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Marcos Perez
Sr. 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

 

Work Experience

 
 

Alight Solutions
2023 - Current

 

2021 - 2023

Sr. Product Designer

  • Mentored three product designers through weekly stand-ups and critiques providing holistic feedback on UX and UI principles, project management, organization, strategy and critical thinking allowing them to lead more efficient and constructive meetings through improved communication and rationale.

  • Standardized team-wide design templates on figma to ensure consistency on new projects and dev hand-off’s

  • Spearheaded retro sessions after project completion to look for improvements in process with PM’s and Designers.

  • Managed timelines of projects to keep all parties accountable of deadlines

Key Achievements:

  • Led and managed new IRA product offering consisting of over 40 collaborators across two external partner teams, overseeing the end-to-end UX experience from strategy to tactical execution resulting in a seamless cross-team prototype using the Alight Design System, generating Millions in revenue.

Product Designer

  • Designed low, mid and high-fidelity prototypes for product enhancements and new product offerings (designed for desktop, responsive and mobile app).

  • Designed and iterated on concepts across the Alight Annual Enrollment process

  • Collaborate with product management, user research, and development teams to deliver products.

  • Worked with product managers to communicate design updates to development team.

Bounteous
January 2021 - May 2021

 

UX Designer

  • 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.

  • Constructed wireframes using Sketch and Invision software.

  • Collaborated with the development team on internal projects

Brandmuscle
2016 - 2020

Visual Designer 

  • Designed advertising pieces for a major distributor in the alcohol industry.

  • Teamed with clients to produce desired final products.

  • Assisted with project management, inception, and pre-production setup.

@Properties
2014 - 2016

Visual Designer 

  • Multi-disiplinary designer of various marketing materials.

  • Responsibilities included managing a constant workload, multi-tasking, meeting quick deadlines, attention to detail, and excellent verbal and written communication skills.

  • Design work included branding, designing email templates, landing pages, & one-on-one client meetings.

 

TOOLS

Figma
Sketch
Invision
Jira
ZeroHeight
Slack
Miro

SKILLS

Leadership
Mentoring
Collaboration
UX Design
UX Research
Wire-Framing & Prototyping
Usability Testing
Design Systems