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Passionately leading design organizations and building the next great products.

10+

Years experience

15+

Designers mentored

20+

Projects shipped

Hey there, I’m Dean. I’m a NYC based design leader building teams and platforms that turn customer experience into growth for organizations of all sizes. Let's chat more.

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Building a vision, team, and bank from scratch.

Role: Director, UX & Creative Design

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Powering banks of all sizes to deliver best in class digital experiences.

Role: Principal UX Designer

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Taking on crypto reward banking in a highly regulated landscape.

Role: Principal UX Designer

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Taking on crypto reward banking in a highly regulated landscape.

Role: Principal UX Designer

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Powering banks of all sizes to deliver best in class digital experiences.

Role: Principal UX Designer

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My endless journey to take on complex missions and bring teams together.

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Don't just take my word for it..

What teams say about my leadership style:

"Dean was my manager at Jenius Bank, where I had the opportunity to work with him for nearly four years. He was an incredible leader and mentor who consistently brought a positive attitude and a people-first approach to everything he did. Dean genuinely supported my growth as a designer and helped me develop both professionally and personally. He excels at collaborating across teams and navigating challenges with optimism and clarity. With an exceptional eye for design and color, Dean elevates the work of those around him. Anyone would be lucky to be on his team, and I truly hope to work with him again in the future."

- Annamarie Trank
Senior UX Designer at Jenius Bank

"Dean was easily one of the best people to work with at FIS. I was sad to lose him as a coworker at FIS, but was proud he went on to bigger and better things. Dean is great at communicating, leading people, and inspiring others. His leadership helped me overcome multiple issues with designing products, communicating with stakeholders, learning how to control a conversation to explain why something needed to be specific ways, and he taught me a lot about UX. 

- Nick Kagy

Senior UX Designer at FIS

"Dean was my manager at Jenius Bank for over 3 years and it was a pleasure working with him from the beginning of my time there. He was supportive in my growth within the company and was an amazing manager—something that I heard from the rest of the design team as well. He made great strides to improve the visibility and impact of design at the organization always through meaningful collaboration with product and engineering leadership. I look forward to working together again one day!"

- Yuan Chen 

Principal UX Designer at Jenius Bank

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Mobile: (203) 460-2139
email: dean.valentin@gmail.com

www.linkedin.com/in/deanvalentin

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