Irene Muñoz
Product designer in Barcelona. I work across research, interaction and visual design, and build small products of my own.
- Now
- Senior UX & product designer at exnaton
- Experience
- 6+ years in product & UX
- Focus
- B2B SaaS, research, building
- Based in
- Barcelona
- Contact
- Email ↗ LinkedIn ↗
Experience
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Senior UX & Product Designer
Oct 2025 – Presentexnaton · Zürich (remote)
- One of two designers at a Series A energy-tech startup whose platform is trusted by 50+ utilities and energy providers and reaches 10M+ end users across Europe.
- Shaping two product surfaces: a complex B2B platform for billing, dynamic tariffs and energy communities, plugged into systems like SAP, and the white-label consumer portal that utilities give their customers.
- Founded the company’s user research practice, including the central research repository, and introduced structured design processes.
- Contribute to the design system shared by the B2B platform and the customer portal.
- Driving design culture in a fast-moving team, balancing product strategy with hands-on execution across B2B and B2C.
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Product Designer
Sep 2024 – Oct 2025Factorial · Barcelona
- Product designer across three teams at a B2B HR platform with over 1M users, often bridging product management.
- Led the automatic breaks initiative: +10% adoption within two weeks of launch, and zero manual corrections for companies on planned breaks.
- Designed Smart decision-making, a recommendation system that cut time-off approval time by 70%.
- Contributed to Factorial’s design system across the teams I worked with.
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Product Designer
Sep 2022 – Jul 2024bace · Dortmund (remote)
- Led UX and UI for the app and website of an early-stage startup building smart lockers for parcel pick-up and local Click & Collect, with the first hub piloted for 10 months at Borussia Dortmund’s stadium.
- Conceived and designed the brand campaign with Borussia Dortmund, live at the season opener.
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UX Designer
Jun 2022 – Jul 2024THE ARC GmbH · Dortmund (remote)
- Led UX and UI across landing pages, Shopify stores, native iOS apps and web applications for mid-size German companies.
- Planned and facilitated workshops with clients and internal teams throughout projects.
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UX Designer
Dec 2020 – Jan 2022spacepilots · Cologne
- Sole in-house designer across all client projects, owning the process end to end: discovery, research, UX, UI and handoff.
- Set up structured user testing for the team.
- Mentored a junior UX designer and facilitated workshops with clients and the team.
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Freelance Designer & Intern
Apr 2019 – Nov 2020Moxie Collective and freelance · Düsseldorf, Cologne
- Campaigns, print and digital assets for cultural clients including Tonhalle Düsseldorf, including #IGNITION, a concert series for young audiences.
Side projects
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Reframe
2026 -
Softroute
2026Navigation for neurodivergent people, built in under 24 hours at Lovable SheBuilds.
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Watchawatchin
2026Movie picks by mood, only from the streaming platforms you have.
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twowords
2025Swap one word a day in your language with a partner or friend.
Education
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B.A. Communication Design
2018 – 2020Hochschule Niederrhein · Krefeld
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B.A. Graphic Design
2015 – 2017Escola Superior d’Arts Plàstiques · Barcelona. Continued my studies in Germany in 2017.
Recognition
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Senate Prize “Gesellschaft und Ökologie”
Jan 2021Hochschule Niederrhein · Krefeld
Skills
Languages
- SpanishNative
- CatalanNative
- EnglishFluent
- GermanFluent
- ItalianB1
- WelshA1