Silvia Travieso González
Senior UI Designer | Design Systems Lead | Token Architecture | Tool Development
Barcelona & Canary Islands, Spain
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Summary
I build design systems that work in the real world—with metrics to prove it.
I built my last company's first design system from scratch, solo, in an engineer-first culture. The results: 90% QA reduction, 70% clean handoff rate, ~1,920 hours saved through component reuse, now deployed across 7 products. I didn't just design it—I built the automation too. I'm quick to adopt new technologies when they solve real problems: leveraged AI tools to build custom GitHub Actions that push design tokens from Figma straight into production CSS.
The last 2 years have been deep in UI and product work. I've stepped into product strategy on small teams with zero PM structure, co-owned full product lifecycles from pitch to MVP, and learned to think like a product person while staying a designer.
I think in systems and token architecture. I thrive in ambiguous environments where you have to build the plane while flying it. Currently developing a Figma plugin (under review by Figma for community release) that democratises design token workflows while seeking Senior UI Designer or Design Systems Lead roles where craft meets strategic impact.
Core Competences
Technical Skills
Design & Prototyping
Figma, FigJam, TokenStudio Plugin, Figma Variables, Figma Prototypes, Figma Sites, Figma Slides, Miro
Version Control & Automation
Git, GitHub, GitHub Actions
Documentation & Collaboration
Confluence, Notion, Miro
AI Tools
Claude, Claude Code, GPT, Copilot, Perplexity
Front-end & Development
HTML, CSS, SCSS, JavaScript, GSAP, Anime.js, npm, Bootstrap
Plugin Development
Figma Plugin API
Standards & Specifications
DTCG (Design Token Community Group) spec, WCAG accessibility compliance
Research & Testing
Manual user interviews, questionnaires (Google Forms, Microsoft Forms)
Current Projects
Figma-to-GitHub Plugin
December 2025 - Present · Under review by Figma for community plugins
Building a Figma-native plugin that eliminates the TokenStudio workflow complexity and bypasses Figma API subscription barriers.
Github: github.com/SilvT/ds-distributor
What it solves:
- Direct push from Figma Variables to GitHub (JSON format): no expensive API tier required
- Eliminates multi-step translation: Figma → TokenStudio → Git transformation
- User-controlled PR creation on push
- One-click GitHub Action deployment for automated CSS transformation
Status: Submitted to Figma for community plugin review, December 2025.
Experience
Design System & Product Designer
Jan 2025 - Nov 2025Built the company's first design system from zero while maintaining product design ownership. Started as UI Designer, proved the system's value through working proof-of-concept, evolved into design system leadership.
Key achievements:
- Secured CEO buy-in by building proof-of-concept showing real efficiency gains—working system beats theoretical pitch decks
- Built automated Figma-to-Git pipeline (with AI assistance) transforming design tokens into JavaFX-specific CSS
- Delivered measurable impact: 90% QA reduction, 70% clean handoff rate, ~1,920 hours saved through component reuse
- Grew system from 150 messy tokens to 864+ systematically structured tokens following DTCG spec and WCAG accessibility requirements
- Led adoption across 7+ products, conducting audits to establish global token architecture serving up to 80% of use cases
- Ran workshops and training sessions to build design system culture and drive designer contribution
Product Designer
May 2024 - Jan 2025Stepped into product strategy on 3-person team (back-end, front-end, me) with zero PM structure. Learned product thinking by doing it.
Key achievements:
- Co-owned full product lifecycle alongside back-end lead: CEO pitches, requirements gathering, user validation, market research, information architecture
- Co-drove product roadmap based on research insights and technical opportunities
- Designed comprehensive UI system + component library with detailed written handoffs
- Built two iterations of bespoke design system—this became the proof-of-concept that convinced leadership to invest in company-wide system
UI Designer
Jan 2024 - May 2024Remote - Basingstoke, England, United Kingdom
Key achievements:
- Designed across multiple concurrent products at different stages (0→1, in development, production, live)
- Optimised features for existing products with UX and UI improvements
- Established clean handoff processes with front-end developer working across 8-hour timezone gap
Freelance Designer
April 2021 - Present (4 years 9 months)Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Brand Identity | Art Direction | Illustration | Front-end Design
Occasional freelance projects—brand work, illustration, front-end prototyping. 10+ clients including Spain's 2nd most influential aesthetic doctor (grew Instagram following from 14k to 140k). Full-suite brand work from identity to websites and social media. Medical illustration work published in Europe's leading cardiology journal.
Assistant Community Manager
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
—Architect
London, United Kingdom
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Canary Islands, Spain
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