Available for UX/UI roles - London.

A UX/UI designer who starts with real people.

I get out from behind the screen to gather real user insight — from clinics to climbing crags — and turn it into clear, human products.

+40% waitlist conversion
20 Climbers interviewed
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The Projects

My Tools

Tools I work with

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Skills

What I bring to a team

User interviews
Usability testing
Guerrilla / field research
Surveys
Affinity mapping & synthesis
Visual / UI design
Design systems & components
Responsive design
Accessibility-aware design
Figma prototyping
User flows
Interaction design
Rapid iteration
AI-assisted research synthesis
Rapid concepting with AI
Building with Claude Code

About me

Emilio Rodriguez

Design that looks right — and actually works.

I came to UX the long way round — through graphic design, retail, and social entrepreneurship. That path taught me two things that sit at the centre of how I work: design has to look right, and it has to work for the person using it.

I'm happiest when I'm closest to the user. I'll run interviews, sit in on usability tests, or head out and do guerrilla research in the wild — whatever it takes to design from real evidence instead of guesswork. Lately I've folded AI into my workflow (I trained in Claude Code), so I can research, prototype, and iterate faster without losing the human thread.

Right now I'm working on the side while looking for a UX/UI role in London. Outside design, I run — 15 years and counting, usually for charity — and cook stubbornly experimental vegan food, currently on a mission to make my own tofu.

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Reading is my space for learning and growth, with a particular interest in design and astrophysics. I’m currently exploring "This is Service Design Doing"