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Soledad Benitez

@soledadbenitez

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Senior Product Designer with 7+ years leading UX research, design systems, and MVPs from fintech to startups.

Paraguay

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking for a product design role where I can own end-to-end UX—from research to design systems to shipping—partner closely with engineering, use analytics to guide decisions, and build AI-augmented workflows that help teams move faster.

I’m a Senior Product Designer with 7+ years of experience across fintech, B2B SaaS, B2C, and enterprise software, focused on building products users trust through rigorous UX research, strong interaction design, and practical MVP development. I’ve led design system architecture and adoption—partnering with engineering to standardize collaboration—and I enjoy turning ambiguity into clear product direction through discovery, prototyping, and usability testing.

In lean environments, I bridge design and engineering end-to-end: as a Fractional Co-Founder & Product Designer at Flexit, I owned the MVP lifecycle from UX research to production frontend coding, using AI-augmented workflows (e.g., Claude Code and Pencil.dev) to prototype and ship faster. I’ve also driven measurable improvements—like restructuring design workflows with Agile practices to reduce delivery timelines by 2x, streamlining onboarding via journey mapping and UX audits, and aligning product analytics with business goals—while staying grounded in human-centered principles and accessibility (WCAG).

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Fractional Co-Founder & Designer

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Flexit

Jan 2026 - Present (3 months)

Co-founded an asset-management startup and owned end-to-end MVP delivery, from UX research and interaction design through production frontend implementation in a lean team. Used AI-augmented workflows (Claude Code, Pencil.dev) to prototype, iterate, and ship faster than traditional resourcing.

UX Research MVP Development Interaction Design Frontend Development Rapid Prototyping

UX Design Intern

Tableau

May 2022 - Aug 2022 (3 months)

Embedded with Tableau’s Insights & Actions team to contribute to Explain Data, completing ideation-to-delivery design work and producing validated, production-ready prototypes. Performed heuristic evaluations and user research to identify pain points and inform product improvements with senior designers and engineers.

UX Design UX Research Prototyping Interaction Design User Testing Information Architecture Cross Functional Collaboration

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Indiana University Bloomington

Master of Science, Human-Computer Interaction & Design

2021 - 2023

Grade: 4.0 GPA

Activities and societies: Fulbright Scholar (2021–2022 cohort); Faculty Excellence Fellowship Award 2021–2022.

Earned an M.S. in Human-Computer Interaction & Design, graduating with a 4.0 GPA. Fulfilled Fulbright Scholar and related academic fellowship recognition during the program.