# Jovanni Lara

> Senior Product Designer

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

I’m a Sr. product designer with 8+ years of experience driving end-to-end UX for B2B SaaS and e-commerce
products. Deep expertise in 0→1 product launches, complex user flows, and building scalable design systems from scratch. Skilled in Figma, user research, and cross-functional collaboration with product and engineering teams. I have worked at Albertsons, Microsoft, and Reputation. I take pride in my craft and thrive on creating beautiful everyday experiences that help people make the most of their lives.

Skills: Product Design, Design Systems, Visual Design, Interaction Design, Prototyping, Mobile Design, Research, Presentations

## Work Experience
### Sr. Product Designer, Fulfillment @ Albertsons Companies
Jan 2022 – Jan 2025 | San Francisco, California, United States
As the lead designer on the E-commerce Fulfillment team, I focused on improving the in-store associate experience for picking online orders, while also contributing to and maintaining our design system to ensure scalable, cohesive solutions.

I partnered closely with cross-functional teams, including product managers, engineering, research, and operations, to influence our product and design strategy by evangelizing and building a great user experience for our complex picking flows and fulfillment tools.

Spearheaded a design initiative that reimagined the in-store shopper experience, setting a new benchmark for creativity and innovation. Delivered measurable UX improvements that empowered in-store associates to consistently meet performance targets, resulting in significant positive impact on operational efficiency and overall business performance.

Skills: Mobile design, Web app design, Design Systems

### Product Designer II @ Microsoft
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area
Power Apps Studio & Lifecycle Org

Designed the Figma to Power Apps feature & component UI Kit, empowering citizen developers and designers to build low-code business applications using pre-built Figma components created by the Power Apps team. Contributed to Power Apps' low-code AI Builder by designing components that enabled rapid generation of web and mobile applications from Excel and Power BI data sources.

Designed a UI toolkit of 100+ web and native mobile components for the Figma to Power Apps feature,
bridging design-to-development workflows.

Created and documented scalable components to support consistent, production-ready interfaces across platforms. 

Toolkit adopted by 7,000+ designers in the first month, with assets published in the Figma Community
space.

Skills: Design Systems, Interactions, Visioning, Research, Visual Design

### Product Designer @ Reputation
Jan 2018 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco Bay Area
Reputation provides businesses with a suite of tools to collect customer feedback, manage online reviews, and analyze customer sentiment. Aimed at helping businesses improve their customer experience, Reputation’s platform intends to be integral for brand management.

Start-up backed: Bessemer Venture Partners, Kleiner Perkins, Icon Ventures and more.

Led the end-to-end design of advanced, data-rich dashboards for web and mobile platforms, empowering enterprise customers to drive revenue growth and unlock new business opportunities. 

Managed and mentored a team of two designers, fostering a culture of collaboration, craft, and strategic thinking. Partnered cross-functionally with product, engineering, and go-to-market teams to align design execution with business goals. 

Spearheaded the creation of the company’s first-ever design system, streamlining workflows, elevating visual consistency, and accelerating delivery across multiple product teams. 

Championed a data-informed UX strategy grounded in user research and iterative testing, resulting in measurable gains in product adoption and customer satisfaction.

- Corporate dashboards
- 0-1 designer for Social Suite
- 0-1 designer for Inbox
- Core/Integrations
- Mobile (iOS & Android)
- Design System
- Data Visualization

### Co-founder & Product Designer @ Cyly
Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | San Francisco
Sole designer, product manager in mobile app startup. Sold IP.


## Education
### B.A. in Business Economics concentration in Finance, Political Science
University of California, Riverside

### Associate's degree
City College of San Francisco

### Startup School
Y Combinator
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/jovanni-lara-a1848696

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Last updated: 2026-03-25