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 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.
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.

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