Aleksandra Irzykowska
Lead Product Designer  |  0→1 • Complex Products • Design Systems
Overview
I’m a product designer with 12+ years of experience designing complex products across fintech, healthcare, travel, e-commerce, and SaaS (B2B & B2C).
My work focuses on 0→1 product development, design systems, and scalable experiences across web and native mobile. I specialize in simplifying complex workflows, data-heavy systems, and products with real operational and technical constraints — combining systems thinking with strong visual execution.
I’ve built design systems from scratch, designed AI-powered features, and worked closely with product and engineering teams to ship thoughtful, scalable solutions in fast-moving environments.
Open to: remote, full-time, contract roles.
CORE STRENGThS
0→1 product design (B2B & B2C)
Fintech, travel, healthcare, SaaS
Complex workflows & data-heavy interfaces
Design systems (tokens, theming, scalability, accessibility)
AI-powered product design 
AI-assisted workflows (design & iteration)
Cross-functional leadership (PM, Engineering)
Web & native mobile (iOS & Android)
Experience
Lead Product Designer | Freelance
Remote / 01.2022 – Present
• Led 0→1 product design for startups across fintech, healthcare, and SaaS — from discovery through delivery.
• Built a tokenized design system from scratch for Cloudticity, unifying three product silos and accelerating dev cycles.
• Translated complex technical and regulatory requirements into intuitive, scalable experiences.
• Partnered with founders, PMs, and engineering to align design strategy with business goals.
Selected clients: Cloudticity — 0→1 healthcare IT platform & design system (US); Niseus Group (Spain); Skopa (LatAm); Lambda (US).
Lead Product Designer | Lettuce Financial (via A.Team)
Remote / 07.2025 – 12.2025
• Designed contextual AI experiences around Lettuce Head, defining proactive trigger logic and task-relevant data surfacing.
• Led end-to-end design of the Year-End Financial Review — a complex tax workflow — from kickoff to production in under one month.
• Shipped Income & Expense Estimator and healthcare deduction flows, improving annual tax estimate accuracy for self-employed users.
• Partnered with PM, engineering, and stakeholders to align on scope, edge cases, and delivery under tight timelines.
Senior Product Designer / Design Manager | Capital One
Remote / 10.2021 – 03.2023
• Led 0→1 design of SmartPay, a new B2B payments product simplifying complex financial workflows for SMBs.
• Led org-wide OMNI design system consolidation, eliminating duplicate components and standardizing UX patterns across silos.
• Drove a global UI refresh, aligning visual patterns and interaction standards across Capital One’s product suite.
• Mentored junior designers, improving team capability and design execution.
Senior Product Designer | Lola Travel and Expense
Remote / 03.2020 – 10.2021
• Owned the travel and user management silo across iOS, Android, and web — end-to-end, from discovery through delivery.
• Redesigned the flight checkout flow to integrate spend management, virtual cards, and policy enforcement — pattern adopted across hotel and car rental bookings.
• Shipped core features including QuickBooks integration, MFA authentication, and self-service flight editing.
• Maintained and evolved the design system to support consistent product growth.
Impact: Lola.com was acquired by Capital One in 2021.
UX/UI Designer | Pega Systems
Cambridge MA / 11.2018 – 03.2020​​​​​​​
• Designed reusable components to Bolt, Pega’s open-source enterprise design system.
• Built internal platforms including Collaboration Center and Employee Portal.
• Partnered with engineering to maintain design-to-code parity across deliverables.
UX/UI Designer | TripAdvisor
Needham MA / 09.2015 – 11.2018​​​​​​​
• Redesigned native mobile and web experiences for Attractions and Restaurants products.
• Built the Attractions Cart to improve checkout usability and conversion.
• Created a B2B Activity Feed for restaurant owners, increasing engagement.
Additional Experience: Product / UX Designer | PUMA, Sperry Top-Sider
2009 – 2015
• Contributed to large-scale e-commerce experiences focusing on product discovery, checkout,
and conversion.
• Collaborated cross-functionally in high-traffic, consumer-focused retail environments.
Education
User Experience Design | General Assembly
Boston, MA / 2015
BFA in Graphic Design | Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Boston, MA / 2009
SKILLS & TECHNOLOGIES
Product & UX Design
End-to-end product design (discovery → delivery)
UX/UI design, interaction design, product strategy
Enterprise & B2B SaaS UX
Design systems & accessibility (WCAG 2.2)
AI-assisted design workflows & prompt engineering
Designing for LLM-driven products, predictive analytics, and intelligent automation
Conversational UI & human-AI collaboration

Research & Optimization
User Research, Usability Testing, A/B Testing
Behavioral Analytics & Data-Informed Design

Collaboration & Leadership
Cross-functional collaboration with product, engineering, and data partners
Mentorship & design quality leadership
Agile & Lean UX
TOOLS & PLATFORMS
Design & Prototyping
Figma (advanced prototyping, component libraries, variables, AI plugins), Sketch, Adobe Creative Cloud

AI Tools (applied use)
ChatGPT and Claude (+ Figma Console MCP) for design ideation, auditing, UX copy exploration, flow validation, and edge-case analysis
Galileo AI and Uizard AI for early UI exploration and rapid layout iteration

Design Systems 
Figma Dev Mode, Tokens Studio, scalable component libraries
Design-to-development collaboration and documentation

Research & Analytics
Maze, Hotjar, Optimal Workshop, UserTesting
Collaboration & Delivery
Jira, Confluence, Miro, Notion, Slack

Front-end Awareness
HTML/CSS familiarity

Work Authorization: Authorized to work in the US and EU (dual citizen)
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