Resume · Updated 2026

Emiliano — Senior Product Designer

Senior Product Designer · New York, NYC · ezapata.nyc@gmail.com

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Summary

Senior product designer focused on simplifying complex product workflows — dashboards, quote flows, configurators, onboarding, and internal tools. I design calm, decision‑heavy interfaces inside product teams over the long term.

Selected projects

  • Pergolade Blade ProPergolade

    Lead UX Designer (end‑to‑end) · 2024

    A configurator‑led buying journey for a premium pergola, designed so customers feel guided instead of overwhelmed — on desktop and mobile.

    ConfiguratorResponsive UIAR handoffInformation architecture
  • RailBuildRailBuild

    Lead UX Designer (end‑to‑end) · 2024

    Streamlining product discovery and quoting on a premium rail system site that has to serve three very different buyer types — without overwhelming any of them.

    Information architectureMulti‑audienceQuote flowConfigurator UIResponsive
  • FidemDDFidemDD

    Product Designer · 2023

    A studio site that reads like a portfolio of decisions, not decoration.

    Marketing siteEditorialDesign systemPerformance
  • Legal & General Quote EngineLegal & General

    Lead UX (Senior UX Designer) · 2024

    Turning a clinical single‑page life‑insurance form into a paced, mobile‑first conversation that earns trust before asking for contact details.

    Quote flowInsuranceProgressive disclosureDesign system
  • CityPupsCityPups (sprint exercise)

    UX Designer · 2021

    Matching shelter pups with city people in a five-day design sprint.

    Design SprintConsumerResearchPrototypingUsability testing
  • BirderPassion project

    UX Designer · 2022

    A field app for birders that respects attention in the field.

    MobileResearchField UXOfflineAccessibility

How I work

  • Embed inside product teams; close to engineering and users over months and years.
  • Frame the decision before designing the screen.
  • Design systems and patterns that scale beyond the first surface.
  • Plain language; defaults that mean something; rules made visible.