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Rinn S.
Alvarez

UI / UX Engineer · 10 yrs

A decade of designing interfaces that hold together. I build design systems, banners, vector logos and motion, and lately I bring AI into the process to move faster without losing the craft.

10+years in UI/UX
4core disciplines
6tools in daily use
Portrait of Rinn S. Alvarez in a pink blazer
Open to projects
✦Design + AI
Frame 2 · Specialties

What I design

Four disciplines that share one habit: start from structure, then make it beautiful.

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01 · Systems

Design systems

Tokens, components and variants in Figma that engineers can build from directly, with auto layout and documented states.

02 · Marketing

Banners & ad sets

Web, social and display banners built as a resizable family, from the leaderboard down to the mobile tile.

03 · Identity

Logo vectors

Clean, scalable marks drawn in Illustrator with tidy anchor points, built to read at 16px and on a billboard.

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04 · Motion

Video editing

Product walkthroughs, social reels and promo cuts edited in Premiere Pro and CapCut, paced for each platform.

Frame 3 · Process

How a design comes to life

My standard workflow from first conversation to shipped product. Every stage has a human decision at its center, with AI speeding up the work around it.

Discover

Understand the problem

Talk to stakeholders and users, audit what exists, and agree on what success looks like.

InterviewsAuditGoals
✦ AI assistSummarize interviews and competitor research in minutes.
Define

Map the experience

Turn findings into personas, user flows and a clear information architecture.

PersonasUser flowsIA
✦ AI assistCluster feedback into themes to spot patterns faster.
Ideate

Sketch & wireframe

Explore layouts quickly in low fidelity before committing to visuals.

SketchesWireframesMoodboard
✦ AI assistGenerate visual directions and layout variations to react to.
Design

Build the system & UI

Set tokens, components and variants in Figma, then compose high-fidelity screens.

TokensComponentsHi-fi UI
✦ AI assistDraft microcopy and placeholder imagery that fits the brand.
Prototype

Demo & test

Link screens into clickable prototypes and recorded walkthroughs for testing and sign-off.

PrototypeUsability testDemo video
✦ AI assistAuto-caption and cut demo videos in CapCut and Premiere Pro.
Deliver

Hand off & iterate

Ship dev-ready specs, assets and banners, then measure and refine after launch.

Dev handoffAsset exportQA
✦ AI assistResize banner sets and check specs for missing states.
Then the loop repeats: test results and user feedback feed the next round of discovery.
Frame 4 · Toolkit

Tools I work in

The same set every day, chosen for the job rather than habit.

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FigmaUI, systems, prototypes
Ps
PhotoshopCompositing, retouching
Ai
IllustratorLogos, vector art
Pr
Premiere ProLong-form editing
Cc
CapCutReels, quick cuts
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AI toolsIdeation, assets, copy
Frame 5 · Presentation demos

Demos & walkthroughs

I present work the way it will be used: clickable prototypes and narrated recordings that stakeholders can follow without a designer in the room.

02:40

Design system walkthrough

Tokens, components and how variants map to code, presented to the engineering team.

Figma prototype
01:15

Mobile app onboarding flow

End-to-end prototype with micro-interactions, used for user testing and sign-off.

Interactive demo
00:45

Campaign launch reel

Banner set and motion cutdowns shown together as one campaign story.

Premiere Pro
03:10

AI-assisted redesign case

Before and after of a dashboard redesign, showing where AI sped up exploration.

Narrated deck
Frame 6 · Now exploring

AI in the workflow

Recently I have folded AI techniques into day-to-day design work. It handles the volume; I keep the judgment.

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soft editorial banner, rose and blush, clean sans type, room for headline at left, 1200×628

4 directions · refined by hand in Figma
  • Faster explorationGenerate many visual directions early, then pick and refine the strongest by hand.
  • Asset productionAI-assisted image cleanup, background extension and upscaling inside Photoshop.
  • Video speed-upsAuto captions, scene detection and smart cuts in CapCut and Premiere Pro.
  • UX writing & researchDrafting microcopy and summarizing user feedback before design reviews.
Frame 7 · Contact

Let's design
something together.

Open to product design, design system and creative work. Send a brief and I'll reply with how I'd approach it.