Marcos Perez
Lead Product Designer
Marcosperezdesigns@gmail.com
Mpzdesigns.net
773.987.7855
Education
DePaul University
9 / 2018 - 11 / 2020
MS | Human-Computer Interaction
Columbia College Chicago
9 / 2010 - 12 / 2013
BFA | Graphic Design
Harold Washington College
9 / 2007 - 5 / 2010
AA | General Education
Professional Summary
Staff‑caliber product designer with 8+ years building complex B2B and platform experiences. I drive product clarity and momentum across Product, Engineering, and Research, simplifying intricate workflows, shipping polished UI, and elevating team execution. Creator of an internal AI prompting framework that accelerates ideation, prototyping, and research. Known for raising the bar on craft, systems thinking, and cross‑functional alignment.
Work Experience
Alight Solutions
Lead Product Designer
2023 - Current
End‑to‑end product ownership for B2B financial and HR platforms, from strategy through high‑fidelity execution and handoff. Partnering closely with PM, Eng, and UXR.
Led design for a zero‑to‑one IRA product, coordinating 40+ stakeholders across internal teams and two external partners; aligned teams on a shared UX vision in a regulated domain and delivered a cross‑team prototype using the Alight Design System, contributing to a multi‑million‑dollar revenue launch.
Implemented an agile design practice, aligning design intake, prioritization, and sprint rhythms with Product and Engineering to improve predictability, visibility, and dependency management.
Established a transparent tracking system for design work, improving cross‑functional alignment and delivery across squads.
Stepped into a design leadership role during a period of organizational change, ensuring continuity, clarity, and delivery stability across the design team.
Design Leadership: mentored and managed 3 designers via structured critiques and coaching on strategy, systems thinking, UI craft, and decision‑making; standardized Figma templates/patterns and handoff practices to improve quality and dev efficiency.
Partnered with UXR to define testable hypotheses, run iterative studies, and make data‑informed design decisions across multi‑step, high‑stakes workflows (analytics, annual enrollment, and financial tasks).
Shipped high‑fidelity, responsive interfaces across desktop, web, and mobile with emphasis on clarity, accessibility, and scalability.
Product Designer
2021 - 2023
Designed low–high fidelity prototypes for new features and products; collaborated with PM, UXR, and Engineering to define scope, validate direction, and ship improvements across B2B SaaS surfaces.
Focused on workflow simplification and UI quality in enterprise contexts; communicated design decisions and trade‑offs to drive alignment and timely delivery.
Bounteous
UX Design Intern
January 2021 - May 2021
Worked with stakeholders to define product requirements.
Conducted research, audits, and updated user flows to enhance user experience.
Moderated and synthesized UX research such as stakeholder interviews and competitive analysis.
Developed user personas and outlined pain points.
Rapid prototyping
Brandmuscle
Visual Designer
2016 - 2020
Produced multi‑channel creative for national clients
Collaborated from concept through production and supported project planning.
@Properties
Visual Designer
2014 - 2016
Design work included branding, designing email templates, landing pages, and one-on-one client meetings.
Collaborated with other designers and internal development team on digital projects.
Skills and Tools
Product & Leadership: Product strategy, cross‑functional alignment, design critiques, agile design ops, workshop facilitation, stakeholder management
UX: Systems thinking, IA, flows, prototyping, usability testing, metrics & outcomes, accessibility
UI & Systems: High‑fidelity UI, interaction design, design systems, responsive/web apps, enterprise workflows
Tooling: Figma, Miro, Jira, Zeroheight, Slack, Sketch, Copilot (AI)