Stephen Calvillo is a design leader with over 15 years of experience designing digital products, crafting product vision & strategy, and creating lasting brand identities.
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HEAD OF DESIGN · HEIRLOOM · 2022 - 2024
Heirloom was on a mission to help everyone manage their digital identities. I was in charge of all things design--From the Heirloom identity, vision, marketing & communication, and of course product. We built both a consumer application and an enterprise web experience.
LEAD DESIGNER / DESIGN ADVISOR (FREELANCE) · MOGUL · 2023
I was brought in to help the team design and build the MVP for Mogul, a platform to help artists and musicians take control of their finances when it comes to their library and royalties.
STAFF DESIGNER · LYFT · 2018 - 2022
Lead designer on Lyft's operational tooling for managing the fleet of thousands of both autonomous and driver vehicles as well as site and technician tooling for day-to-day operations.
SENIOR UX DESIGNER · LINKEDIN · 2015 - 2018
Initially worked on a consumer applications that had influence on the LinkedIn app content sharing experience. Following that I worked on the LinkedIn Sales Solutions product on a number of products and features.
CREATIVE DIRECTOR (FREELANCE) · SALT&PEARL · 2023
I was asked to create a logo and overal identity for a seafood restaurant in Redondo Beach, California. With the owners, we came up with a name, logo, and aesthetic for the restraurant. In doing so the work influenced the interior design as well. If you're in the area, go check it out.
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About me
A Southern California native, an optimist, and a student of life. I love being outside when I can, hanging out with my girlfriend and our dog, Beans, and most of all eating good food.
Experience
I've been on large design teams, lead design pods, and worked as a solo designer on entire products. I've run design sprints, research spikes, and taken on entire organization vision projects. Designing quickly, being able to pivot when necessary, aligning stakeholders, and being able to execute on high quality design work are my super powers. I thrive in ambiguity and get excited to take on multiple challenges at once.
I'm passionate about working on projects that move society forward. I prefer designing products for utilitarian sake and not merely for mindless consumption. Most importantly, I love working with other good humans.
(Yes, that's me with less hair and younger)
Leading all things design for a small fully remote (but based in LA) startup. I have been defining and building a brand around bringing blockchain technology to the masses while designing both a best-in-class enterprise tool and an intuitive, disrupting consumer app with the best team in the biz.
2007 - Present
Stephen Calvillo Design
Owner / Designer
Everywhere
I've had the pleasure of working with a variety of new businesses who want to create momorable brands, build startups, and more. It's allowed me to work on a variety of applications, industries, and people.
When I joined Lyft, their vehicle rental program was expanding and both HQ and Operations employees needed tooling to manage and maintain the growing fleet. From fleet management, to vehicle inspections, to driver support queues, the tooling needed to be built from the ground up. I created a system and designed the foundation of more than 4 different internal tools while collaboratively working with cross functional partners and other designers across Lyft to come up with a consistent framework for operational tooling. I lead vision workshops to help the team understand where we were headed and how we can get there which directly influenced product roadmap. I also was an active mentor in the mentorship program every year.
2015 - 2018
Senior Product Designer
San Francisco
When I first joined LinkedIn, I worked on a startup within the company that's objective was to both increase content on the platform, as well as help orgtanizations realize the importance of employee advocacy. After a few years I transitioned to work on LinkedIn Sales Solutions where I designed products and features for sales professionals. I ran design sprints and was a part of large initiative projects for executives at both LinkedIn and Microsoft. I was a mentor for two years for two intern turned full-time designers.
2012 - 2015
Fullscreen
Designer
Los Angeles
Fullscreen was a full service talent management agency, produced original content, and developed digital products for digital influencers. I initially worked on the brand design team where I created visual assets for our top clients as well as developed the overall brand identity with the rest of the team. After a few years I transitioned into product design where I worked on tooling to help creators distriburte their content across channels as well as understand their monetization. The last year or so was spent working on a subscription video on demand platform for the demographic of our creators.
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