Chiara Veronica D. Señires
Senior Product Designer
Quezon City, Philippines
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Designer, Gamer, Cyclist
Work Experience
AcadArena
Senior Product Designer
Oversee and execute UI & UX design initiatives for AcadArena’s products and internal tools. Launched improvements to the existing AcadArena web app for launching in Brazil region. Lead creation and maintenance of AcadArena’s internal design system. Mentored design team on UI & UX principles and served as the company’s subject-matter expert in those areas. Created and implemented team practices & workflows when delivering design solutions for AcadArena’s products. Lead company-wide implementation of using Figma & FigJam to improve design collaboration and brainstorming. Worked closely with Engineering and other departments in devising and implementing quality assurance processes for design implementation.
August 2021
- November 2022
Philippines
Cignal TV
Lead Product Designer
Designed and launched: the Philippine website of NBA.com, UI & UX improvements for the video streaming service Cignal Play. Led redesign of OneNews.PH, an online long-form publication on current affairs with ~100k+ unique monthly visits. Designed a multi-site media portal called OneNetwork, a scalable online publication covering different topics, such as news, lifestyle, and sports. Collaborated with product managers and stakeholders regarding the design direction of different products.
September 2019
- August 2021
Philippines
TrueMoney Philippines
UI & UX Designer
Designed and launched UI & UX solutions for several of TrueMoney’s products: B2C bills payment and remittance software used by 20,000 TrueMoney Payment Centers in the Philippines, B2B payroll disbursement web platform, and internal portals for transaction processing and day-to-day activities. Helped develop the payment experience for the largest electric distributor in Metro Manila for TrueMoney Payment Centers, which generated 400K+ transactions on a monthly basis. Designed internal sales tool for tracking store visits which was used by ~200 Sales Agents on a daily basis. Facilitated user testing of different products to provide feedback on existing and upcoming designs. Closely collaborated with Product Management and Customer Experience teams in developing design directions for TrueMoney’s products.
June 2017
- August 2019
Philippines
Cocomilk Studio
Web Developer – Blake's Wings & Steaks
Building the website for Blake's Wings & Steaks. Will also set up a WordPress theme for the site.
April 2019
- July 2019
Philippines
Cocomilk Studio
Web Developer – Nerve
Built the website for Nerve on Ghost CMS.
June 2019
- July 2019
Quezon City, Philippines
Epimetrics, Inc.
Frontend Web Developer
Built the company website for Epimetrics, Inc. using Jekyll.
February 2018
- June 2018
Makati, Philippines
Ateneo Java Wireless Competency Center
Technical Consultant
Part time work. Designed and built the landing page for the project FASSSTER. Also, tasked to redesign the dashboard of the project’s web application, and assisted in creating a user manual on using the Spatiotemporal Epidemiological Modeler (STEM).
January 2017
- April 2017
Quezon City, Philippines
Ateneo De Manila University
Research Assistant
Assigned to the CHED-PCARI project CITAS to design the user interfaces of the mobile and web applications. Also conducted field work and did user testing with the project partners, created the first edition for the mobile and web application user manuals, and assisted in documentation and other administrative work.
September 2016
- March 2017
Philippines
User Experience Society
Co-founder, Vice President for Operations and Design
Co-founded the organization, designed its logo and helped established its branding. Also oversaw all operations done within the organization, and handled its official Facebook page.
July 2015
- May 2016
Philippines
Computer Society Of The Ateneo
Associate Vice President for Publication
Handled Wildcard, the organization's online publication, and its official social media accounts.
April 2015
- May 2016
Philippines
Ateneo Java Wireless Competency Center
Junior Web Developer
Fixed web app UI, made a landing page for eBayanihan, and did mostly front-end web development. Also helped in building the eBayanihan Mobile app.
April 2015
- June 2015
Quezon City, Philippines
Education
Ateneo De Manila University
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
May 2013
- June 2016
Philippines
Ateneo De Manila University
Bachelor of Science in Management
June 2012
- May 2013
Quezon City, Philippines
Languages
English (Fluent),
Filipino (Native),
Skills
Design Systems,
Responsive Web Design,
UI Design ,
UX Design,