I am a Senior UX/Product Designer with 8+ years of experience leading end-to-end product design for global enterprise platforms. I specialize in AI-powered design systems, complex data visualization, and user-centric optimization that drives measurable business impact. My work has consistently delivered results, including a 600% increase in product adoption, a $150K reduction in operating costs, and management of multi-million-dollar product initiatives across diverse teams and countries. I design for clarity, accessibility, and scalable growth, turning complex data into intuitive interfaces that users love.

Rolando Perez

I am a Senior UX/Product Designer with 8+ years of experience leading end-to-end product design for global enterprise platforms. I specialize in AI-powered design systems, complex data visualization, and user-centric optimization that drives measurable business impact. My work has consistently delivered results, including a 600% increase in product adoption, a $150K reduction in operating costs, and management of multi-million-dollar product initiatives across diverse teams and countries. I design for clarity, accessibility, and scalable growth, turning complex data into intuitive interfaces that users love.

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I am a Senior UX/Product Designer with 8+ years of experience leading end-to-end product design for global enterprise platforms. I specialize in AI-powered design systems, complex data visualization, and user-centric optimization that drives measurable business impact.

My work has consistently delivered results, including a 600% increase in product adoption, a $150K reduction in operating costs, and management of multi-million-dollar product initiatives across diverse teams and countries. I design for clarity, accessibility, and scalable growth, turning complex data into intuitive interfaces that users love.

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Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Senior UX/Product Designer at World Bank Group
January 1, 2023 - Present
Redesigned a legacy $30B+ portfolio dashboard using information architecture and interactive data visualization, consolidating 6 workflows into a single source of truth and improving global financing coordination. Designed an AI-powered geospatial tool with ML confidence-interval overlays, reducing analyst review time by 70% and tripling data coverage. Built a decision-support platform for food security across 26 countries with progressive disclosure to eliminate training needs. Reached 10,000+ users across 191 countries with a 3D Earth interface and low-bandwidth rendering. Cut design-to-dev cycle 40-50% by architecting a tokenized Figma design system with auto-layout libraries and Storybook handoff. Expanded product adoption 600% across 5 countries and shortened time-to-value from 11 minutes to under 2 minutes through A/B-tested navigation, multilingual flows, and data-entry optimization.
UX/Product Designer at SHRM
January 1, 2021 - January 1, 2023
Generated $20,000,000+ in event revenue for 18,000+ users by redesigning the conference platform with faceted search, personalized scheduling, and a mobile-first journey. Improved accessibility for 50,000+ users by auditing 140+ components to WCAG 2.1 AA and applying guidelines across 3 squads. Delivered HR analytics insights to 318,000+ users from 3,000+ data sources by designing a modular dashboard with drag-and-drop widgets and cross-filtering, replacing 5 tools and reducing time-to-insight from hours to under 10 minutes.
UX/Product Designer at Healthy Directions
January 1, 2020 - January 1, 2021
Reduced redundant workflows 30-40% by consolidating 60+ screens into a component library of 80 reusable elements, enabling rapid page assembly. Achieved 99% Lighthouse scores in speed, accessibility, and SEO through lazy loading and semantic markup. Improved delivery consistency across a 12-person team by introducing a template, critique cadence, and async annotation protocol.
UX/Product Designer at Arteaga & Arteaga Advertising
January 1, 2018 - January 1, 2020
Supported distribution of $1,000,000+ in annual products by designing a bilingual, mobile-first store locator with geolocation and real-time inventory, embedded via QR code and integrated with e-commerce. Delivered UX for Uber, Pfizer, and Sanofi, navigating brand governance, legal reviews, and multi-market localization. Drove 90%+ engagement, $1,000,000+ in revenue, and 28% cart abandonment reduction in 3 months by identifying friction points via heat maps and session recordings, then running multivariate tests.
UX Designer at Arteaga & Arteaga Advertising
January 1, 2018 - January 1, 2020
Supported distribution of $1,000,000+ in annual products by designing a bilingual, mobile-first store locator with geolocation and real-time inventory, embedded via QR code and integrated with e-commerce. Delivered UX for Uber, Pfizer, and Sanofi with multi-market localization. Drove 90%+ engagement, $1,000,000+ in revenue, and 28% cart abandonment reductions in 3 months by identifying friction points via heat maps and session recordings and conducting multivariate tests.
UX Engineer / Front-End Developer at DDB Latina
January 1, 2016 - January 1, 2018
Increased user acquisition 80% and session duration 30% by building campaign microsites with HTML5 canvas animations and scroll-triggered interactions. Influenced $1,500,000 in revenue from 150,000+ users by restructuring Walmart PR's digital storefront for faster loads on 3G. Delivered Cannes-shortlisted campaigns by prototyping gesture-driven interfaces and real-time personalization for Latin American and U.S. Hispanic audiences.

Education

Professional Certificate in UX and Emerging Interaction Design at NYU Tandon School of Engineering
January 11, 2030 - June 12, 2026
BFA, Image and Design at Escuela de Artes Plasticas de Puerto Rico
January 11, 2030 - June 12, 2026

Qualifications

AI Agent Bootcamp
January 11, 2030 - June 12, 2026
Design Patterns for AI Interfaces
January 11, 2030 - June 12, 2026
Intro to AI Product Design
January 11, 2030 - June 12, 2026
Professional Certificate in UX and Emerging Interaction Design
January 11, 2030 - June 12, 2026
BFA, Image and Design
January 11, 2030 - June 12, 2026
AI Agent Bootcamp
January 11, 2030 - June 12, 2026
Design Patterns for AI Interfaces
January 11, 2030 - June 12, 2026
Intro to AI Product Design
January 11, 2030 - June 12, 2026

Industry Experience

Government, Professional Services, Media & Entertainment, Consumer Goods, Software & Internet, Non-Profit Organization, Financial Services