samuel checa®
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Freelance senior product designer for startups, SaaS teams and agencies in the US and beyond. Product strategy, UX/UI, brand identity and design systems.
4.9 / 5
I’ve helped 95+ businesses design smarter digital products
that stand out and deliver. Yours could be next.
samuel checa®
I help startups launch MVPs, SaaS teams improve complex products, and agencies extend their design capabilities. One senior partner, from strategy to handoff.
I help startups launch MVPs, SaaS teams improve complex products, and agencies extend their design capabilities. One senior partner, from strategy to handoff.
Work directly with me on web and mobile products, with clear communication and design your team can build on.
2018-26©
Digital projects designed across all industries.
(s)am checa®
2018-26©
A quick look at what I do best.
Real projects. Real results. Real clients who keep coming back. Here’s a fast scroll through what I’ve been building lately.
2-min watch
2018-26©
A quick look at what I do best.
Real projects. Real results. Real clients who keep coming back. Here’s a fast scroll through what I’ve been building lately.
2-min watch
(s)am checa®
2018-26©
A quick look at what I do best.
Real projects. Real results. Real clients who keep coming back. Here’s a fast scroll through what I’ve been building lately.
2-min watch
(s)am checa®
2018-26©
A quick look at what I do best.
Real projects. Real results. Real clients who keep coming back. Here’s a fast scroll through what I’ve been building lately.
2-min watch
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Years designing digital products.
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Years designing digital products.
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Years designing digital products.
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Years designing digital products.
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Digital projects delivered across industries.
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Digital projects delivered across industries.
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Digital projects delivered across industries.
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Digital projects delivered across industries.
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Direct collaboration from strategy to launch.
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Direct collaboration from strategy to launch.
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Direct collaboration from strategy to launch.
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Direct collaboration from strategy to launch.
/Services
/Services
/Brand Identity
/Brand Identity
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Logo, symbol, color and type, built as a system that works from an app icon to a billboard. Delivered as a ready-to-use Figma handoff.
/Product Discovery & Strategy
/Product Discovery & Strategy
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Aligns business goals with user needs before a single screen is drawn. Deliverables: research report, personas, value-prop canvas, MVP roadmap.
/End-to-End UX / UI Design
/End-to-End UX / UI Design
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Turns strategy into friction-less web & mobile interfaces. Deliverables: information architecture, high-fidelity mock-ups, hand-off specs for engineers.
/Prototyping & User Testing
/Prototyping & User Testing
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Validates critical flows early, cutting development waste. Deliverables: clickable prototype (Figma, Framer, etc.), test script, insight report with prioritized fixes.
/Design-System Creation
/Design-System Creation
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Ensures consistency, speeds releases, and scales teams. Deliverables: component library, design tokens, pattern documentation, governance workflow.
/Brand Identity
/Brand Identity
/001/
Logo, symbol, color and type, built as a system that works from an app icon to a billboard. Delivered as a ready-to-use Figma handoff.
/Product Discovery & Strategy
/Product Discovery & Strategy
/002/
Aligns business goals with user needs before a single screen is drawn. Deliverables: research report, personas, value-prop canvas, MVP roadmap.
/End-to-End UX / UI Design
/End-to-End UX / UI Design
/003/
Turns strategy into friction-less web & mobile interfaces. Deliverables: information architecture, high-fidelity mock-ups, hand-off specs for engineers.
/Prototyping & User Testing
/Prototyping & User Testing
/004/
Validates critical flows early, cutting development waste. Deliverables: clickable prototype (Figma, Framer, etc.), test script, insight report with prioritized fixes.
/Design-System Creation
/Design-System Creation
/005/
Ensures consistency, speeds releases, and scales teams. Deliverables: component library, design tokens, pattern documentation, governance workflow.
/Brand Identity
/Brand Identity
/001/
Logo, symbol, color and type, built as a system that works from an app icon to a billboard. Delivered as a ready-to-use Figma handoff.
/Product Discovery & Strategy
/Product Discovery & Strategy
/002/
Aligns business goals with user needs before a single screen is drawn. Deliverables: research report, personas, value-prop canvas, MVP roadmap.
/End-to-End UX / UI Design
/End-to-End UX / UI Design
/003/
Turns strategy into friction-less web & mobile interfaces. Deliverables: information architecture, high-fidelity mock-ups, hand-off specs for engineers.
/Prototyping & User Testing
/Prototyping & User Testing
/004/
Validates critical flows early, cutting development waste. Deliverables: clickable prototype (Figma, Framer, etc.), test script, insight report with prioritized fixes.
/Design-System Creation
/Design-System Creation
/005/
Ensures consistency, speeds releases, and scales teams. Deliverables: component library, design tokens, pattern documentation, governance workflow.
