Curriculum vitae
Lara Sanchez
Product Design Leader in Oxford, UK · She/Her
Work experience
- 2025 — NowPrincipal Product Designer, Tripadvisor – Tripadvisor Experiences
Oxford, UK
Lead designer for Tripadvisor Experiences, driving growth, monetisation, and retention across upper and lower funnel initiatives. Own end-to-end product design strategy to optimise customer acquisition and engagement.
- 2021 — 2025Principal Product Designer, Viator – Growth & Platform (Checkout, Merchandising)
Oxford, UK
Led a cross-functional design team and strengthened design governance, collaboration, and process maturity. Scaled and maintained Viator's design system. Served as lead designer for Merchandising, delivering initiatives that increased marketplace monetisation and accelerated growth across upper funnel and checkout.
- 2020 — 2021Senior Product Designer, Viator – Platform & Growth (Payments, Checkout)
Oxford, UK
Created and launched Viator's native and web design system, establishing robust product design foundations and distributed libraries. Drove payment and checkout experience improvements, supported a major brand transition, and embedded systems thinking across Product, Design, and Engineering.
- 2019 — 2020UX/UI Designer, Tripadvisor
Oxford, UK
Designed and optimised B2B supplier-facing interfaces for Tripadvisor Experiences. Improved onboarding and product-catalog workflows to increase supplier engagement and inventory quality.
- 2018 — 2019Creative Designer & Workflow Coordinator, Williams F1 Racing
Grove, UK
Led DesignOps and creative workflow coordination for the in-house design studio. Delivered high-impact creative across commercial pitching, car livery, driver kit and helmets, CRM, and digital platforms—including the Williams Racing, Esports, and Williams Advanced Engineering websites.
- 2015 — 2018Creative Designer, Williams F1 Racing
Grove, UK
Produced digital and physical brand touchpoints across the team’s global racing operations, including social media assets, CRM campaigns, partner pitches, trackside kit, car livery applications, and responsive web design for racing and engineering properties.
- 2013 — 2015Designer / Artworker, One Ltd.
Oxford, UK
Delivered multidisciplinary client briefs in a fast-paced creative studio agency, spanning brand identity, marketing campaigns, web and mobile app design, CRM communications, print artworking, and custom illustration.
- 2013Digital Communications – Web & Social Media Designer, Oxfam
Oxford, UK
Designed digital and print collateral within the Internal Communications team, producing web assets, engaging social media content, staff brochures, and campaign leaflets to support global organisational initiatives.
Side projects
- Since 2019Founder of Atelier Mundubira – Handmade Ceramics
Oxford, UK
Independent ceramics studio founded in Oxford, creating small-batch wheel-thrown and hand-carved stoneware—from functional tableware and home decor to ceramic jewellery. Manage end-to-end creative direction, production, brand identity, and studio operations.
- Since 2021Tour leader – WeRoad
Worldwide
Leading small-group adventure trips worldwide for solo travellers. Facilitate on-the-ground group dynamics, logistics, real-time problem-solving, and immersive cultural experiences across destinations globally.
Volunteering
- 2011Volunteers Coordinator, Reykjavík International Film Festival
Reykjavík, Iceland
- 2011Team Leader, SEEDS Iceland
Reykjavík, Iceland
- 2010EVS Reporter, Millennium Center
Arad, Romania