Summary
Joan Barduena is a UX/UI Designer with eight years of experience specializing in HMI and videogame-related interfaces, blending a background in video game design and programming with formal UX/UI study. Currently at Bertrandt Group, she manages design tokens and authors multi-brand Figma design systems for automotive infotainment (Cupra and Seat), ensuring seamless designer-developer handoffs. She has hands-on experience validating HMI screens in simulated and real vehicles, adapting skins to brand specs and troubleshooting through integration and testing. Joan combines creative game-art sensibilities (portfolio and ArtStation) with pragmatic front-end HMI delivery, making her adept at both visual craft and implementation constraints. Trained at CITM (UPC) and Academy of Art University, she is comfortable crossing roles from design to QA and light programming, which helps her bridge multidisciplinary teams. An under-the-radar strength is her ongoing exploration of Figma’s evolving variable system to future-proof scalable design token strategies.
8 years of coding experience
Master of Arts - MA, UI/UX, Master of Arts - MA, UI/UX at Academy of Art University
Bachelor's degree, Computer Games and Programming Skills, Bachelor's degree, Computer Games and Programming Skills at Centre de la Imatge i la Tecnologia Multimèdia | CITM (UPC)
Bachillerato Tecnológico, Bachillerato Tecnológico at Escola Pia Mataro
Grado Diseño y Desarrollo de Videojuegos, Grado Diseño y Desarrollo de Videojuegos at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)