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Wesley Santos

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Lead Product Designer at BTG Pactual who simplified an asset-freezing workflow from eight screens to one, boosting productivity by 50%+.

Brazil
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At BTG Pactual, I lead product design for internal platforms, managing four designers across Asset Servicing, Legal Systems, Custody, and Credit Management. I simplified an asset-freezing protocol from an eight-screen flow to a single interface, increasing operational productivity by 50%+.

Previously at BTG Pactual, I designed investment experiences including goal-based fixed-income investing that generated R$160M+ in investments, and an early fund redemption feature that generated R$5.6M in profit. I also led design for the BTG Trader App and created design system programs to improve adoption and consistency.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

BTG Pactual logoBP
Current

Lead Product Designer | Internal Tools

Dec 2025 - Present (10 months)

(B2B / B2C / B2B2C | Investment Banking, Wealth Management & Fintech | Public Company)

Key Achievements:
- Structured and built the Design leadership function for Internal Platforms, managing 4 Product Designers across Asset Servicing, Legal Systems, Custody, and Credit Management;
- Redesigned a complex asset-freezing protocol lifecycle from an 8-screen flow down to a single high-performance int

BTG Pactual logoBP

Lead Product Designer | Variable Income | Investments

Dec 2023 - Dec 2025 (2 years)

Key Achievements:

- Promoted from Analyst to Associate Director (acting as Design Lead / Coordinator) following successful leadership of the Equities and Investment vertical, managing team performance, technical standards, and product execution;
- Designed "Buckets" (Goal-based investing) for fixed-income products (CDBs), generating R$160M+ in investments across 16K+ created buckets and 13K activ

BTG Pactual logoBP

Senior Product Designer | Variable Income | Investments

Jan 2023 - Dec 2023 (11 months)

Key Achievements:
- Created and drove the "Orquestra Ambassadors" program, establishing design system standards and guidelines for typography tokens, complex data tables, and primary action patterns;
- Led a cross-functional initiative alongside 8 designers to unify and standardize critical transactional flows (asset purchasing, money transfers, and investment screens) across all BTG applications;

Smiles logoSM

Senior Product Designer

Feb 2019 - Apr 2020 (1 year 2 months)

(B2C / B2B2C | Loyalty Ecosystems, Travel & E-commerce | Public Company)

Key Achievements:
- Designed end-to-end user journeys for the loyalty ecosystem, driving higher engagement and conversion across Co-branded Cards, Shopping Smiles, and Clube Smiles;
- Simplified complex mileage accumulation and redemption business logic into intuitive web and mobile interfaces;
- Optimized e-commerce checkou

Bradesco Seguros logoBS

Product Designer

Jul 2018 - Feb 2019 (7 months)

(B2C / B2B | Insurance, Pension Funds & Enterprise Knowledge | Public Company)

Key Achievements:
- Designed a pension fund simulation tool (Previdência Privada), transforming complex financial algorithms and planning variables into clear interfaces to empower decision-making;
- Led the UX design for a centralized knowledge management intranet platform, improving internal information architecture

Arteria LifeShare logoAL

Art Assistant / UI Designer

Mar 2016 - Jun 2018 (2 years 3 months)

Worked as Art Assistant / UI Designer at Arteria LifeShare.

Cnova - GPA logoCG

Designer

Mar 2015 - Nov 2015 (8 months)

Worked as Designer at Cnova - GPA.

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

MD

Mergo Escola de Design

UX Metrics

Oct 2019

AL

Alura

UX & Usability for Mobile & Web

Mar 2017

UM

Universidade Anhembi Morumbi

Bachelor's Degree – Digital Design, Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design

2012 - 2016

EC

Escola Cuca

Art Direction Bootcamp, With Daniel Ottoni.

Sep 2014

BI

Barueri Technical Institute

Technical High School, Web Design & Digital Media

2008 - 2010

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