Alex Rivera
Senior Product Designer · Design systems & UX
alex.rivera@email.com · +1 (415) 555-0148 · San Francisco, CA · Remote
Summary
Product designer with 8+ years shipping clear interfaces for B2B and consumer apps. Connects research, design systems, and measurable outcomes — partnering with engineering to deliver accessible, high-conversion experiences without inventing work that didn’t happen.
Experience
Senior Product Designer, Northline
Mar 2021 – Present
San Francisco, CA
Led the design system adopted by 3 product teams; reduced UI inconsistencies by ~40% in QA passes.
Redesigned checkout and onboarding flows; raised completion rate by 18% in Q2.
Ran discovery rituals with PM and research; cut average delivery cycle by 3 weeks.
Partnered with engineering on component library v2 (React + Storybook) and accessibility audits (WCAG 2.1 AA).
Figma · Design systems · Prototyping · A11y · Research
Product Designer, BrightOps
Jun 2018 – Feb 2021
New York, NY
Owned end-to-end UX for a SaaS analytics dashboard used by 200+ daily operators.
Introduced structured critique and handoff templates that became agency-wide standards.
Shipped 12 client releases with engineering; consistently hit sprint commitments.
Figma · Sketch · User testing · Design ops
UI Designer, PixelForge Studio
Jan 2016 – May 2018
Remote
Designed marketing sites and product UI for early-stage startups.
Built a reusable marketing component kit that shortened pitch-site delivery by ~30%.
Figma · Webflow · Illustration
Education
BFA Graphic Design
Rhode Island School of Design (RISD)
2015
UX Research Methods Certificate
Interaction Design Foundation
2019
Skills
- Product design
- Design systems
- Figma
- User research
- Prototyping
- Accessibility (WCAG)
- Design ops
- Stakeholder workshops
- HTML / CSS basics
Languages
English (Native) · Spanish (B2) · French (A2)
Certifications
NN/g UX Certification
Nielsen Norman Group · 2020
Projects
Ledger UI Kit
Open design system for fintech dashboards — tokens, components, and Figma → React docs used by two pilot customers.
Figma · Tokens · Storybook
FocusFlow
Side project: habit tracker with calm UX and offline-first sync; 4k monthly active users at peak.
React · IndexedDB · Figma
Publications
Shipping a Design System Without Freezing Velocity
Northline eng blog · 2023