Summary
Eduardo Villuendas is a Design Director at Automattic with a decade of experience shaping product and interface design across consumer apps and distributed-work tooling. He leads design for Automattic’s Other Bets—overseeing products like Pocket Casts, Day One, Newspack, Gravatar, and Sensei—bringing both strategic vision and hands-on craft. Previously he drove Happy Tools and P2 as the main product designer, and built internal tooling that enabled Automattic’s fully distributed operating model. His background spans UI/UX for high-profile clients (Google, BBVA, Coca‑Cola) and early mobile ad platforms, reflecting a blend of data-informed visualization and pragmatic product thinking. Educated in graphic design in Barcelona and Copenhagen, he also taught UI fundamentals, signaling a commitment to mentorship and design culture. Colleagues note his rare combination of systems-level product strategy with a restless attention to interface detail.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Graphic Design, Graphic Design at ELISAVA Escola Universitària de Disseny i Enginyeria de Barcelona
Erasmus, Graphic Design, Erasmus, Graphic Design at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts - Schools of Architecture, Design and Conservation (KADK)
Spanish, English