# Iliana Alexandrova

> AI Product UX/UI Designer | Ex-McKinsey | Strategic Design & Management

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/iliana

As a Lead Designer, I apply my skills and knowledge in product, UX/UI, content strategy, and design thinking to create innovative solutions for clients across various industries and domains. With over 10 years of experience in the field, I have led and contributed to multiple projects that have delivered value, impact, and user satisfaction.

I have a Global Executive Masters of Science in Strategic Design and Management from Parsons Paris – The New School, where I learned how to combine design thinking and business strategy to solve complex problems and drive change. I am also an Adobe Expert and have earned two certifications from Nielsen Norman Group on emerging patterns in interface design and building the right thing. I am passionate about exploring new trends and technologies in design and enhancing my skills and expertise.

## Work Experience
### Senior Product UX/UI Designer @ Sapience AI
Jan 2025 – Present | Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States

### CCO & AI Product Designer @ SlicAI
Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | United States
First Designer and Chief Communications Officer at startup SlicAI. Working alongside the CEO and engineers on product and business strategy, website and branding creation, communications, and pitch presentations. SlicAI services specialize in building of highly tailored generative AI systems, we call Mini-AI. Mini-AI accurately attributes sources, minimizes the LLM hallucinations, removes the need for LLM fine-tuning, excels at answering of highly domain-specific Q/A, and discovers missing links in the data.

### Lead Designer @ McKinsey & Company
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Senior UX Designer @ McKinsey & Company
Jan 2017 – Jan 2021

### UX OEM Automotive Product Design Lead @ SiriusXM
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | New York, New York
Design and successfully pitch fully flushed prototypes of OEMs for one of the biggest car companies.

### UX/UI Design Lead @ HealthReveal
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | NYC
Designing the digital platforms for a tech startup that connects medical providers, patients and big data to prevent health catastrophes and save lives. Executed fully flushed prototypes for mobile, tablet, and desktop tools using Axure, InVision, and Photoshop. From ideation, wireframing, dynamic prototyping, working closely with engineers, developers, and leadership, to testing and delivering a finished product ready for launch.

### Interactive Designer @ Viacom
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | New York, New York

### Freelance UX Visual Designer @ IBM
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015
Brainstorm innovative ideas to reinvent consumer experience; create UX/UI for digital and mobile apps; design for other environments including experiential (kiosks), as well as branding.

### Lead Graphic Designer @ Richard Mishaan Design
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | New York City
Design and production of all marketing collateral, layouts, books and brochures, customized promotional materials, signage, motion and web graphics for one of the top architecture firms in NYC and their international clients.

### Interactive Production Associate @ Rodale Inc.
Jan 2012 – Jan 2015
Design and publish interactive mobile issues for Men’s Health magazine, Women’s Health magazine, and Prevention magazine.

### Interactive Graphic Designer @ Men's Health Magazine
Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 | New York, New York

### Intern @ Men's Health Magazine NYC
Jan 2012 – Jan 2012

### Internship @ New York Academy of Art
Jan 2010 – Jan 2010
Taking graduate level painting and drawing classes with instructors Chris Pugliese and Leah Lopez


## Education
### Master's degree in Strategic Design & Management
Parsons School of Design - The New School

### BFA in Fine Art
Pennsylvania College of Art and Design

### Savannah College of Art and Design

### Art & Design
The Oxbow School of Art, CA

### Los Alamos High


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/ilianaalexandrova

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Last updated: 2026-02-23