Gennaro Nesso

Product Designer

London, England, United Kingdom8 yrs 4 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Led design of four AI-powered products at EY.
  • Strong track record in 0-to-1 product development.
  • Mentored junior designers to successful promotions.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech Product Designer with expertise in AI-driven solutions.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product DesignDesign Leadership

Other Skills

Usability TestingInteraction DesignQualitative Research

About

Senior Product Designer with 8+ years of experience leading design across fintech and tax technology, with a strong track record of 0-to-1 product work from early discovery to launch. Over the past year, I’ve owned the design of four entirely new AI-powered product offerings at EY, taking each from concept validation to delivery in a complex enterprise environment. Experienced across fast-paced environments, from early-stage startups to large-scale enterprises, I bring a hands-on, evidence-based approach to product discovery, product thinking, and stakeholder alignment. Skilled at navigating ambiguous problem spaces and building the conditions for teams to do their best design work.

Experience

8 yrs 4 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 9 mos
Average Tenure
4 yrs 7 mos
Current Experience

Ey

2 roles

Senior Product Designer

Promoted

Oct 2023Present · 2 yrs 8 mos · Greater London, England, United Kingdom

  • Owned the end-to-end design of the workflow management and AI-powered product areas within EY’s tax management platform, driving the process from discovery and concept validation to delivery across both domains.
  • Sole designer responsible for defining and delivering four entirely new AI-powered product offerings, regularly showcased in high-stakes internal webcasts as flagship innovation achievements for EY UK&I.
  • Built alignment across two engineering teams and multiple product teams to run early proof of concept work, de-risking technical decisions and informing roadmap input and prioritisation under tight timelines.
  • Initiated and shaped the creation of a centralised user insights repository, establishing a process for teams across the business, including sales, customer success, and research, to capture and categorise insights gathered through calls, interviews and research sessions, making them accessible and usable for roadmap prioritisation.
  • Presented and validated design direction with senior leadership, the product co-founder, and innovation directors, shaping the product vision and ensuring alignment across the organisation.
  • Mentored one junior designer from entry-level through to successful internal promotion, and provided ongoing guidance and support across the broader design team on craft, process, and professional development.
Product DesignDesign Leadership

Product Designer

Nov 2021Oct 2023 · 1 yr 11 mos · Greater London, England, United Kingdom

  • Worked on EY's tax management platform, leading the design of the client information collection product, the highest-traffic area of the platform, driving continuous improvements to efficiency, usability and user satisfaction with an evidence-based approach to iteration in a complex enterprise environment.
  • Took two entirely new product offerings from concept to launch, including a collaborative note-taking tool and a client engagement scoping and workflow product, demonstrating strong 0-to-1 design capability.
  • Introduced lightweight user research and rapid usability testing practices to the team, establishing a methodology that was adopted as a regular part of the product process, reducing risk, accelerating iteration cycles, and embedding a user-centred approach across the team.
  • Partnered closely with engineering and product teams to deliver features under tight timelines, balancing customer outcomes with technical constraints.
  • Recognised for consistently high performance and impact, earning an internal promotion to Product Design Manager.
Product DesignDesign Leadership

My community finance

User Experience Designer

Sep 2020Nov 2021 · 1 yr 2 mos

  • Worked as the sole designer within a small product team at a fintech startup connecting savers and borrowers with an ethical network of lenders, owning the design process across multiple customer journeys, from stakeholder workshops, low-fidelity concepts and content definition, through validation with real users to final front-end handover.
  • Led the redesign of the account funding journey using Open Banking, reducing the average time to fund a savings account from 9 days to 2.5 days.
  • Evaluated and improved existing customer journeys through Hotjar analysis and usability testing, embedding a data-informed approach to design iteration.
  • Collaborated cross-functionally with commercial, tech, customer, and operations teams to ensure solutions met both user needs and broader business requirements.
  • Went beyond core design responsibilities to lead the rebranding process for a new company venture, identifying and briefing brand agencies, supervising the pitch process, and translating business vision into creative requirements. The new brand successfully launched shortly after.

Transmission

2 roles

Midweight Digital Designer

Promoted

Sep 2019Sep 2020 · 1 yr

  • Worked as part of the creative team at a globally recognised B2B marketing agency, delivering digital
  • design for major tech clients including HP and Dropbox.
  • Designed and delivered campaign landing pages and microsites, developing strong expertise across UX, UI and web design in a fast-paced, client-facing environment.
  • Promoted from Associate to Midweight Digital Designer within 18 months.

Digital Designer

Feb 2018Sep 2019 · 1 yr 7 mos

Education

Kingston University

Master of Science - MSc — User Experience Design

Jan 2021Jan 2023

General Assembly

Bootcamp — User Experience Design

Jan 2018Jan 2019

ABANA - Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli

Bachelor’s Degree — Communication Design

Jan 2012Jan 2016

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