Hi, great to meet you.
I design the systems
that make design work.
Carlos
Esparza
Case Study: Scaling Design Ops in a 50+
Person Distributed Design Org
Role: Lead UX Designer → Design Operations Manager
Company: Callisto Media
Team Size: 50+ designers, cross-functional with product, content, and production
Duration: 2019–2022
The Problem: A Rapidly Scaling Design Team with No Operational Backbone
My Role: From UX Lead to Design Ops Architect
What I Built: Systems that Made Design Sustainable
The Results: 10x Efficiency, Systemic Clarity, Team Growth
Final Thought: Infrastructure is What Makes Design Work
Info
As a leader I’m a strategic communicator, and an expert translator across disciplines. I inspire my teams to find novel roads to business goals, and I'm comfortable building teams to craft experiences in print, digital, and OOH environments.
My defining qualities are being 1) optimistic, 2) curious, 3) kind of silly, and 4) deadly serious.
Experience
Competencies
Design Operations & Strategy
Team Workflows
Process Mapping
Design system governance
Stakeholder Alignment
UX & Product Collaboration
Change Management
AI-Enabled Ops & Design
Stack
Figma
Design
Clickup
Project Management
Confluence
Documentation
Adobe Creative Cloud
Visual Design, Video, etc.
Notion
Workspace
ChatGPT
Assistant
Github
Code Management
React
Development
Smartsheet
Project Management
Slack
Communications
Cursor
Development
Replit
Development
