Product Designer @ Adobe
Based in San Francisco, CA

Jon Rodriguez

Jon Rodriguez — Product Designer

Selected work

What it’s like to work together

  • From the beginning, Jon worked as a true partner, not simply a designer waiting for direction. He helped turn an ambitious technical capability into a product people could understand, believe in, and bring to market.
    Co-Founder & CEOBeto Altamirano
  • Turning an ambitious vision for public purpose AI into a product requires someone who can create clarity across technology, policy, and people. Jon brings that clarity while aligning teams around a compelling view of what is possible through design.
    Founder & CEODr. Alberto Gomez
  • Great design means understanding technical constraints without letting them limit the vision. Jon communicates decisions clearly, even invites engineering into the process, and moves complex ideas toward experiences we can realistically build.
    Founding Software EngineerJoshua Duque
  • Jon’s holistic approach led him to initiate improvements that extended beyond the product’s defined scope. His customer-centered process, ownership mentality, and results-driven approach made him a valuable asset to the team.
    Senior UX DesignerAlex Stremiakov
  • Jon drove the UX exercise for the project, demonstrating great customer obsession and insisting on the highest standards by iterating and evolving the designs for a better customer experience.
    SDE ManagerMayank Kunawat
  • Jon is a natural leader and exceptional mentor. Working with him over the course of 6 months accelerated my growth as a designer more than I could have imagined. He has a rare combination of deep skill, infectious energy, and a genuine drive to see others around him win.
    Product DesignerItzie Pulido

On stage and in print

Where there’s a will…

There’s a way. It’s a philosophy passed down by my single mother and grandmother. Growing up in poverty on San Antonio’s West Side, I learned to create possibility with what I had, to recognize opportunity where others might not, and to keep moving before anyone gave me permission.

At 18, I earned the Adobe Design Circle Scholarship — one of design’s most prestigious — and went on to graduate from SCAD. Since then, that same will has carried me into rooms I once could not have imagined and compelled me to open doors, build communities, and bring others with me.

The longer story begins before I ever had a computer.

Jon Rodriguez celebrating at his SCAD graduation