Alex Rivera
Senior Product Designer
alex.rivera@email.com · +1 (415) 555-0142 · San Francisco, CA · alexrivera.design
Profile
Product designer with 7+ years shipping accessible, research-led experiences for B2B SaaS teams. Strong systems thinking, prototyping craft, and partnership with product and engineering. Known for turning ambiguous problems into clear product outcomes.
Work experience
Lead Product Designer, Northline (2022 to Present)
- Owned end-to-end design for onboarding, activation, and billing across web and mobile
- Cut time-to-value by 28% with guided setup flows and progressive disclosure
- Led design system expansion used by 4 product squads and 12 engineers
- Partnered with research to run quarterly usability studies and ship prioritized fixes
Product Designer, Lattice Studio (2019 to 2022)
- Designed collaboration workflows for a 40k-user productivity suite
- Built a shared component library that reduced UI inconsistencies by 45%
- Facilitated workshops with stakeholders to align roadmap and success metrics
Junior Product Designer, Brightframe (2017 to 2019)
- Supported redesign of marketing site and in-app empty states
- Created interactive prototypes for investor demos and customer interviews
Projects
Workspace redesign
- Rebuilt navigation and home experience, improving weekly active usage by 18%
Billing migration
- Designed plan comparison and upgrade flows for a pricing model change
Design system 2.0
- Documented tokens, components, and contribution guidelines for multi-squad adoption
Achievements
Design impact award, Northline (2024)
- Recognized for onboarding redesign that improved activation
Speaker, Config SF (2023)
- Talked about research-to-roadmap loops for product teams
Thesis
Adaptive onboarding patterns for first-time SaaS users
California College of the Arts · 2017
- Explored progressive disclosure and guided setup for complex B2B tools
References
Available on request
- Former managers and cross-functional partners happy to speak to collaboration and craft