Position
Senior UX Designer (ERICA AI Platform)
Location
Plano, Texas
Report to

VP of Product Design

Dates
Feb 2017 – Jun 2017
Bank of America, N.A. | Senior UX Designer (ERICA AI Platform) https://www.albertsonscompanies.com

Role & Scope

• Senior UX Designer working on ERICA, Bank of America’s AI-powered virtual financial assistant.

• Focused on conversational UX, cross-channel experiences, and integration with core banking journeys.

• Collaborated with Product, Data Science, and Risk to design interactions that were both helpful and responsible.

Multi-channel UX

CONVERSATIONAL & MULTI-CHANNEL UX

• Designed dialogue flows and screen states for common tasks such as balances, transactions, bill pay, and card controls.

• Balanced “chatty” personality with clarity and speed—ensuring interactions felt human without wasting time.

• Considered cross-channel entry and exit points (push notifications, deep links, and handoff to human support).

• Ensured that error states and edge cases still felt controlled and trustworthy.

AI Assistance

AI ASSISTANCE, EXPLAINABILITY & SAFETY

• Worked with AI teams to define what ERICA should and should not attempt, based on risk and user value.

• Created UI patterns for explaining what the assistant was doing, what data it was using, and why it made certain suggestions.

• Designed escalation paths where higher-risk or higher-emotion scenarios moved to secure human support.

• Helped refine guidelines for tone, guardrails, and content so the assistant remained on-brand and compliant.

Qualitative Feedback

MEASUREMENT & ITERATION

• Used behavioral data and qualitative feedback to refine intents, responses, and UI placements over time.

• Identified high-friction interactions and re-designed them for fewer steps or clearer prompts.

• Supported experiments comparing assistant-driven vs. traditional navigation for specific tasks.

Note: I’m actively updating this section with a full case study for this position, including before/after states, outcomes, and team context.