# Marcos Sorensen

> User Experience, Visual Design & Illustration

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/marcos

As a Senior Product Designer at Wells Fargo, I apply my creative skills and passion for user experience, visual design, and illustration to create engaging and accessible digital solutions for the security and UI framework teams. I have a BFA in Illustration from Parson School of Design, and over 30 years of experience as a freelance illustrator for various clients, including Ask Jeeves, Coca-Cola, Snapple, NY Times, Time, Swatch, Broderbund, Phillips Interactive, Microsoft, Wired, Parenting, Scholastic, and Edible Manhattan. My work has been recognized by multiple awards and annuals, such as American Illustration, CA, 3x3, Creativity 29-Gold Medal, and San Francisco Society of Illustrators.

My mission is to delight in customers by delivering compelling designs that meet their needs and expectations. I approach each project from the ground up, collaborating with art directors, product designers, and company stakeholders, brainstorming, prototyping, user testing, and building cross-platform design systems. I prioritize accessibility, governance, and UAT, and provide pixel-perfect red-line specs for all devices and platforms. I also establish and maintain illustration style guides and design systems, and create illustrations and logos for a variety of use cases. I enjoy working in the dynamic and innovative fields of fintech and e-commerce, and I am always eager to learn new skills and technologies.

## Work Experience
### Illustrator @ Sorensen Illustrates
Jan 1990 – Present
Clients Include:  Ask Jeeves, Coca-Cola, Snapple, NY Times, Time, Swatch, Broderbund, Phillips Interactive, Microsoft, Wired, Parenting, Scholastic, Edible Hudson Valley.
Annuals & Awards include: American Illustration, CA, 3x3, Creativity 29-Gold Medal, San Francisco Society of Illustrators - Gold, Silver, Bronze, Best in Show awards

### Senior Product Designer @ Wells Fargo
Jan 2022 – Jan 2026 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Senior Visual & UX Designer @ Wells Fargo XD
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Oakland CA
Design, UX & Illustration for the Security & UI Framework teams. 
Created mobile first mockups and built cross platform design system. Provided pixel perfect red-line specs for all devices and platforms. Prioritized Accessibility (for ADA compliance), Governance (Design team reviews) & UAT (User Acceptance Testing) groups.
UX: Created prototypes and mood boards to guide teams through complex user flows.
Research: Provided competitive analysis, visual audits and internal system reviews to define and create design components for digital Design Kit system.
Illustration: Established Illustration style guide and design system for use by our digital teams and created illustrations and logos for a variety of use cases.

### Senior User Experience Designer @ Prosper Marketplace
Jan 2015 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area
Delivered innovative user experiences that helped customers navigate a complex but reliable new financial asset class.
UX Design: Worked with business stakeholders to plan, design, and build great interactions and responsive designs.
Research: Completed competive analysis identifying potential points of differentiation, got actionable insights, and helped define and deliver against targeted goals.
User testing: Conducted company and customer interviews, prototype testing, feedback collection, and worked with the research team to use multivariate and AB tests to help refine and make adjustments to designs both before and after product releases.

### UX & Visual Design Lead - Snapfish.com @ Hewlett-Packard
Jan 2007 – Jan 2014 | San Francisco Bay Area
Revamped photo gallery, product builder, and the uploader for Snapfish 2.0 and our managed design for partners Walmart/Walgreens/CVS.
UX Design: Led UX design for many projects across all sites, including redesign of the photo gallery, video interface, and tracking notifications. Worked 4 years on and offsite as Lead Designer for partner teams.
User testing: Guerrilla user tested paper and clickable prototypes. Hosted, interviewed, and observed users as they tested the redsigned photo gallery, uploader and product builder flows.

### Illustrator/ Character Brand Director @ Ask Jeeves & IAC Search & Media
Jan 2000 – Jan 2007
Originated and developed the illustrated character of Jeeves, helped bring the company public and build a top 15 web brand.
Design: Worked with marketing, design, and UX teams to create to oversee the use and integration of the character across the site and all media, including animation.
Illustration: Created or oversaw over 400 illustrations, icons and visual assets for online usage, print and marketing media. Also designed the Jeeves Macy’s parade balloon!


## Education
### BFA in Illustration
Parson School of Design


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/marcossorensen
- Website: https://marcossorensen.wixsite.com/ux-ds

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Last updated: 2026-02-23