Whether you’re a founder, a SaaS product lead or an agency partner, you need a designer who understands your goals and fits into your team.
I collaborate directly with founders, product teams and agencies, bringing clear thinking and hands-on design from discovery to developer handoff.
/Sam
/Stories.
Samuel exceeded our expectations, bringing clarity and quality to the experience through thoughtful design, usability, and information architecture.
/Toñi Gallego
Website Manager, Región de Murcia
Clients don’t hire me just for my craft — they stay because I deliver clarity, speed, and results you can measure.
Samuel exceeded our expectations, bringing clarity and quality to the experience through thoughtful design, usability, and information architecture.
/Toñi Gallego
Website Manager, Región de Murcia
Clients don’t hire me just for my craft — they stay because I deliver clarity, speed, and results you can measure.
Samuel exceeded our expectations, bringing clarity and quality to the experience through thoughtful design, usability, and information architecture.
/Toñi Gallego
Website Manager, Región de Murcia
Clients don’t hire me just for my craft — they stay because I deliver clarity, speed, and results you can measure.
sam checa ®
Experience Snapshot
How I guide every single /project to the finish line.
Independent by choice, collaborative by nature. Senior design expertise for your next launch, product improvement or client project.
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Senior Product & Brand Designer
Freelance
Freelance Product Designer with 10 + years crafting web and mobile experiences for high-growth startups and global brands. I’ve partnered with Movistar, Prosegur, Inditex (Zara), Paradise a La Carte, Cofares, Alza, and leading consultancies such as The Cocktail, McKinsey, Mendesaltaren, Designit, turning complex challenges into elegant, user-centric products.
Present
Senior Product & Brand Designer
Freelance
Freelance Product Designer with 10 + years crafting web and mobile experiences for high-growth startups and global brands. I’ve partnered with Movistar, Prosegur, Inditex (Zara), Paradise a La Carte, Cofares, Alza, and leading consultancies such as The Cocktail, McKinsey, Mendesaltaren, Designit, turning complex challenges into elegant, user-centric products.
Present
Senior Product & Brand Designer
Freelance
Freelance Product Designer with 10 + years crafting web and mobile experiences for high-growth startups and global brands. I’ve partnered with Movistar, Prosegur, Inditex (Zara), Paradise a La Carte, Cofares, Alza, and leading consultancies such as The Cocktail, McKinsey, Mendesaltaren, Designit, turning complex challenges into elegant, user-centric products.
2022
Design System Specialist
frog
Creation and governance of the Sewing Design System, setting the standards and quality checks that empower every designer and engineer in the company to deliver cohesive, scalable, high-impact digital experiences.
2022
Design System Specialist
frog
Creation and governance of the Sewing Design System, setting the standards and quality checks that empower every designer and engineer in the company to deliver cohesive, scalable, high-impact digital experiences.
2022
Design System Specialist
frog
Creation and governance of the Sewing Design System, setting the standards and quality checks that empower every designer and engineer in the company to deliver cohesive, scalable, high-impact digital experiences.
2021
Senior Product Designer
Jobandtalent
At Jobandtalent, the world’s leading digital marketplace for temporary staffing, I built and governed the company-wide Design System and led the design of its internal tools and native iOS & Android app, delivering a seamless end-to-end experience.
2021
Senior Product Designer
Jobandtalent
At Jobandtalent, the world’s leading digital marketplace for temporary staffing, I built and governed the company-wide Design System and led the design of its internal tools and native iOS & Android app, delivering a seamless end-to-end experience.
2021
Senior Product Designer
Jobandtalent
At Jobandtalent, the world’s leading digital marketplace for temporary staffing, I built and governed the company-wide Design System and led the design of its internal tools and native iOS & Android app, delivering a seamless end-to-end experience.
2020
Senior Product Designer
Devaway
I help founders and start-up teams turn bold ideas into digital products that scale effortlessly. From Silicon Valley to Australia, I bring a global mix of product strategy, UX /UI design, and Design System governance to launch, grow, and refine solutions that users love and businesses rely on.
2020
Senior Product Designer
Devaway
I help founders and start-up teams turn bold ideas into digital products that scale effortlessly. From Silicon Valley to Australia, I bring a global mix of product strategy, UX /UI design, and Design System governance to launch, grow, and refine solutions that users love and businesses rely on.
2020
Senior Product Designer
Devaway
I help founders and start-up teams turn bold ideas into digital products that scale effortlessly. From Silicon Valley to Australia, I bring a global mix of product strategy, UX /UI design, and Design System governance to launch, grow, and refine solutions that users love and businesses rely on.