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Product Designer · Front-End Developer · Santiago, Chile

Francisco
Palacios

I bridge design and development — from UX research and product strategy to production-ready code, powered by AI-driven workflows.

Expertise

Skills

Figma

UI/UX Design

Front-End Dev

React · Next.js · TypeScript

AI-Powered Dev

Claude · GPT · Cursor

Product Design

End-to-end product

UX Research

Interviews · Testing

Prompt Engineering

Workflows & automation

About

Who I am

Francisco Palacios
10+Years of
experience

Francisco Palacios Illanes

Product Designer &
Front-End Developer

My edge is leading products from concept to production code, integrating cutting-edge AI tools with solid UX foundations. I work with cross-functional teams translating business needs into exceptional user experiences.

LinkedIn

Career

Experience

Sept. 2021 — Present

HEAD of UI/UX Design · Product Designer

amiPASS Chile

Lead the UX/UI team across all digital products and services — apps and web — for internal and external teams. Bridge between business requirements and functional, visual solutions.

Feb. 2020 — Sept. 2021

Front-End Developer · UX/UI Designer

Merchants (Digital Products)

Ideation, design and prototyping of solutions for commercial platforms and mobile, focused on interaction and end-user experience.

Sept. 2019 — Feb. 2020

Arquitecto de Experiencia del Usuario

Reset

UX direction for digital projects: web positioning, audience analysis, conversion optimization and navigation experience.

Sept. 2016 — Sept. 2019

Dirección de Proyectos Digitales

El Living / Ideas Poderosas

Led digital projects improving UX, conversions and traffic. E-commerce, corporate sites, interface design, SEO, API integrations and content management.

Sept. 2014 — Ago. 2016

Desarrollador Web · Director de Cuentas

Agencia VisualCorp

Web development, digital marketing strategy, brand creation and social media campaigns.

2015 — Present

Desarrollador Jefe de Aplicaciones · Fundador

WebConcept LAB

Founded WebConceptLAB — a creative digital lab building web platforms, native and hybrid apps, and workflow automation tools.

Learning

Education

2024

ChatGPT Prompt Engineering for Developers

DeepLearning.AI

2023

CS50's Introduction to AI with Python

Harvard / edX

2007 – 2013

Ing. en Informática y Programación — Computer Science

Universidad Nacional Experimental Politécnica 'Antonio José de Sucre'

2007 – 2010

Ing. en Informática · Desarrollo web, contenido digital & multimedia

Instituto Universitario de Tecnología de Administración Industrial

Stack

Tools & Technologies

Next.js
React
TypeScript
Tailwind CSS
Framer Motion
Figma
Claude AI
Cursor
Vercel
Node.js
Git
Storybook

Let's work together

Got a project in mind?

I'm open to freelance work, full-time roles, and interesting collaborations. Let's chat.