# Miklos Philips > Lead UX/Product Designer Location: United States, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/miklos I drive business innovation and success through user-centered design excellence. By applying methodologies like human-centered design, the jobs-to-be-done framework, Lean UX, and design sprints, I meticulously design digital products that deliver precisely what users need, when and how they need it. My approach harmonizes business objectives, user requirements, and technical constraints to optimize product experiences. Integrating user research, ideation, and continuous design exploration, I thoughtfully craft elegant solutions for complex problems to create seamless product experiences that eliminate friction and evoke surprise and delight. ## Work Experience ### UX/UI/Product Design Lead @ CDW Jan 2023 – Present Leveraging my deep expertise in enterprise UX and product design, I'm leading human-centered product design on one of CDW’s SaaS product development teams. To elevate UX and UI, I drive design with user research, usability testing, jobs-to-be-done, user flows, wireframing, prototyping, information architecture, interaction design, a design system, and component library. ### UX/UI/Product Design Lead @ Globant Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 Utilizing user-centered design, jobs-to-be-done, and Lean UX methodologies, I spearheaded the design for a B2B customer portal deployed on Salesforce Experience Cloud using the Lightning Design System. This initiative resulted in elevated product adoption within the customer base attributed to the enhanced user experience and usability enhancements. ### Lead Product Designer @ UBS Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 As a senior designer at the wealth management arm of UBS, I leveraged my expertise in enterprise UX/UI to lead the development of an intuitive and user-friendly trading platform. I successfully drove the design process from ideation to implementation, research and testing, resulting in improved UX. ### Digital Product Design Lead @ Financial Times Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 Drove the design of optimal user experiences for customer journeys by doing user research, testing, and feature prioritization based on UX research & testing insights. Optimized UX and increased conversions through continuous A/B/n testing using quant signals (Optimizely) and qualitative user testing. Working in a fast-paced environment with a nimble and empowered product team, my design activities included UX audits, wireframing, prototyping, A/B/n testing, heuristic evaluation, design systems, and UI design. Through diligent observation and application of UX design best practices, UI design principles, and conversion design strategies, my work significantly contributed to The Financial Times' ability to convert more readers into subscribers. By ensuring a seamless user experience, intuitive interface design, and strategic conversion-focused elements, we enhanced engagement and incentivized readers to subscribe, thus bolstering the publication's subscriber base. ### Lead UX/Product Designer (Freelance) @ Toptal Jan 2016 – Jan 2021 | New York, United States Toptal has the top 3% of designers worldwide on its platform. Each UX designer is thoroughly vetted and trusted by top companies for their most critical UX design projects including McKinsey, Deloitte, Goldman Sachs, UBS, JPMorgan Chase, Motorola, Zendesk, Shopify, Pfizer, Google, Accenture, Warner Bros, Exxon Mobil, Gucci and more - performed user research, research synthesis, user-centered design, design thinking, jobs-to-be-done, design sprints, heuristic analysis, information architecture, wireframing, interaction design, prototyping, design systems, usability testing. Drove design that contributed to the uplift of these companies' product adoption, customer retention, Net Promoter Scores (NPS), sales performance, and user conversion rates. ### Principal User Experience Designer @ DoubleVerify Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | New York I oversaw the user experience strategy for this ad-tech platform. I collaborated with the VP of Product and engineering teams on a design strategy. Led design ops and the design team on a tactical level to execute the design strategy. I collaborated with other stakeholders and performed hands-on design work, including user research, research synthesis, task-flow analysis, wireframes, prototypes, UI design, design systems, and user testing - user-centered design, design thinking, jobs-to-be-done, heuristic analysis, information architecture, usability testing. Through strategic UX planning and meticulous observation of UX design best practices and UI design principles, my efforts played a pivotal role in driving increased market adoption of DoubleVerify's B2B SaaS platform within the advertising industry. By crafting an intuitive and user-centric experience, we effectively addressed the unique needs and pain points of our target audience, fostering trust and satisfaction among users. This ultimately resulted in heightened industry recognition and widespread adoption of our platform, solidifying DoubleVerify's position as a leader in the market. ### Lead User Experience Designer @ PubMatic Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | New York I led the UX redesign for the ad-tech platform including data visualization and dashboards, increasing NPS by 40% and boosting the system usability scale by 70+%. Drove user research and usability testing. Introduced new UX tools and processes, created a new design system and design styleguide. The customer churn rate decreased, the virality coefficient number rose, and user retention and renewal rates increased during my tenure. I collaborated closely with cross-functional teams, including members of the UX team (researchers, interaction designers, and visual designers), product managers, and engineering teams, to develop highly efficient and user-friendly products. My UX process involved hands-on user research and rigorous usability testing. Introducing innovative design tools, methodologies, and techniques resulted in a threefold increase in team efficiency. Additionally, I spearheaded the creation of a comprehensive company-wide design system, component library, and style guide. Through these initiatives, I significantly contributed to increased product adoption, engagement, and customer retention, while also elevating Net Promoter Scores (NPS), sales performance, and customer conversion rates. ### Lead User Experience Designer @ Rubicon Project Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 | Los Angeles I led UX design for a global ad-tech platform, collaborating with CX, product, and engineering teams. Using user-centered design and Jobs-to-be-Done frameworks, I created personas, user journeys, and experience maps. I developed user flows, wireframes, and prototypes, conducted user research and testing, and oversaw visual design. These efforts improved customer retention and reduced churn rates. ### Senior User Experience Designer @ SunPower Corporation Jan 2012 – Jan 2014 | Los Angeles Principal User Experience Designer on an array of consumer, partner, and dealer facing digital marketing design engagements. Created wireframes and mockups, performed user testing and visual design and managed outside resources for development. ### Senior User Experience Designer @ Guitar Center Jan 2010 – Jan 2012 | Los Angeles, California, United States Delivered improved user experiences across various desktop and mobile e-commerce projects that resulted in increased engagement and completed purchase metrics. Worked extensively on futuristic, innovative internal black box “concept lab” initiatives with the vision to drive consumer engagement as well as redesigns for such projects as product search & browse, shopping cart and checkout. Also, worked on the designs of many internal applications such as a universal order system, online store and brick-and-mortar syncing systems and consumer-facing micro-sites. Developed personas, crafted journey maps, experience maps, user task-flows, analyzed use-case scenarios, created wireframes, mockups, prototypes, visual design, and specifications. ### Senior User Experience Designer @ Ericsson Jan 2010 – Jan 2010 | Los Angeles, California, United States (Contract) I was a UX design lead for a video content management system for Ericsson which is a provider of interactive television systems to broadcasters (who knew?). Used Visio, Omnigraffle, Illustrator, Photoshop, and Adobe Director for wireframing, prototyping, and user testing. ### Senior User Experience Designer @ Autodesk Jan 2007 – Jan 2010 | San Francisco, California, United States I lead the user experience design for desktop and mobile applications with Autodesk Location Services. ## Education ### Bachelor's Degree in Visual Design Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/miklosphilips - Website: http://miklosphilips.com - Website: https://medium.com/@miklosphilips --- Source: https://flows.cv/miklos JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/miklos/resume.json Last updated: 2026-02-23