I'm Manuel Sagall

Interactive Product Designer, Art Director & Entrepreneur. 🚀

20+ years working in interaction design & launching world-class digital products.

I live in sunny Málaga (Spain) and we can work together in english, french and spanish.

¡Hola! Hello! Bonjour! 👋
¡Hola! Hello! Bonjour! 👋

I’m an Interactive Product Designer, Art Director & Entrepreneur who helps companies define, design and launch world-class digital products for over 20+ years. 

Expert in interaction design, user experience and multi-platform app development, I transform thorny problems into elegant solutions using visual design, rapid prototyping, and interaction skills. My design practice combines design thinking, user research and experience strategy, all with a relentless focus on the user.

As Head of Design I have been responsible for creating multidisciplinary teams and deal with all kinds of challenges. Besides design, entrepreneurship and teaching are two of my other great passions: I enjoy creating projects from scratch and help young potential to grow as professionals.

I really love what I do. 🖤

I enjoy creating elegant user-centric, pixel perfect and memorable engaging product experiences for users people

MY DESIGN PROCESS

Throughout my professional career I have been able to work with different methodologies. Design Thinking is probably one of the fundamental pillars of my way of working. 

A very important phase of analysis and initial research, working based on the observation of people allow me to launch an MVP on which to iterate and always undertaking improvements based on experience and use.

This leads us to always have a product that is alive and we can increasingly cover the needs of its users in a more effective way.

UX Product Design Process

PASSION AREAS & SKILLS

Design Systems
Art/Creative Direction
Cross-Platform Product Design
Videogames / Apps Development
UX Design and Usability
Leadership / Team Working
UI and Interaction Design
Game Design
Wireframing and Prototyping
Project & Product Management
Mobile First & Responsive Design
Design Thinking
Online Marketing
SEO / SEM / Affiliate Marketing

SOME WRITINGS, INTERVIEWS & TALKS

Some of the articles I have published in magazines, interviews I have been interviewed or appearances in massive events.

iGaming Business
Magazine/Article
Marketing strategies in Africa at the Betting Industry.
> read article

Joc Privat
Magazine/Article
Usability & user experience as a success factor in next-generation slot machines. (ES)
> read article

Games Magazine
Magazine/Article
Manuel Sagall profile from Golden Race. (ES)
> read article

SBC News
Magazine/Article
BOS Sponsor Profile Manuel Sagall from Golden Race. (ES)
> read article

Onda Málaga
TV
Social Totem overview at ‘Premios Junior’, Spin-off award winner.

Actitud Social II
Conferences
Pinterest, a picture is worth a thousand tweets.
> youtube

Social Day
Conferences
A picture is worth more than 1000 words and much more than 140 characters.

Santander Universidades
Conferences
Commercial communication on the web: New communication tools.

MY EXPERIENCE

Thanks to my studies, my projects and the companies I have worked for, I am the person I am.

WORK
2014 - PRESENT
WORK
Product Design Manager

Golden Race is a company specialised in Virtual Sports & Betting Solutions for the Gaming Industry. I’m focused in offering the best gaming experience and one of my main goals is to create a realistic and authentic betting experience for players and customers. 

Responsible for the creation of the design department from scratch with multidisciplinary artists where we have worked both in all parts of marketing (web, advertising, social media, ...) as well as in the creation of all their cross-platform new products (TV, smartphones, desktop, terminals, ...) with a great visual aspect and an authentic user experience.

2014 - PRESENT
WORK
Master Degree Programs Teacher

Professor in different business schools: Applied Creativity with Photoshop and Illustrator, Social media, WordPress, Customer loyalty and other subjects related to design and online marketing.

2012 - 2015
WORK
Founder / CTO

Personal Project. Spin-Off award winner at the University of Málaga. Founder and responsible of creating, communicating, and implementing Social Totem vision, mission, business development and overall direction.

2007 - PRESENT
WORK
Founder / CEO / Product Manager

Creative direction and Product Design of many freelance projects with my own clients. Specialized in interactive graphic design, UX/UI and online marketing. We produce identity, graphic design, online marketing and video games/apps.

2003 - 2011
WORK
Art Director

I created videogames and apps for Virtual sports, mobile, interactive tv and videoslots. I set up a new art department from scratch where we grew to be a team of  of 22 designers between Malaga and Barcelona.

2001 - 2003
WORK
Lead Artist / UX-UI Designer

Graphic designer and videogame artist for many online games and promotional websites. Level 51 was an internet project with an innovative multiplayer online game platform. 

EDUCATION
2022-2023
EDUCATION
Product Manager Nanodegree

Udacity / Google

2021
EDUCATION
Design Thinking Guide

Udemy

2019
EDUCATION
User Experience

Future Learn (Accenture)

2017
EDUCATION
Product Design

UX Learn - TorresBurriel Studio (UX Alliance)

2011 - 2012
EDUCATION
MBM Master in Business Marketing

University of Málaga

2006
Web Accesibility

Fundetel

2002
Web Design (Macromedia Certification)

Adams Studies Center

2001
EDUCATION
Dreamweaver

Euclidex

2001
EDUCATION
Web Design & Usability

University of Valencia. Campus TI.

1998 - 2001
EDUCATION
French Philology

University of Seville

DESIGN TOOLS

  • Sketch
    100%
  • Figma
    95%
  • Abstract
    100%
  • InVision
    90%
  • Zeplin
    90%
  • Adobe Photoshop
    100%
  • Adobe Illustrator
    95%

RECOMMENDATIONS

More references & recommendations available in my LinkedIn profile

AWARDS

Featured awards and recognitions that I have obtained throughout my career both in companies, entrepreneurship projects as well as personal.

GAMING (Golden Race)

  • Best Virtual Sports Supplier
    2020. SBC Awards
  • Best Mobile Betting Provider
    2020. Baltic and Scandinavian Gaming Awards
  • Best Virtual Sports Product
    2019. SBC Awards
  • Best Mobile Betting Provider
    2019. SBC Awards
  • Best Virtual Football Product
    2018. SBC Awards

Entrepreneurship

  • Best online marketing campaign (Social Totem & El Pimpi)
    2013. CMKM Club de Marketing de Malaga
  • AJE Málaga Awards Finalist
    2013. AJE Málaga (Entrepreneurs Associacion)
  • Spin-Off Award (Social Totem)
    2013. University of Málaga

DEMOSCENE (Multimedia)

  • Crossing (Amiga 64kb intro) - 1st place
    1999. Euskal Encounter 7. Bilbao, Spain
  • Phase One (Amiga Demo) - 1st place
    1998. Abduction. Oulu, Finland
  • Synthesis (Amiga Demo) - 3rd place
    1198. Assembly. Helsinki, Finland
  • Proklive (Amiga 64kb intro) - 2nd place
    1998. Satellite Party. Sczcezin, Poland

(Digital art)

  • Addict (Illustration) - 2nd place
    2007. Euskal Encounter 15. Bilbao, Spain
  • Together (Illustration) - 2nd place
    2002. Euskal Encounter 10. Bilbao, Spain
  • Kleopatra (Pixel art) - 1 st place
    2001. Euskal Encounter 9. Bilbao, Spain
  • Jack (Pixel art) - 2nd place
    1998. Radykal. Granada, Spain

Any Questions? I'd love to hear from you...