers in UX/UI design and front-end development.
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
Weill Cornell Medical College
Columbia Medical University
Web Designer
Sep '06–Mar '08
Designed patient-facing sites to invite & connect patients with physicians. Lead designer for NewYork-Presbyterian Children’s Hospital. Developed Flash video player for use on nyp.org.
Skye Multimedia
Production Artist Designer
Sep '03–Sep '06
Designed web, Flash, and Shockwave CD-ROM eLearning applications for pharmaceutical, healthcare, and financial Fortune 500 companies. Designed company marketing materials and managed outside freelancers. Contributed Actionscript, XML, HTML/CSS. Skye was acquired by SmartPros in February 2006.
Awards
About
Outside of design...
I play intramural hockey, softball, and volleyball. I tell myself that shooting a 100 in golf is ok. I still can't dunk.
My influences
My family, John Maeda, and Joshua Davis