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Welcome to my portfolio - a collection of my design work & development projects.
I'm Eli Pretto-Sotelo, a UX Designer and Frontend Developer who believes in iterating until every pixel feels intentional.
Selected Projects
Look at all these things I've been cooking up ✦
Experience
Look at all the cool places I've worked at ✦
Adobe Next// Campus Leader
Adobe
Aug. 2026 – Present
Representing Adobe Next// on campus by helping connect students with creative tools, community, and opportunities to explore design and storytelling.
UX/UI Designer & Software Engineer
UCF Center of Distributed Learning
Oct. 2025 – Present
Designing and developing for Materia, an open-source lesson-gamifying platform, bridging the gap between UX/UI design and hands-on front-end development.
Design Director
Knight Hacks
Jan. 2026 – Mar. 2026
Led design efforts for UCF's largest software engineering club and its premier Hackathon, Knight Hacks, ensuring a positive and enriching experience for all participants.
UX/UI Design & Web Development Intern
C² Technologies
Aug. 2025 – Oct. 2025
Supported C² Technologies' adaptable learning platform, Adapt2Learn, through UX/UI design and digital marketing asset creation.
Skills & Tools
The stuff I actually use day-to-day.
Design
- ✦UI/UX Design
- ✦Prototyping
- ✦Design Systems
- ✦User Research
- ✦Figma
- ✦Adobe Creative Suite
Development
- ✦React / Next.js
- ✦TypeScript
- ✦HTML/CSS
- ✦Tailwind CSS
- ✦Git & GitHub
- ✦Responsive Design
Process
- ✦Agile Methodologies
- ✦Design Thinking
- ✦Wireframing
- ✦Accessibility (a11y)
- ✦Cross-functional Teams
- ✦Documentation