# anna tsalopoulos > Product Designer & Director | Defining Vision & Building 0→1 Platforms at Scale | Emmy & Webby Award Winner Location: New York City Metropolitan Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/annatsalopoulos Strategic design leader with 15+ years of experience, turning complexity into clarity—creating experiences that connect, educate, inspire, and spark delight through thoughtful design and animation. ## Work Experience ### Senior Staff Product Designer @ MoneyLion Jan 2021 – Present Lead design strategy across AI-powered products serving millions. Define direction, build scalable systems, and simplify complex financial experiences. Mentor and elevate designers across teams. Led the evolution of MoneyLion’s visual identity and scaled the design system across all platforms. Led 0→1 and platform-wide initiatives, including: • Discover + social community, a core engagement and monetization surface • AI-powered financial insights, search, and conversational experiences • A Duolingo-style financial learning system • Credit monitoring, investing, payments infrastructure, and membership strategy • The cross-platform web dashboard extending the full app experience to web ### Senior Product Designer @ JetBlue Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | New York City Metropolitan Area As the lead product designer for JetBlue’s booking flow, I led the design of key features including the homepage search, flight filters, payments flow, top navigation, seat selection, flight booking page, and upsell page. I also revamped the booking flow templates to enhance consistency and improve usability across the experience. These updates, particularly in the upsell and booking flows, directly contributed to a significant increase in ticket sales and revenue. Through frequent user testing and data analysis, I was able to make design decisions rooted in real user feedback and insights. I collaborated closely with the team to build and evolve the design system and principles, strengthening user experience, brand loyalty, and creating a more innovative, trusted e-commerce experience. ### Senior Product Designer @ American Express Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 • Designed financial products for American Express consumer-facing website, focusing on UI/UX and design system updates. • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to enhance user experience and drive engagement. • Implemented innovative design solutions that resulted in a 20% increase in user retention. ### Senior Product Design Director @ HOMER Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | New York As Senior Product Design Manager, I led a team of UI/UX designers, researchers, and visual designers in crafting intuitive and engaging early-education apps and websites. I worked closely with brand leadership to ensure a consistent visual design language across all digital platforms while developing and implementing a comprehensive new design system. In addition to driving UX concepts, I iterated on designs based on both business goals and user feedback, ensuring our solutions were both effective and user-centered. I also fostered strong relationships with cross-functional teams, clearly communicating our design objectives, processes, and vision to align stakeholders and drive impactful outcomes. ### Senior Product Design Manager(VP) @ JPMorgan Chase & Co. Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | New York, New York Led and managed a design team, testing, researching, and developing new financial products. Established and evolved a design system and product design principles. Created and designed the highly successful Chase Auto Preferred car shopping and finance experience on the web and mobile. Collaborated with a large team to design the mobile mortgage and house shopping experience for mobile platforms. ### Senior Product Designer @ Jet Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Hoboken, New Jersey As the lone product designer for a back-end dashboard facilitating scan-less shopping akin to the Amazon GO store, I designed the UI/UX and developed the design system. I created prototypes and conducted daily user testing to iterate and refine the design continually. Collaborating with a prototype store, engineers, and the product team, I designed a new dashboard that empowers users to troubleshoot and swiftly address issues within the store. This product garnered success through a pitch to Walmart's CEO, and the acquisition of Jet.com by Walmart. ### Design Director @ MarcoPolo Learning Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Greater New York City Area As the startup's Design Director, I spearheaded and crafted the design vision for an educational subscription-based app. My responsibilities included guiding a team in user interface design, interaction design, user research, prototyping, visual design, product design strategy, animation direction, and game design, as well as overseeing recruitment and team management. I led the product design efforts for native apps and the parent-facing website. The Discovery Channel picked up the show, and the educational app has won many awards. ### Digital Art Director @ Nickelodeon Jan 2008 – Jan 2016 | Greater New York City Area Emmy/Webby award-winning Product Design Director for multi-platforms, including iOS, Android, Roku, Apple TV, Apple Watch, and websites. Defined strategy, design, and vision of future user experiences. Led and mentored a multidisciplinary team in user-centered design, design strategy, wire-framing, prototyping, user testing, user research, conceptual thinking, storytelling, content creation, recruiting, team strategy, culture, and management. Directed and created on-air promos, animation direction, storytelling, content creation, team management, brand development, and visual design. ### Senior Designer @ Nickelodeon Jan 2006 – Jan 2008 | New York, New York Senior designer, creating websites, UI design, visual design, games, digital promotions, newsletters, crm. ## Education ### certificate in Advanced Figma Designlab Jan 2025 – Jan 2025 ### cerificate in UXD workshop General Assembly Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 ### web development/css New York University Jan 2010 – Jan 2010 ### Majored in in graphic design Massachusetts College of Art and Design ### Graphic Design in Web Design, Animation, E-Commerce Hendricks Institute of Design ### High School ACS International Schools ### Marblehead High School ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/annatsalopoulos - Portfolio: https://www.annnoudesign.com/ --- Source: https://flows.cv/annatsalopoulos JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/annatsalopoulos/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-30