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Diego Retamal

Product Designer focused on growth, systems, and real impact.

What I do

I design product experiences that move metrics — conversion, retention, activation. Not as a downstream executor, but as someone embedded in the problem from day one. I work at the intersection of product strategy, growth, and systems thinking, and I measure success in outcomes, not deliverables.

How I think

I treat design as a hypothesis. Before I open a design tool, I want to understand the funnel, the drop-off point, the user segment, and what the number looks like when we've won. UI is the last mile. The real leverage is upstream.

I have a strong experimentation bias. I've run A/B tests on critical acquisition and onboarding flows, instrumented designs to track post-launch behavior, and iterated based on data — not gut feel. Shipping is not the finish line.

I think in systems. Every one-off screen is a future liability. I default to reusable components, documented patterns, and composable logic — so the next feature is faster, cheaper, and more consistent than the last. Scale is a design problem.

I've spent years working directly with engineers, analysts, and growth marketers. I speak their language, challenge assumptions, and take accountability for what happens after the design ships.

Selected impact
CLARK — Senior Product Designer Berlin · 2022–present

CLARK's core promise is making insurance simple and transparent — but the offer view, the most critical moment in the acquisition funnel, was breaking that promise. Churn at that screen was at 60%. I led the end-to-end redesign: scoping the problem with data, running discovery, designing and testing multiple approaches, and running the A/B test that proved it.

  • +28% contract conversion in the test group
  • −35% drop-off at the offer screen
  • −21% post-contract cancellations
  • +10 NPS points on the internal satisfaction score

Beyond that project, I owned design across onboarding, switching, and cross-sell flows — building modular components reused across CRM, counter-offer, and in-app surfaces. Design as leverage, not output.

Pets Deli — Lead Product Designer Berlin · 2021–2022

Brought in with a clear mandate: own e-commerce conversion and grow revenue. I ran CRO initiatives end-to-end — diagnosing funnel drop-off, designing and testing solutions, and staying in the loop until the numbers moved. No handoff culture, no "that's engineering's problem." Full ownership from discovery to post-launch impact.

  • +23% checkout conversion rate
  • −31% cart abandonment
  • +17% average order value
Vodafone Spain — Senior Product Designer Madrid · 2020–2021

Led the redesign of the cross-sell and checkout experience inside Mi Vodafone — 3M+ existing customers, multiple sales scenarios, one coherent product flow. I designed a modular purchase system covering discovery, plan configuration, and a unified checkout that could adapt to any in-app sales context. The checkout was adopted across the full app.

  • 3M+ customers on redesigned flow
  • +19% cross-sell conversion
  • −44% steps to purchase
Strengths
  • Product strategy and problem framing
  • CRO and funnel optimization
  • A/B testing and experimentation design
  • Data-informed decision making
  • Design systems and component architecture
  • Cross-functional ownership and alignment
  • Mobile-first product thinking (iOS, Android, Web)
How I work
  • I start from the problem, not the solution
  • I validate with data, not opinions or seniority
  • I ship fast, instrument properly, and iterate
  • I build systems, not one-off screens
  • I stay close to engineering — implementation details are design details
  • I take accountability for outcomes, not just output
What I'm looking for

Product-led companies where design has a real seat at the table — not a service function. Teams working on genuine scale and growth problems where experimentation is a cultural default, not a quarterly initiative. I want ownership from problem definition to post-launch measurement. Not an executor role.

Outside of work

I spend time with Pepe — a long-legged dachshund with strong opinions and questionable decision-making.

He's not involved in product decisions (yet), but definitely keeps things grounded.

Background

Experience

Senior Product Designer @ CLARK (current)

Previously: Pets Deli · Vodafone · BEWATEC · Opinno · Vocento · Néctar · adidas · Condé Nast · LEGO

Education

IE Business School — Master in Customer Experience & Innovation

University of the Arts London — BA Interaction Design

MIT — Design Thinking

Languages

Spanish (native) · English (fluent) · German (basic)

Based in

Berlin, Germany