Emiliano — Senior Product Designer
Senior Product Designer · New York, NYC · ezapata.nyc@gmail.com
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 Pro — Pergolade
Lead UX Designer (end‑to‑end) · 2024A configurator‑led buying journey for a premium pergola, designed so customers feel guided instead of overwhelmed — on desktop and mobile.
ConfiguratorResponsive UIAR handoffInformation architectureRailBuild — RailBuild
Lead UX Designer (end‑to‑end) · 2024Streamlining 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 UIResponsiveFidemDD — FidemDD
Product Designer · 2023A studio site that reads like a portfolio of decisions, not decoration.
Marketing siteEditorialDesign systemPerformanceLegal & General Quote Engine — Legal & General
Lead UX (Senior UX Designer) · 2024Turning a clinical single‑page life‑insurance form into a paced, mobile‑first conversation that earns trust before asking for contact details.
Quote flowInsuranceProgressive disclosureDesign systemCityPups — CityPups (sprint exercise)
UX Designer · 2021Matching shelter pups with city people in a five-day design sprint.
Design SprintConsumerResearchPrototypingUsability testingBirder — Passion project
UX Designer · 2022A 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.