Diedro Meliga
UX Project Leader Mercado Pago Latam
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Top SchoolDiedro Meliga is a UX Project Leader with 11 years of experience designing and scaling product experiences across payments, banking and e‑commerce in Latam, currently leading UX for Mercado Pago. Trained in graphic design and strategic UX (Instituto Infnet, ESPM), he combines hands-on product design, front-end experience and team leadership to bridge design, engineering, business and compliance. He has driven measurable outcomes—such as significant conversion and flow-time improvements on credit products at Itaú—and led design teams responsible for large transactional ecosystems at XP and PicPay. At PicPay he translated regulatory complexity into smoother Open Finance experiences by shaping cross-functional committees and reducing delivery criticality. Known for nurturing individual strengths in teams, he focuses on sustainable, collaborative and profitable product development that yields simple, memorable user journeys. Based in Rio de Janeiro, he blends practical implementation skills with strategic UX mentorship and a strong track record in payments and marketplace platforms.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master Gestão Estratégica em UX design User Experience Design, Master Gestão Estratégica em UX design User Experience Design at ESPM Escola Superior de Propaganda e MarketingBachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) Graphic Design, Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) Graphic Design at Instituto InfnetGraduate Course User Centered Design — Interaction Design, Graduate Course User Centered Design — Interaction Design at Universidade PositivoProgramming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
meliga/meliga.github.io
Apr 2015 - Jul 2023
Contributions:1101 pushes, 8 branches, 1 issue in 8 years 4 months
brazilianicons/brazilianicons
Aug 2017 - Aug 2017
Contributions:21 commits, 15 pushes, 2 branches in 15 days
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