Leonel Gomez — Design. Dev. Data. Direction. Creative Technologist in New York City

Leonel Gomez is a NYC-based creative technologist and creative director with 8+ years of experience — taking products the whole distance from brand and interface into shipped full-stack builds, backed by data. Founder of Craftly Studio and RequestWave (a white-label client portal for agencies). Former Graphic Designer, Email Marketing Specialist, and Web Developer at Dominicanos USA (DUSA). Founder and Director of QLeague, the first Dominican-American esports league. Skills: React, TypeScript, Vite, Tailwind CSS, shadcn/ui, Supabase (Postgres), Stripe, Node, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Figma, Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects, Photoshop, data visualization, Tableau, Salesforce, Mailchimp, SEO, SEM. Legacy: WordPress, Divi, SSL, DNS.

Hi, I'm Leonel GomezLeonel Gomez

Design. Dev. Data. Direction.

I take products the whole distance — brand and interface, into a shipped full-stack build, out to the data that proves it worked. Founder of Craftly Studio and RequestWave. 8+ years building for community and civic work in NYC.

Also:
Open to Creative Director, Design Lead & civic-tech roles

For employers: see what I build or reach out — I'd love to connect.

Experience
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2025–now

Founder

Craftly Studio · Hybrid

2019–2025

Director

QLeague / DUSA · On-siteQLeague / DUSA · On-site

2019–2025

Graphic Designer

DUSA · RemoteDUSA · Remote

2017–2019

Web Dev + Email

DUSA · On-site

Impact
2.1M+
Voters reached via GOTV
160k+
Registered to vote since 2015
3,900+
In TuCareer workforce pipeline
18+
QLeague events, NYC + DR
Press credential

Named "director de Q-League" by the Dominican Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MIREX)

Skills

Design

Figma
Illustrator
InDesign
Photoshop
Pseudo-3D
After Effects

Dev

React
TypeScript
Vite
Tailwind CSS
shadcn/ui
Supabase (Postgres)
Stripe
Node
HTML/CSS/JS

Dev — legacy / maintenance

WordPress
Divi
SSL/DNS

Data + Marketing

Tableau
Salesforce
Mailchimp
SEO/SEM

Adobe Creative Suite

Photoshop
Illustrator
InDesign
After Effects
Premiere Pro
Acrobat
XD
Lightroom
Dimension
Fresco
Animate
Audition
Character Animator
Media Encoder

Other Design Tools

Canva
Figma
Feather 3D
REQUESTWAVEFounder · 2025–present

Featured Product

RequestWave — White-label Client Portal

Brand · Product UI · Multi-tenant backend · Payments · Email — one solo build

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Solo
Full-stack build
Multi-tenant
Postgres + RLS
Stripe
Connected payments
White-label
Agency portal
DUSA Immersive Fair at Microsoft
QLeagueDirector · 2019–2025

Featured Project

QLeague — First Dominican-American Esports League

Founded · Directed · Designed · Built · Named in Dominican Government Press

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18+
Events
130+
Launch attendees
600+
Youth reached
MIREX
Gov't press
NYC
Based in

NEW YORK

CITY

Available for projects
Open to full-time roles
Bronx-rooted, globally minded

As seen in · worked with

Dominicanos USAQLeagueMicrosoftNBC NewsMIREXFDDEINDEX+ El Universal · Hoy Digital · N Digital · WNYC

Selected work

Designed it. Built it. Shipped it.

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craftly.studio
CRAFTLY.
Design + Dev
No Handoff.
Start project
Portfolio

Craftly Studio — Brand + Web

BrandingWeb Dev
2025
dominicanosusa.org
DUSA
Dominicanos USA
Empowering the Dominican-American community
Register to Vote 2026 →
2.1M Voters
160k+
5 Sites

dominicanosusa.org — 8yr Stewardship

WordPressBilingual
2017–2025
qleague.gg
QLEAGUE
Dominican-American Esports
FDEE SanctionedNYC + DR

QLeague — Brand + Magazine

BrandingEsports
2019–2025
app.requestwave.com
Requests Dashboard
12
Active
8
Review
34
Done
Brand refresh
In review
Site redesign
Active
App icons
Done

RequestWave — White-label Client Portal

Full-stackSupabase
2025

Skills & Tools

Design

  • Figma
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • InDesign
  • Photoshop
  • After Effects
  • Pseudo-3D
  • Canva

Development

  • React
  • TypeScript
  • Vite
  • Tailwind CSS
  • shadcn/ui
  • Supabase (Postgres)
  • Stripe
  • Node
  • HTML/CSS/JS

Legacy / maintenance: WordPress · Divi · SSL/DNS

Data & Marketing

  • Tableau
  • Salesforce
  • Mailchimp
  • SEO/SEM
  • A/B Testing
  • Google Ads
  • PPC

Disciplines

  • Brand Identity
  • UI/UX Design
  • Web Development
  • Data Visualization
  • Email Marketing
  • Event Production
  • Civic Tech