Tomás Milgron

Design Engineer

Barcelona, Spain·linkedin.com/in/tomas-milgron·tomas@talleroliva.com

About

Design Engineer with 9 years building products from research to shipped code. I design systems and implement them — Figma tokens to Vue/Nuxt components, user research to production interfaces. Teaching AI-augmented design at IED Barcelona. Raised in Buenos Aires, based in Barcelona.

Experience

First Design & Frontend Hire · Anansi

Apr 2023 - Jan 2026

First design hire at Anansi (insurtech). Owned product design and frontend implementation end-to-end, from day one.

  • Built the design system from zero: Figma variables → design tokens → Vue 3 / Nuxt components in production
  • Consolidated multiple applications into a unified product architecture
  • User research and interface design for an insurance tech platform
  • Frontend implementation in Vue.js, Nuxt, Tailwind CSS (and React/Next where required)
  • Cross-functional collaboration with product, backend and stakeholders

Web Developer · Dialpad

Feb 2022 - Mar 2023

Frontend development across marketing and product sites. Performance optimization and conversion-focused implementation. Collaborated closely with design team on component consistency.

Product Designer & Frontend Developer · Freelance

Oct 2018 - Feb 2022

End-to-end product design and development for agencies and startups. Clients: UrbanSim, WePropagate, Post*, various agencies.

  • Frontend architecture and implementation in Vue.js / Nuxt, including Vue 1 → 2 → 3 migrations on production apps

Education & Teaching

2D Prototyping & AI Lab Coordinator · IED Barcelona

2025

Teaching design students how to integrate AI tools into real design workflows. Developing COLAB methodology for human-AI collaborative design.

IdeaSquare Planet (i2Planet) at CERN, Geneva: Guest facilitator representing IED in a cross-disciplinary programme with IED, UPC & ESADE students, using speculative design to tackle real sustainability challenges.

Graphic Design · Fundación Gutenberg

2014 - 2017

Skills & Projects

Design: Product Design, Design Systems, UX/UI, Figma, Visual Design, Prototyping
Strategy: User Research, Interviews, Product Thinking, Information Architecture
Code: Vue.js / Nuxt (primary), React / Next.js, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, Pinia, HTML/CSS, Git
tranqui · Founder. Web studio for small businesses — professional sites with a subscription model, CMS included, modifications on demand. Next.js. tranqui.agency
taller oliva · Founder. COLAB Sessions: human-AI collaboration workshops. talleroliva.com