Daniel Perujo

Digital product design and leadership

Daniel Perujo is a digital product designer and design lead with more than 20 years of experience. His work centers on human-centered design, supported by qualitative research and user-testing interviews. He has led small design teams from concept through launch-ready products and has worked with startups to develop and improve their products.

Professional experience

• Smartpay — Product Design Lead (2021–present): worked on the brand and core product design, qualitative research, and interactive prototypes and animations.
• Zypsy — Design Lead (2019–2021): led design projects for startups and created design systems and interactive prototypes using Figma, ProtoPie, and JavaScript.
• IDEO — Interaction Designer (2015–2019): designed concepts, experiences, animations, and physical and digital prototypes for Japanese international brands and aerospace agencies, supported by local and international qualitative research.
• Coiney — Product Designer (2014–2015): redesigned the interface and user experience for mobile and tablet apps, including user flows, wireframes, interactive prototypes, and animations.

Education

• Tokai University, Japan — Research at the School of High-Technology for Human Welfare, Department of Perceptual Human Interface Design (2006–2008).
• University of Granada, Spain — Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design (1995–2000).

Specialties

Digital product design, qualitative research, interactive prototyping, and design team leadership. Before Sketch and Figma became widely used, he created one of the most widely used Photoshop CC plugins for exporting assets in the early days of mobile design.