Albert Carmona

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Albert Carmona

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UI/UX Lead, NBA 2K

10 years of motion, systems, and in-engine work for a live service product with millions of players. Built directly alongside engineering.

Shipped Titles

Eleven titles, 10 years on the franchise. Console first, cross platform.

Shipped Menus

Production UI shipped across the franchise. Main menus, character editors, MyTEAM stores, and stat hubs.

NBA 2K26: Main Menu

NBA 2K22: MyTEAM Main Menu

NBA 2K18: Main Menu

NBA 2K22: MyCAREER Builder

NBA 2K26: Character Editor

NBA 2K26: Roster

NBA 2K26: Builder Summary

NBA 2K22: MyTEAM Ascension

NBA 2K18: MyTEAM Pack Opening

Shipped Titles

Eleven titles, ten years on the franchise. Console first, cross platform.

Building a Scalable Design System for a Live Service Product

Consolidated 500+ components to ~40. Cut build time from 2 weeks to under 1. Designed a three tier token system across platforms.

Systems Design

Design Tokens

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Building a Scalable Design System for a Live Service Product

Consolidated 500+ components to ~40. Cut build time from 2 weeks to under 1. Designed a three tier token system across platforms.

Systems Design

Design Tokens

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Building and Shipping a Self-Hosted Finance App, Solo

Designed and built a self-hosted finance app solo with Claude Code. An 'old money' UI in light and dark mode on top of 250+ API endpoints, shipped over 8 weeks of evenings.

Design Engineering

AI Workflow

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Building and Shipping a Self-Hosted Finance App, Solo

Designed and built a self-hosted finance app solo with Claude Code. An 'old money' UI in light and dark mode on top of 250+ API endpoints, shipped over 8 weeks of evenings.

Design Engineering

AI Workflow

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Unifying Four Disconnected Editors Into a Single System

Replaced four independently built editors with a single system driven menu. Concept to approval in one month, half the usual timeline. Any designer on the team can now maintain it.

Systems Thinking

Interaction Design

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Unifying Four Disconnected Editors Into a Single System

Replaced four independently built editors with a single system driven menu. Concept to approval in one month, half the usual timeline. Any designer on the team can now maintain it.

Systems Thinking

Interaction Design

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Unifying Four Disconnected Editors Into a Single System

Replaced four independently built editors with a single system driven menu. Concept to approval in one month, half the usual timeline. Any designer on the team can now maintain it.

Systems Thinking

Interaction Design

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Coordinating a Product Redesign Across Five Teams

Coordinated Environment, Lighting, Characters, Engineering, and UI/UX over 8 months. Built tools with engineering to refresh content without touching code.

Cross Functional

Production Tools

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Coordinating a Product Redesign Across Five Teams

Coordinated Environment, Lighting, Characters, Engineering, and UI/UX over 8 months. Built tools with engineering to refresh content without touching code.

Cross Functional

Production Tools

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Coordinating a Product Redesign Across Five Teams

Coordinated Environment, Lighting, Characters, Engineering, and UI/UX over 8 months. Built tools with engineering to refresh content without touching code.

Cross Functional

Production Tools

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Art Direction

Directed a team of concept and motion artists shaping the visual language for UI across multiple NBA 2K releases.

Art Direction

Directed a team of concept and motion artists shaping the visual language for UI across multiple NBA 2K releases.

I led UI on NBA 2K for over a decade. We shipped cross platform every year with teams of 10 to 13 designers, and the work was systems heavy and motion driven. I spent a lot of that time directly in-engine with engineers and loved every minute of it.

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