Gabriel Valdivia
Fractional Design Partner for Early-Stage Teams
About
I help early-stage startups ship fast without compromising quality.
I've spent the last decade building 0→1 products for the world's top tech companies. Today, I partner with founders to bring their ideas to life. As a fractional design partner, I will:
I've spent the last decade building 0→1 products for the world's top tech companies. Today, I partner with founders to bring their ideas to life. As a fractional design partner, I will:
I've spent the last decade building 0→1 products for the world's top tech companies. Today, I partner with founders to bring their ideas to life. As a fractional design partner, I will:
Help you shape your product strategy without drowning in docs
Help you shape your product strategy without drowning in docs
Help you shape your product strategy without drowning in docs
Help you shape your product strategy without drowning in docs
Quickly create high-fidelity interactive prototypes to validate ideas
Quickly create high-fidelity interactive prototypes to validate ideas
Quickly create high-fidelity interactive prototypes to validate ideas
Collaborate directly with engineering teams to iterate swiftly
Collaborate directly with engineering teams to iterate swiftly
Collaborate directly with engineering teams to iterate swiftly
Build and nurture a design team that's set up for success
Build and nurture a design team that's set up for success
Build and nurture a design team that's set up for success
Capabilities
Product Design
Product Design
Product Design
Branding
Branding
Branding
Web Design
Web Design
Web Design
Strategy
Strategy
Strategy
0→1 Projects
0→1 Projects
0→1 Projects
Pitch Decks
Pitch Decks
Pitch Decks
Design Systems
Design Systems
Design Systems
Design Systems
Team Building
Team Building
Team Building
Coaching
Approach
01
Shared ownership. Whether I work independently or integrate with your team, everyone comes along the process.
02
I work fast, like really fast. Quick iteration allows us to zoom through explorations until we arrive at something that feels just right.
03
Show and tell. I frequently share work in progress, usually in the form of screen recordings with a voice over.
04
Bias for action. I prefer creating tangible artifacts to visualize the team's ideas over lengthy documents that often go ignored.
05
I work in systems. Whether it’s a small feature or an entire design system, I create reusable components for the team.
06
Design is thinking. I am not afraid to throw away an idea and explore divergent solutions. The more the merrier!
Clients
In their words
Gabe is a master at taming the chaos of the 0 → 1 process. He has the rare ability to jump into the early stages of open-ended projects and rapidly develop structure and systems. He is proactive, works with little to no direction — and he's also very fast!
Tanuj Lalwani
Head of Design, Daylight
I cannot recommend Gabe enough. Truly world-class in every sense of the word. From helping to visualize an ambitious product story & vision, to playing an active role in bringing on senior full-time talent, and everything in between – Gabe can seemingly do it all.
Jinen Kamdar
CPO, Gather
Gabe is a superb designer. He grasps what we are seeking to build and is lightning fast at turning our thoughts into designs. This facilities a quick feedback cycle leading to designs we are all happy with in an impressively short period of time.
Greg Dooley
Engineering Partner, GV
I was blown away by Gabe's ability to quickly synthesize complexity and simplify it for different audiences. Working with Gabe was both fun and productive. Delivery of high quality at high velocity is his superpower.
Natasha Awasthi
Head of Product, Ritual Dental
Gabe zipped in to our team seamlessly, brought well researched insights and strategic thinking to every concept, and polished the details to a high-shine. We're extremely pleased with the work--not only the output but the process to get there.
Meghan Harvey
Co-Founder, Bindery Books
Gabe is an exceptional 0 → 1 design thinker and partner to early-stage founders. He made major contributions to our brand identity and key features. Highly recommend!
Sandeep Rajan
CEO, Grandstand
