About

Designer, strategist, systems thinker.

I'm a Senior UX Designer with 10 + years of experience designing on enterprise and consumer platforms, digital products, and design systems across financial services, healthcare, cybersecurity, and emerging technologies.

Whether it's simplifying a complex workflow, evolving a design system, or creating more consistent experiences at scale, I love solving challenging problems through thoughtful, user-centered design.

My background combines enterprise and consumer UX, systems thinking, and visual design, allowing me to bridge user needs, business goals, and technical constraints.

Ximena Mutis — Senior Product Designer

Philosophy

How I think about design.

01

Design is a thinking tool.

The artifact is never the point. I use design to make invisible problems visible — to create shared understanding before a single pixel is placed.

02

Restraint is a skill.

The hardest design decisions are subtractive. I believe in earning every element — if it doesn't serve the user or the story, it doesn't belong.

03

Systems over surfaces.

Beautiful screens that don't scale are a liability. I design with the system in mind from day one — components, tokens, patterns, and the humans who maintain them.

04

AI amplifies, not replaces.

I integrate generative AI into my workflow thoughtfully — for exploration, acceleration, and augmentation. The judgment, taste, and empathy remain human.

Experience

Career highlights.

2025 – Present

Independent Product Designer & Consultant

— Independent

Partnering with startups, enterprise organizations, and mission-driven initiatives to create product experiences, design systems, and brand strategies. Currently building The Flamingo Run, a community-driven wellness initiative, while exploring AI-enhanced design workflows and emerging technologies.

2021 – 2025

Senior Experience Designer & Design Lead

— U.S. Bank

Led design across enterprise banking platforms serving hundreds of thousands of users. Directed design efforts for Corporate Connect, a unified commercial banking platform, while helping evolve the bank's enterprise Shield Design System and Sketch-to-Figma migration.

2020 – 2023

Design Lead & Brand Designer

— modMD

Led a complete brand transformation including visual identity, website redesign, brand guidelines, sales materials, and digital experiences, helping establish a more modern and scalable healthcare technology brand.

2020

UI/UX & Brand Designer

— Embark Veterinary

Contributed to a company-wide rebrand by translating new brand strategy into product experiences, ensuring consistency across digital products, marketing, and customer touchpoints.

2015 – 2020

Product Design, Brand & Emerging Technology

— Symantec · BLOCKv · Aki Technologies · Barry's Bootcamp

Designed consumer products, enterprise platforms, blockchain experiences, analytics dashboards, and branded environments. Built expertise across UX, visual design, design systems, data visualization, and digital product strategy.

2012 – 2015

Product Designer

— NTT DATA

Designed enterprise and consumer applications across web and mobile, specializing in user experience, information architecture, prototyping, and visual communication.

2006 – 2012

Brand, Marketing & Visual Design

— Cleopatra Records · SPARC · Beck Media

Built a foundation in branding, storytelling, marketing communications, and visual design across entertainment, nonprofit, and agency environments.

Let's work together.

Available for freelance projects and full-time opportunities.