Glovo UX Team Survey · 2026

MARIANA IS
INTERIM UX
DIRECTOR

We asked the team what they really think. Here's what 21 honest voices had to say about the person who quietly made everything better.

21 Respondents
20 Unique Features
16 Emojis
Things learned
Mariana
Scroll to discover what the team said 🤓 ⛷️ ☺️ 🦆 👸🏼 🐼 🚀 ⚡ ✨ 🏃‍♀️ 🤸 🧐 🙌 🧭 🥰 🍎 🔀
Question 01

If Mariana were
a Glovo feature…

We asked the team to translate Mariana into a product feature. The answers reveal everything about how she's perceived: omnipresent, fast, essential — and still unsurpassed.

🔍
Laura PereaLaura Perea
Search

She always has an accurate and useful answer to our questions.

Also picked by Lo
🏠
JackJack
The Homepage

She has so many things to do and bring together — and she manages it in a cool, smart, and successful way.

Central Hub
CarmenCarmen
Flash Deals

Fast, impactful, and impossible to ignore. Creates that "wow" effect that keeps people coming back. Visible across the whole app — just like she is across the team.

High Impact
💛
ToniToni
The Glovo Yellow

Present in every single screen, quietly holding the entire experience together. You don't always realize it, but without it, Glovo wouldn't feel like Glovo. That's Mariana: omnipresent.

The Brand Itself
📦
BeatrizBeatriz Ruette
Real-Time Order Tracking

She is present in all of the projects. It is incredible how she manages it all!

Always Watching
📍
MiguelMiguel
Follow Your Order

Always aware of what is happening around.

Situational Awareness
AmirAmir
GUAPO

It's the best thing that has happened to Glovo in a long time. It goes to show how you can meticulously solve so many business problems at once — and still be awesome.

Best of Both Worlds
🌟
AliciaAlicia Furá
A Feature Yet to Be Built

She's a fine blend of good UX but highly functional and efficient — something helping users make good decisions. This is hard. The feature representing her hasn't been done yet.

Beyond the Roadmap
🧠
PabloPablo
Recommendation Engine

She processes a thousand inputs, prioritizes what really matters, and somehow always ends up finding the best option for both users and the team.

Always the Right Answer
🔐
Laura BarquetLaura Barquet
OTP

She needs to check the status of projects and make sure everything is progressing as it should — just like order tracking!

Always Verified
🔁
HectorHector
Reorder

She's efficient, fast, and trustworthy.

Reliable Every Time
🏗️
?Anonymous
Behind-the-Scenes Infrastructure

She understands how everything connects — people, teams, and priorities — and is constantly improving it so things run more smoothly for everyone.

The Foundation
🔀
ChinchiChinchi
The API Gateway

Different teams, different priorities, different contexts — but everything flows better once it routes through her.

Everything Connects Here
🧱
NadiaNadia
Discovery Wall

Full of surprises with knowledge and expertise she seeks in her spare time — like building her own app.

Always Discovering
🎠
AnnaAnna K.
Smart Carousel

Always wearing black — sleek, considered, and perfectly curated.

Effortlessly Curated
🆘
AnnaAnna C.
Help Center

Always looking for opportunities — and finding them.

Always There
VictorVictor
Prime

She's the premium tier. Everything about her signals that this is the best version.

Top Tier
🍎
AndyAndy Vizio
A Store With Only One Item: An Apple

Only eating an apple for lunch. I don't think there's another human being that does that.

One of a Kind
📍
JordiJordi
Address Selector

Embrace uncertainty with a smile.

Always On Point
🗓️
LorenzoLorenzo
Schedule Order

She plans ahead, sets things in motion, and makes sure everything arrives at exactly the right moment.

Perfectly Timed
Question 02

The Emoji Verdict

🤓
🚀
🐼
👸🏼
🦆
⛷️
☺️
🏃‍♀️
🤸
🧐
🙌
🧭
🥰
🍎

From 🤓 nerdy genius to 🚀 rocket fuel to 🍎 an apple for lunch — the team agrees: Mariana is many things at once, and all of them are extraordinary.

