About Manuela
Manuela Odell is a Senior Product Designer with extensive experience in B2B and enterprise design. Prior to her design career, she spent a decade in business development and partnerships at various startups, cultivating a deep empathy for users of digital products. Her portfolio includes projects such as redesigning complex, multi-level tables for Priori Legal and developing a progressive sex education app for teens. Beyond her design work, Manuela serves as a critique facilitator and mentor at Designlab, an award-winning online design program, reflecting her commitment to nurturing the design community. Her diverse background and dedication to user-centered design distinguish her as a versatile and insightful professional in the field.
Outside of work, Manuela is passionate about nutrition, fitness, consciousness, mindfulness, festivals, music, salsa dancing, travel, art, languages, metal-smithing and social justice. Like your typical gemini, she has way too many interests and passions.
User Guide
As a remote product designer working in-house and freelance, it’s important to me that I find organizations that match my own work style..
My Style
I trust my instinct and often follow my gut
I will take my time in order to understand the problem we are trying to solve
I am human and require human connection
Strengths
Collaborative: I am a natural collaborator. I love people! Working with them, learning from them and teaching them
Curious: I am extremely curious. I am curious about people, I am curious about problems, I am curious about process.
Thrives in ambiguity: I do well in environments where there is ambiguity. It is why I have done well at startups!
Kind: Kindness first. Life is way too short to be unkind.
