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

Experience

  • Senior UX & Product Designer

    Oct 2025 – Present

    exnaton · 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.
  • Product Designer

    Sep 2024 – Oct 2025

    Factorial · 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.
  • Product Designer

    Sep 2022 – Jul 2024

    bace · 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.
  • UX Designer

    Jun 2022 – Jul 2024

    THE 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.
  • UX Designer

    Dec 2020 – Jan 2022

    spacepilots · 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.
  • Freelance Designer & Intern

    Apr 2019 – Nov 2020

    Moxie 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

  • Reframe

    2026
  • Navigation for neurodivergent people, built in under 24 hours at Lovable SheBuilds.

  • Movie picks by mood, only from the streaming platforms you have.

  • Swap one word a day in your language with a partner or friend.

Education

  • B.A. Communication Design

    2018 – 2020

    Hochschule Niederrhein · Krefeld

  • B.A. Graphic Design

    2015 – 2017

    Escola Superior d’Arts Plàstiques · Barcelona. Continued my studies in Germany in 2017.

Recognition

  • Senate Prize “Gesellschaft und Ökologie”

    Jan 2021

    Hochschule Niederrhein · Krefeld

Skills

  • Product design
  • B2B / SaaS
  • User research
  • Research ops
  • Design systems
  • Prototyping
  • Usability testing
  • Interaction design
  • iOS design
  • Figma
  • Lovable
  • Claude
  • React / Next.js
  • Shopify
  • Workshop facilitation
  • Mentoring
  • 0 to 1 products

Languages

  • SpanishNative
  • CatalanNative
  • EnglishFluent
  • GermanFluent
  • ItalianB1
  • WelshA1