Question 03

The Most
"Mariana" Things

"

Takes a long blink before revealing the very intricate, detailed thought she just had.

JackJack
"

Turning a stubborn Product vs UX debate into a better solution than either of us initially imagined — while keeping the bar high and the energy fun.

CarmenCarmen
"

Speaking with facial expressions of approval or disapproval.

ToniToni
"

She is very transparent — can't hide any emotion. Haha.

BeatrizBeatriz
"

Even though she's super busy, if you ask her, she'll find time to have a chat with you.

LolaLola
"

Be in 5 places at the same time.

Laura PereaLaura Perea
"

Getting a requirement from Growth.

AmirAmir
"

Uses lunchtime to work — because it's the only hour she's free.

MiguelMiguel
"

Not eating mixed-colour food. Not eating in general. Jijijijiji.

AliciaAlicia Furá
"

Asking the one question in a review that nobody had thought of and suddenly makes the whole team rethink the solution.

PabloPablo
"

Turn everything into a challenge.

Laura BarquetLaura Barquet
"

Say "Shordi".

HectorHector
"

She'll give a very serious, thoughtful answer… and then laugh right after.

?Anonymous
"

If she has this look 🤨 during a review, it means "we can do better." And she's always right.

ChinchiChinchi
"

Challenge designs 😅🥳

NadiaNadia
"

Always wearing black.

AnnaAnna K.
"

Looking for opportunities.

AnnaAnna C.
"

Her faces when she disagrees with something.

VictorVictor
"

Only eating an apple for lunch. I don't think there's another human being that does that.

AndyAndy Vizio
"

Embrace uncertainty with a smile.

JordiJordi
"

Say "last but not least".

LorenzoLorenzo
Question 04

What we've
learned from her

01

"How to fight for and earn UX's seat at the big table."

JackJack
02

"Think 'user first', question everything, and not settle too quickly — plus how to disagree properly and still build something great together."

CarmenCarmen
03

"Loving the craft. Embracing the constraints as opportunities."

ToniToni
04

"How to be sweet and direct at the same time."

BeatrizBeatriz
05

"Take more responsibilities, follow the rituals, include stakeholders for better communication."

LolaLola
06

"To defend designer's decisions and always do your best."

Laura PereaLaura
07

"Poker Face — plus her patience."

AmirAmir
08

"Everything about management."

MiguelMiguel
09

"Tons of things. She's an inspiration in many ways. To my eyes she is perfect — yet in deep talking she has shown vulnerability and doubts, which made me realise my heroines also struggle with similar things. That made me admire her even more."

AliciaAlicia
10

"Ask the right question or provide feedback at the right moment — and not just to participate."

PabloPablo
11

"Ask constantly the why — why are we doing it?"

Laura BarquetLaura Barquet
12

"To take challenges as opportunities for something great."

HectorHector
13

"How to think more strategically."

?Anonymous
14

"Every craft deserves someone who fights for it the way she fights for UX."

ChinchiChinchi
15

"Sometimes it's better to let stakeholders draw the conclusion you want them to — instead of just sharing it as a statement."

NadiaNadia
16

"It's the problem of next week's Mariana — not trying to solve everything now is actually a very smart strategy not to go crazy."

AnnaAnna K.
17

"Finding opportunities."

AnnaAnna C.
18

"Coping with nerves in public."

VictorVictor
19

"Design process masterclass."

AndyAndy Vizio
20

"There are no limits to do a great job."

JordiJordi
21

"You can achieve anything you set your mind to, like learning to ski in one month!"

LorenzoLorenzo
Glovo UX Team · March 2026

HERE'S TO
MARIANA

The feature that hasn't been built yet. The Glovo Yellow of our team. Our UX Director.