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Design Director · Alight Solutions · Remote · 2020–2024 · Web, iOS, Android

Growing a Platform Experience & Design Practice.

37Memployees served
3product lines
0→1design org built

Why this project, why now

Role
Product Director
Timeline
2020 – 2025
Scale
500+ employer clients, 36M users globally.
Team
17 designers and researchers.
Scope
Worklife Web, Mobile App, Analytics Platform, Design system foundation.

The challenges

Alight Worklife leadership timeline

Design Team Growth
Nov. 2020

Team of 3 (designers and researcher)

2025

Team of up to 17 global designers (US, MEX, ESP). 8 designers by the end of 2025.

Design under my leadership scope
Nov. 2020

Alight Worklife Web and Mobile App.

2025

Alight Worklife Web (2024) and Mobile App, Health Services (e.g. AE), WL Analytics Platform, Innovation Features e.g. Wellbeing programs or AI features.

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Design Operations
Nov. 2020

Onboarding for New Designers. Team needs, configuration and hiring.

2025

Different design-development process modalities depending on the product. Structured documentation and templates for the most common flows and pages configuration. Created a sub-variant of the design system for Alight Mobile App. Design & Product Reviews to increase engagement and set up new collaboration. Toolkits and Plays in tools like Miro and Slack for efficient workflow.

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Design Research Practice
Nov. 2020

One researcher; Research studies by menu.

2022

Team of 4 researchers. Design Research repository, Research Software consolidation. Promoted Research Lead to Director in 2022.

Design at the Org · Collaboration
Nov. 2020

2025

Established design principles. Facilitated workshops for major initiatives and presented in the Product Advisory Board where I presented our design work to clients like Starbucks, Ford, and RTX. Innovation experiments with mobile app.

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Metrics — reported by the company

2021 – 2022
500+
clients migrated
  • 88% digital CSAT (+2%) annually
  • Standardized platform across Alight's technology transformation by Q2 2022
2023 – 2024
200M
interactions annually
  • 39 interactions per user per year
  • Standardized code, design, and tools of new products and features
2025
69.4%
increase in AE enrollments
  • 89% digital CSAT
  • Successful go-live for the new reporting and analytics platform