# Gilbert Salom > UX/UI Designer - Enterprise Resource Systems Location: Redwood City, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/gilbertsalom Senior level design professional and creative problem solver with prior roles leading and contributing to design efforts as a visual and user experience designer. Effective communicator applying an empathetic, user-centered approach to solving problems. Proven skills in conceptual, interaction and visual design. Skilled practitioner of Agile, Waterfall and Lean UX software development methods. Able to excel working within an existing design system or defining new conceptual framework. As a classically trained designer I use color, composition and typography to communicate Brand alignment and user experience. My career began designing tactical marketing deliverables including collateral print, presentations and advertisements. Additional duties included sales acquisition, trade show management and executive branding for small startups and large corporations. Working as a Visual Designer for Wells Fargo, PayPal and Cisco Systems responsibilities included documenting interaction libraries and style guides. Notable visual design projects include prototyping a large DoD satellite communications portal for Lockheed Martin and the successful launch of the Nook Color for Barnes & Noble Digital Products. As a Senior User Experience Designer at ItsOn I was tasked with building out our SaaS web portal for network operators to create digital products and behaviors for their subscribers. Contributed to the successful launch of our first SaaS product offering, providing key UX designs for iOS, Android, SaaS and front end development teams. Working with development teams, I take an integrated approach to implementation, consulting with engineering early and often as needed. Specialties: wire framing, user flows, annotated wire flows for front-end implementation, ideation, native iOS and Android standards, pixel perfect mocks, information architecture, grids, systems design. Highly interested in data analytics. HTML, CSs and SQL ## Work Experience ### Lead UX/UI Designer @ Argano Jan 2025 – Present | Redwood City, California, United States ### Freelance Designer @ Self-employed Jan 2017 – Present | Redwood City, CA ### UX/UI Lead Designer @ Aravo Solutions - Third-Party Risk Management Jan 2021 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco, California, United States • Led the modernization of a complex legacy SaaS platform, delivering a more intuitive user experience and streamlined navigation through stakeholder engagement and contextual research • Translated requirements into actionable deliverables for the Risk Dashboard and setup Wizard, reducing configuration time by 30%, enhancing user satisfaction, and streamlining workflows • Developed and maintained the Platform Design System for designers and developers to ensure consistency and scalability • Championed user-centric design, informed by data analytics, and feedback from users and technical account managers • Created proof-of-concept prototypes and presented designs to executives, building consensus across teams • Optimized interactions with large datasets using AG Grid and Highcharts, enhancing workflow efficiency and usability • Managed consultant workflows to meet deliverables and timelines effectively ### Research Lead @ Electronic Arts (EA) Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Redwood City, California, United States • Led UX research and strategy for the Electronic Arts Developer Portal (EADP), defining a “North Star” vision to optimize the Developer Experience • Collaborated across Product and Developer teams to drive discussions, activities, and planning, leveraging developer feedback and competitive analysis to inform decisions • Applied comprehensive UX skills, including problem discovery, wireframing, heuristic evaluation, and gap analysis to identify improvements and align the experience with business goals ### Senior Product Designer @ Automation Anywhere Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | San Jose, California, United States • Led the design and launch of multiple enterprise bot marketplaces, ensuring consistency and usability through established design patterns, research insights, and style guide documentation • Developed a design system for the enterprise bot store and supported the GA launch of the public bot marketplace, enhancing workflow efficiency and usability • Introduced an industry-first bot security program, including product security classification and program details, and collaborated with cross-functional teams to define the vision and integration of a multi-product platform ### Senior User Experience Designer @ Apple Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Sunnyvale, California, United States • Led the comprehensive redesign of a legacy security product to enhance application speed and load balancing, addressed user pain points, and improve user satisfaction • Collaborated with administrators, principal architect, product managers, and engineering teams to align technical requirements and user needs, ensuring seamless integration and streamlined workflows • Designed and iterated on concepts, flow diagrams, and wireframes, fostering cross-functional alignment and feedback, and proposed optimized configurations ### Senior User Experience Designer @ PayPal Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | San Jose, California, United States • Designed a Partner Onboarding experience, collaborating with Product, Content and Development teams, enhancing user experience, ensuring compliance, and actionable design directions – launched in 39 countries • Partnered with Country Marketing and Research to define requirements, create testing scripts, and prototype solutions for FinCEN (Financial Crimes Enforcement Network) compliance and CIP implementation (Customer Identification Program) • Presented usability findings to the Design organization and delivered final assets for engineering • Proposed changes to the design systems board to ensure visual consistency and scalability across the onboarding experience • Mentored new designers and led Agile backlog and planning sessions in Rally ### Senior User Experience Designer @ ItsOn, Inc. Jan 2013 – Jan 2017 | Redwood City • Gained start-up experience with successful SaaS product launches across multiple countries for Telefónica and Saudi Telecom • Designed a SaaS Portal enabling mobile operators to configure device behaviors and create consumer products • Translated business requirements into wireframes for desktop and mobile devices in an Agile environment, ensuring alignment with development and streamlied implementation • Conducted usability testing, refined designs, maintained design guides to ensure consistency and scalability ### Senior Visual Designer @ Wells Fargo Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 | San Francisco, California, United States • Created visual designs for web and mobile products, ensuring concepts met product requirements • Optimized Android tablet flows for research products • Delivered pixel-perfect assets and interaction documents for front-end development ### Senior Visual Designer @ PayPal Jan 2010 – Jan 2012 | San Jose, California, United States • Created mockups and pixel specifications, validated concepts with user testing, aligned business and legal requirements • Validated standards-compliant patterns for consistency, ADA accessibility, and code efficiency, enhancing overall user experience • Developed complaint wizard in LeanUX, improving user interaction and satisfaction ### Visual Design Consultant @ Barnes & Noble, Digital Products Jan 2009 – Jan 2010 | Palo Alto, California, United States • Created mockups and pixel specifications to ensure design accuracy and consistency • NOOK Color™ launch team ### Presentation Designer @ Cisco Systems Jan 2009 – Jan 2009 | San Jose, California, United States • Created executive sales briefings for Chuck Robbins’ use in Global Sales Experience (GSX 2009) and IPTV • Developed web graphics for email campaigns and product initiatives ### GUI Developer/Visual Designer @ Lockheed Martin Jan 2007 – Jan 2009 | San Jose, California, United States • Developed satellite communication portal interactions and graphics with HTML, CSS, action script, and ext.js • Translated requirements into designs for usability with low and high fidelity prototypes • Quickly grasped underlying frameworks like Sun Portal, Ext.js, and AJAX ### Marcom Designer @ Cisco Jan 2006 – Jan 2007 ### Marketing Consultant @ Education Finance Partners Jan 2006 – Jan 2006 ### Marketing Art Director @ PaymentOne Corporation Jan 2002 – Jan 2005 ## Education ### AI for UX Stanford University ### Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design Academy of Art University ### Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design University of San Francisco ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/gsalom - Portfolio: https://gilbert.myportfolio.com/ --- Source: https://flows.cv/gilbertsalom JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/gilbertsalom/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13