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Vol. XX · No. 2026Cornelius, North CarolinaUX · Product · Design Systems · Accessibility

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Designer Brings Twenty Years of Craft to the Table

From a bank in Prishtina to Wells Fargo and Lowe's, Drin Kryeziu has spent two decades turning complex requirements into products people can use.

Drin Kryeziu
Drin Kryeziu, Senior UX/UI and Product Designer, at work in Cornelius, N.C.

By the numbers

20+years designing in Europe and the U.S.15+reusable components built at Wells Fargo~30%faster delivery for product teams66bank branches rebranded in Kosovo3 mo.ahead of schedule on the NLB redesign

By the Chronicle staff · Cornelius, N.C.

Drin Kryeziu is a UX/UI and product designer with more than twenty years of international experience across Europe and the United States. His work runs the whole length of a product: user research, wireframes, high-fidelity prototypes and the design systems that hold it all together.

Today he delivers enterprise and mobile UX at Lowe's, after senior roles at Wells Fargo and First Bank. He works in Figma, uses AI-assisted design to move faster, and is at home in Agile and Scrum teams.

Colleagues know him as a partner to product managers, engineers and stakeholders, building accessible, scalable products for mobile apps, enterprise platforms, financial services and retail technology.

Accessibility is part of the job, not an afterthought: he designs to WCAG 2.1 AA and ADA, governs design systems, and mentors junior designers along the way.

Before banking and retail, he trained as a graphic designer, a background that still shows in his work on brand identity, print and data visualization.

“Twenty years of design leadership across fintech, retail technology, investment management and the public sector.”Key achievements, May 2026

Career Two decades of work, most recent first

Lowe's Taps Kryeziu to Shape Store and Mobile Tools

Senior Product Designer leads flows for millions of shoppers and store associates.

Mooresville, N.C. (Remote) — 2024 to present. Kryeziu designs end-to-end flows, wireframes and interactive Figma prototypes for mobile and enterprise apps, and works daily with product managers and engineers on user stories and Agile sprints.

He introduced AI-driven prototyping that cut iteration time, brought UX to Zebra devices used on the store floor, and helps govern a multi-platform design system.

First Bank Unifies Its Acquired Products

As AVP and UX Designer, one experience across many platforms.

Charlotte, N.C. — 2023 to 2024. He set the UX strategy that brought several acquired banking products under one consistent, accessible design system, modernized legacy financial apps, and supported the bank's move to the cloud.

Wells Fargo Components Speed Teams by 30%

Senior UX Designer builds the parts others build with.

Charlotte, N.C. (Remote) — 2018 to 2023. Working to WFRIA standards and WCAG 2.1 AA, Kryeziu designed enterprise banking apps for more than ten Lines of Business, built 15+ reusable components and mentored junior and mid-level designers.

Charts and Pages for Dimensional Fund Advisors

Senior Production Artist and Graphic Designer.

Charlotte, N.C., and Austin, Tex. — 2016 to 2017. He produced data visualizations, brochures and web-ready assets for financial reports and investor pages, keeping the brand consistent across every channel.

Gizmo Designs: Booths, Labels and Mockups

Graphic, Video and UX Designer.

Concord, N.C. — 2014 to 2016. High-fidelity mockups and layouts for client work, plus trade show booths, packaging, product labels and presentations, delivered on tight deadlines.

NLB Bank Redesign Lands Three Months Early

Senior UX Lead Designer and Advisor to the VP of Marketing.

Prishtina, Kosovo, and Ljubljana, Slovenia — 2008 to 2015. He led the UX/UI redesign of the bank's corporate digital platforms, finishing ahead of schedule and under budget with Agile Scrum, and ran usability testing with staff and clients.

He also supervised the rebranding of 66 branches across Kosovo, coordinating coders, copywriters, designers and bank management.

Letters to the Editor From people who have worked with him

“I hit the jackpot with him.”

Ajay Pillai hired Drin as a UX engineer on his Wells Fargo team, and writes that the decision paid off quickly. Drin arrived with a strong portfolio, and Pillai warned him that a large bank leaves little room for creative freedom. Drin took that as a brief rather than a limit: he worked closely with product owners, stayed inside the bank's design guardrails, and still turned their needs into thoughtful UX and CX designs and prototypes, fast.

His work ethic kept development moving at a steady pace, and he held tightly to deadlines. Beyond the craft, Pillai remembers the attitude: positive, eager and can-do, valued not only by him but by everyone on his team. He describes Drin as a joy to work with, and calls his letter only a snapshot of what Drin brings.

Ajay PillaiHead of Application Architecture · Banking & Insurance Modernization, AI/GenAI, Multi-Cloud, DevSecOps, Scaled AgileDrin's hiring manager at Wells Fargo; they later worked together again at First Bank

“His work ethic was exceptional.”

Fatos Shita has known Drin since the late '90s, when each of them ran his own design studio. Even then, he writes, Drin stood out as a deeply knowledgeable designer with an exceptional work ethic. The two collaborated on some projects and traded tips and practices along the way.

That trust is why, around 2016–17, Shita recommended Drin for the design team at Dimensional Fund Advisors. Drin settled in quickly, kept financial content true to the firm's brand guidelines, and carried print and web projects side by side. Shita says he misses Drin's work ethic, creativity and personality, and the plain joy of working with him.

Fatos ShitaDesigner · Drin's colleague at Dimensional Fund Advisors; ran his own studio alongside Drin's in the late '90s

Summarized from their reference letters. Contact details available on request.

Classifieds Skills, tools and specialties

Wanted

Your next product challenge. Experienced designer seeks a team that ships. Write to drinkryeziu@gmail.com.

Design & prototyping

Figma, Adobe XD, Axure RP, Balsamiq, iRise, Sketch, Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign).

Practice

Product and interaction design, user research, usability testing, information architecture, wireframes, high-fidelity mockups, developer handoff.

Design systems

Component libraries, design tokens, governance across mobile, web and enterprise.

Accessibility

ADA, WCAG 2.1 AA and Section 508. Inclusive design from the first sketch.

New technology

AI-assisted design and rapid prototyping, Figma MCP, generative design workflows.

Teamwork

Jira, Confluence, Slack, Miro. Agile and Scrum. Mentorship and design leadership.

Specialties

Mobile apps, enterprise UX, retail technology (Zebra), financial services, data visualization.

Also in print

Brand identity, print design, video editing and motion graphics.

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