Summary
Alex Bruno is a product designer based in Portland with eight years of experience translating complex problems into elegant, usable products across startups and enterprise clients. He blends UX, visual design, frontend development, and branding to ship 0-to-1 platforms and scalable design systems—from conversational AI coaching products to enterprise remittance portals and e-commerce redesigns. Notable wins include digitizing a $10B+/week process for SMBC, modernizing Komatsu’s e-commerce experience, and building reusable Webflow and React components that speed marketing and demo production. He’s comfortable running workshops, leading cross-functional teams, and diving into technical implementation to keep prototypes production-ready. Unexpectedly, his background spans high-impact public-sector identity systems and museum exhibit promotion, giving him a rare mix of institutional design rigor and consumer-facing creativity.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Academic Certificate User Experience Design, Academic Certificate User Experience Design at UCLA Extension
Graphic Design, Graphic Design at University of Sunderland
Master of Fine Arts (MFA) Graphic Design, Master of Fine Arts (MFA) Graphic Design at Virginia Commonwealth University
Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) Graphic Design, Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) Graphic Design at Northern Arizona University