Alejandro Largo

About Alejandro Largo

I’m a hands-on brand & marketing design leader who loves to build—not just brands and digital products, but the teams and systems that make great work possible. With a background in graphic design, I bring over 16 years of experience across agencies, tech startups, and Fortune 500 companies. I focus on breaking silos by uniting diverse perspectives, fostering deep listening, and creating environments where people feel supported and empowered to push their thinking.This approach has led to highly collaborative teams that produce meaningful and impactful global brand identities, digital products and marketing campaigns that unify business goals, strategic direction and creative excellence.A few highlights:Away — Shaped the early design direction and marketing campaigns for renowned luggage brandGoogle — While at Huge, partnered with key teams to lead high-impact projects, such as rebranding ATAPHootsuite — Spearheaded the rebrand of this social media management pioneerSense — First Creative Leadership hire. Led brand and creative for this Series C-funded Climatetech startupPaddle8 — Led the product and marketing design teams at this online art auction house (acquired by Auctionata)🦆 Currently leading brand and marketing design at DuckDuckGo, the privacy-focused internet company with a mission to raise the standard of trust online. An explorer and entrepreneur at heart, I co-founded Travel Trove (20••••22), a platform for organizing, planning, and sharing dream trip experiences. Born from my own immigrant experience, I host First Person with Alejo Largo. A podcast about immigrants and first-gen individuals who’ve started something meaningful. — Available on Spotify & YouTube In addition to mentoring young designers, I served on the inaugural faculty of the revamped Huge XD School, a 10-week accelerated training program in experience design aimed at increasing diversity in the design industry.Focus:Hands-on Brand & Design LeadershipBuilding & Leading Creative TeamsCross-functional CollaborationBrand ManagementBrand PositioningCreative StrategyValue PropositionVisual IdentityBrand Voice & Brand NarrativesDesign SystemsDigital ProductsBrand Marketing &

Experience

1. DuckDuckGo

   Present

Education

• School of Visual Arts

  Master in Professional Studies, Branding

  2013 — 2014

• School of Visual Arts

  Bachelor of Fine Arts - BFA, Graphic Design

  2004 — 2008