Making it pop






INFO

I’m Vic de Aranzeta, a designer, artist, and anthropologist with over a decade of experience across visual design, research, and product design. For six years, I’ve worked as a product designer with global teams from big-tech, agencies, and small teams at Seed through Series B startups across education, climate, commerce, health, AI/ML, and civic tech. 
 
Today, designing for teachers and students at MagicSchool AI, saving them time with simple workflows and helping them get back to student engagement. There, I’m defining the creative strategy for brand integration and elevating the product look and feel, and owning the experience design for teacher. My work spans product design, art direction, defining research operations, rapid prototyping, content strategy, and design systems.

I’ve also supported civic-tech clients to elevate their story with intuitive, visually engaging, and content driven experiences at Exygy, helped transform NCX’s product landscape leading design, and research, and launched a 0 to 1 digital marketplace for landowners, and crafted the vision and strategy for the award-winning Spora Mommas kit in partnership with Leadoff Studio.

My design practice draws inspiration from architecture, nature, film, history, vintage ads, and travel. When I’m not designing, you can find me exploring storytelling through short films, catching a baseball game, looking for the perfect cannoli, or rating movies on Letterboxd.
SELECTED EXPERIENCE
SELECTED EXPERIE
SELECTED EXPERIENCE
Nov 2025 - Present
Senior Product Designer, MagicSchool AI

Jul 2024 - Nov 2025
Lead Product Designer, Exygy

May 2022 - Jun 2024
Founding Product Designer, NCX

Apr 2021 - Apr 2022
Founding Product Designer, Spora Health

Dec 2020 - Apr 2021
UX Designer, Google (contract)



PRESS

Bay Area Climate Designers, 2026

Anthro to UX Podcast, 2023 

San Francisco chapter of IGDA, 2022 - 2023
The Early Team podcast, 2022

Decolonizing Design, Explained, 2022
Design at Spora Health, 2022

How Spora Health hired for 3 key positions, 2021



AWARDS

Core 77 Runner Up — Spora Mommas, 2022
2nd Place MIT Hacking Racism in Healthcare, 2020






Approach






My approach centers on clarity, context, content, and robust visual systems. I view design as a flexible framework operating across form, function, and feeling, balancing big-picture strategy with hands-on craft. I believe great design is guided equally by what we know and what we feel to build experiences that truly connect, grounded in deep research and honed by craft.

To me, brand isn't an afterthought or a static logo; it’s an essential piece of product design and the core driver of how people feel when using a system. I bring people into the process early and often because design never happens in a bubble. Co-creating is one of my favorite parts of working with intention — embracing creative chaos together to land on clarity, structure, and strategy for the work ahead.

My background in anthropology and archaeology grounds my practice in human reality. I design for real-world context: noisy spaces, quiet moments, dim light, and small screens. I deeply consider human and environmental context to meet people where they are, then lead them somewhere they never imagined.








Kind words








“...Vic is one of the most thoughtful, creative, and wonderful designers that I've had the privilege of working with. Her approach and attention to each aspect of the craft is inspiring.”

— Shawhin M., Product Manager, Spora Health

“When designing, Vic uses her strong research to make our users her priority, and ensures she gets feedback from every stakeholder, even when it slows things down or requires more work from her.”

— Heather S., Sr. Software Engineer, NCX





“What set Vic apart from the very beginning was her genuine interest in end users and their lives. Her ability to internalize the user perspective was consistently demonstrated in her design outputs. As her manager, I not only trusted and knew Vic would deliver on her work, but that her work would incorporate elements from her collaboration across the team at every step of the way.”

— Andy M., Chief Product Officer, NCX



“...She made it fun to collaborate, and I felt like the work we did together was of a very high quality because of her detailed consideration of the project goals, and her communication style.”



— Leah M., Sr. Software Engineer, NCX








“Vic has a very special way of working problems from a human-centric perspective.”


— Gus N.,Director of Growth, NCX








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