# Roland Illés > Product Design Team Lead @ George Labs Location: Vienna, Vienna, Austria Profile: https://flows.cv/rolandills Fintech designer with 13 years of experience in UI/UX. Over 11 million users benefit from my work at George, Erste Bank’s online banking. https://rolandilles.com/ ## Work Experience ### Lead Product Designer (People Management) @ Erste Group Jan 2023 – Present | Vienna, Austria After a 1-year stint providing maternity leave cover for our team lead, I was entrusted with the permanent role of managing my own tight-knit group of designers. Here are some of the responsibilities my new role entails. • Managing the design output of 5-6 individual designers • Organizing weekly 1:1 sessions with each team member • Facilitating the weekly design feedback roundtable meeting • Steering overall design strategy with other team leads • Partaking in key hiring decisions and interviews • Collaborating on hosting our yearly George UXConf • Keeping my individual contributor duties on track at George Invest ### Lead Product Designer (Individual Contributor) @ Erste Group Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Vienna, Austria In addition to my previous role, my responsibilities as a Lead expanded as follows: • Leading our prototyping efforts as an individual contributor (IC) by creating interactive components, mentoring designers and organizing workshops. • This position did not include people management. ### Senior Product Designer @ Erste Group Jan 2018 – Jan 2022 | Vienna, Austria My work at one of Central Eastern Europe’s biggest banking groups is seen by over 10 million users across 6 different countries. I contribute to multi-disciplinary product teams creating George, Erste Bank’s online banking application. • Designing a multitude of features for the iOS, Android and web apps • Specifying components for our design systems, including their design counterparts in Figma • Collaborating in multiple product teams (Cards, Products, Investments) with POs, analysts, and engineers • Proactively taking part in the strong feedback culture of the design chapter consisting of more than 20 designers and researchers ### Senior Product Designer @ TourRadar Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Vienna, Austria At this online marketplace startup I worked with a strong focus on SEO, data-driven design, A/B testing and usability. I collaborated closely with designers, product managers and developers during the design process. • Managed atomic design system via Sketch Libraries + InVision. • My new onboarding flow for acquiring new operators resulted 
in a 413% increase in sign-ups. • Redesigned operator dashboard based on a React framework. • Completely revamped the review process with simplicity in mind. • Created interactive documentation in Confluence for the team. ### Product Designer @ VICE Media Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | Vienna, Austria Working at VICE’s in-house agency VIRTUE, I collaborated with big brands such as ING-DiBa, Drei, BMW, Almdudler, Heineken, Garnier and many others. I delivered solutions under tight deadlines for pitches, product launches and campaigns. I improved ING-DiBa’s user experience by refining their online banking platform, ranging from responsive web design to native mobile design in their iOS and Android apps. During this work I adhered to ING’s atomic design corporate guidelines, and created not only aesthetically pleasing, but highly functional user interfaces. I communicated ideas via scribbles and wireframes, and delivered pixel-perfect assets crafted in Sketch and Photoshop. A few of my other accomplishments at VICE: • Drei: Designed the responsive navigation for an e-commerce shop launch. • BMW: Finalized mockups for a microsite and created InVision prototypes. • Almdudler: Delivered an interactive prototype for web mockups that helped us win the pitch by giving our client a hands-on tablet experience. • Garnier: Set up a local WordPress instance with a custom template for a content hub. • Heineken:Created wireframes for an international campaign, taking into account the needs of mobile and desktop users. ### Product Designer @ Seekda Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 | Vienna, Austria During my time in Seekda’s product design team I gained experience designing for the conversion-oriented tourism industry with a strong enterprise focus. I also concentrated my efforts on delivering user-friendly experiences that can satisfy business goals too. • Re-designed the responsive hotel booking experience which boosted conversions and improved product sales. • Made mockups for a customizable template designer, including front-end and admin features. • Performed usability testing and employed data-driven design. • Designed interfaces with accessibility in mind, e.g. color blindness. • Re-designed Seekda’s main back-end admin panel used by all customers. • Created a company-wide onboarding experience. ## Education ### Master in User Experience Management FH Technikum Wien ### Media Technology USTP – University of Applied Sciences St. Pölten ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/illesdesign - Portfolio: https://rolandilles.com/ --- Source: https://flows.cv/rolandills JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/rolandills/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-31