/ Felipe Alarcón — Senior UX Designer & Product Strategist

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experiences that

14+ years designing scalable products across Gaming, Fintech & Travel. I lead teams, build systems, and leverage AI to ship faster. Santiago-based, working globally.

Felipe Alarcón — Senior UX Designer
/ Impact & Accolades
/ Active Players
350M+

Shipped core UX for Fortnite across PC & mobile.

/ Revision Cut
~30%

Cut design revision cycles through structured critique workflows.

/ Prototyping
10x

Accelerated early-stage prototyping from weeks to days using AI.

/ Sales Lift

Drove measurable conversion lifts in high-volume flows.

/ Team Lead
5+

Led cross-functional teams across live-service & enterprise products.

/ Fintech Growth
1.2M

Users in Year 1. Led hyper-simplified UX for BCI's digital prepaid card, driving rapid adoption in competitive fintech market.

/ Task Success
+35%

Redesigned store architecture and information hierarchy, making product discovery significantly faster.

/ Shipped Titles
8

Directed end-to-end UX/UI for global franchises (Star Wars, D&D) and original IPs.

"I bridge the gap between users, business goals, and technical feasibility. Great UX isn't just intuitive—it's measurable, adaptable, and built to evolve at scale."
/ Selected Case Studies 08 Projects
/ Skills
/ Process

AI-Augmented UX Workflows

Leveraging generative AI and MCP pipelines to accelerate research, prototyping, and developer handoff without compromising quality.

/ Gaming

LiveOps & Player Engagement Strategy

Designing retention loops, live events, and lifecycle management flows that sustain long-term user engagement.

/ Foundation

Design System Architecture

Building scalable, component-driven libraries that ensure cross-platform consistency and accelerate multi-IP production.

/ Business

Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO)

Applying behavioral psychology, A/B testing, and funnel analysis to drive measurable business outcomes.

/ Platform

Cross-Platform Experience Design

Crafting context-aware, seamless interactions across PC, mobile, and web with adaptive interaction patterns.

/ Research

Behavioral UX & Data-Driven Validation

Translating quantitative analytics and qualitative research into actionable, user-centered design decisions.

/ Compliance

Accessible & Inclusive Design (WCAG 2.2)

Implementing compliance-ready patterns that expand reach while preserving aesthetic integrity and performance.

/ Leadership

Stakeholder Alignment & Executive Communication

Bridging design, engineering, and business through clear roadmaps, structured critiques, and product storytelling.

/ Execution

Rapid Prototyping & Iterative Testing

Shipping low-to-high fidelity prototypes in days using AI tools, and remote usability labs.

/ Content

UX Writing & Microcopy Strategy

Crafting clear, brand-aligned interface copy that reduces cognitive friction and guides user behavior.

/ Human Strategy, AI Speed

How AI amplifies my design workflow without replacing human judgment

01

Research & Data Synthesis

Utilizing advanced AI tools to rapidly analyze extensive user interview transcripts and raw data. This approach uncovers critical user pain points and generates comprehensive competitive benchmarks in minutes instead of days.

02

Multi-Scenario Architecture

Partnering with AI frameworks to map complex user journeys and technical edge cases. This collaborative workflow identifies logical errors and system gaps well before initiating the wireframing phase.

03

Contextual UX Writing

Leveraging generative text models to populate prototypes with realistic microcopy, precise error messages, and intuitive onboarding flows. Replacing Lorem Ipsum with context-accurate content ensures higher-quality, actionable feedback during user testing.

04

Rapid Component Prototyping

Deploying code assistants and visual AI to accelerate functional layout generation, test interactive micro-interactions, and draft initial concept art. This workflow optimizes the prototyping phase and streamlines technical alignment with engineering teams.

05

Critical Human Validation

Acting as the strategic anchor of the entire product cycle. While AI drives operational speed and optimization, human empathy guides the overall experience by leading real-world user validation, maintaining ethical standards, and ensuring strict adherence to AAA accessibility metrics.

/ Work Experience
Sep 2024 – Feb 2026

Senior UX Manager — UX/UI Team Lead

Gala Games

Directed UX for PC/mobile titles and sales platform; cut prototype cycles by 40% and drove a +35% conversion uplift.

Feb 2022 – May 2023

Senior Game UX Designer – Tech Lead

Epic Games

Owned main menu navigation, social lobby, and party matchmaking flows for 350M+ active players globally.

Aug 2019 – Feb 2022

Senior UX Designer – Digital Products

LATAM Airlines

Redesigned the end-to-end ticket purchasing flow and mobile app ecosystem for premium-tier loyalty members.

Mar 2017 – Aug 2019

UX/UI Designer – Fintech (MACH)

BCI / Globant

Architected the mobile banking MVP from scratch, capturing over 1M+ active users within the first year of launch.

Jan 2013 – Nov 2016

Game UX/UI Designer & Art Director

DeNA

Spearheaded core UX/UI pipeline and art direction for major global titles including Star Wars and D&D franchises.

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