Hi! I'm Ryan - a Remote Product & UX/UI Designer I like to get into all sorts of design trouble and make sure I'm keeping my mind fresh and my toolkit sharp. I'm not looking for a full-time job, but I am interested in interesting, part-time design challenges of all sorts! I have deep experience in eCommerce, SaaS products, Mobile Apps, and all things UX. --- GUIDEBOOK — Product Designer [REMOTE] 2021-Present - Lead design for B2B SaaS products as well as B2C native apps and 
 web-based products. - Built and maintained design systems in collaboration with engineering to optimize hand-off and feasibility. - Provided mentoring and design feedback to junior designers and 
 marketing staff. FREELANCE — Product Designer [REMOTE] 2019-Present - Designed and shipped B2B and B2C products across web, mobile web and native mobile device platforms. - Handcrafted UI libraries, style guides and design systems for a range of web and mobile products. - Distilling complex processes, requirements and flows into simple and clear user interactions. - B2B clients including fabric.inc, socialhighrise.com, and allevity.com. BUILD.COM — Senior UX Designer [REMOTE] 2015-2019 - Owned product design for entire suite of internal enterprise B2B tools. Notable impact: My iterative, user-centric design processes empowered merchandisers to scale annual sales from $800M to $1.1B. - Standardized the design resources of our bespoke headless CMS, including the establishment of a cohesive style guide and patterns library. Notable Impact: Time to market was cut in half on product features and bug fixes. - Worked collaboratively with B2B partners in identifying user pains, distilling product requirements & solutions execution for our headless CMS. Notable Impact: Our product suite created so much value for build.com that the parent company asked us to onboard all of it’s other ecommerce businesses as well. LULUS.COM — Senior UX Designer 2013-2015 - Owned product design and front-end development for the brand’s first mobile web e-commerce platform. Notable Impact: Launched the mobile site in 90 days which served 2.5M pageviews in its first month. - Managed formal and informal user testing sessions using InVision/HTML- based prototypes. Notable Impact: Increased rate of learning and decreased design cycle time by 43% - Promoted organization-wide design thinking by establishing UX processes and creating pattern & UI libraries. CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, CHICO— UX Designer 2008-2013 • 5 Year - Owned product design and front-end development for college and departmental websites in Cascade CMS. - Lecturer for the Communication Design department including web design, web development, and animation for the web. - Design director for on-campus design group. Hired, managed and mentored designers from a variety of disciplines across numerous design projects and sprints. FUZEGROUP — UX/UI Designer 2011-2013 …

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Hi! I'm Ryan - a Remote Product & UX/UI Designer I like to get into all sorts of design trouble and make sure I'm keeping my mind fresh and my toolkit sharp. I'm not looking for a full-time job, but I am interested in interesting, part-time design challenges of all sorts! I have deep experience in eCommerce, SaaS products, Mobile Apps, and all things UX. --- GUIDEBOOK — Product Designer [REMOTE] 2021-Present - Lead design for B2B SaaS products as well as B2C native apps and 
 web-based products. - Built and maintained design systems in collaboration with engineering to optimize hand-off and feasibility. - Provided mentoring and design feedback to junior designers and 
 marketing staff. FREELANCE — Product Designer [REMOTE] 2019-Present - Designed and shipped B2B and B2C products across web, mobile web and native mobile device platforms. - Handcrafted UI libraries, style guides and design systems for a range of web and mobile products. - Distilling complex processes, requirements and flows into simple and clear user interactions. - B2B clients including fabric.inc, socialhighrise.com, and allevity.com. BUILD.COM — Senior UX Designer [REMOTE] 2015-2019 - Owned product design for entire suite of internal enterprise B2B tools. Notable impact: My iterative, user-centric design processes empowered merchandisers to scale annual sales from $800M to $1.1B. - Standardized the design resources of our bespoke headless CMS, including the establishment of a cohesive style guide and patterns library. Notable Impact: Time to market was cut in half on product features and bug fixes. - Worked collaboratively with B2B partners in identifying user pains, distilling product requirements & solutions execution for our headless CMS. Notable Impact: Our product suite created so much value for build.com that the parent company asked us to onboard all of it’s other ecommerce businesses as well. LULUS.COM — Senior UX Designer 2013-2015 - Owned product design and front-end development for the brand’s first mobile web e-commerce platform. Notable Impact: Launched the mobile site in 90 days which served 2.5M pageviews in its first month. - Managed formal and informal user testing sessions using InVision/HTML- based prototypes. Notable Impact: Increased rate of learning and decreased design cycle time by 43% - Promoted organization-wide design thinking by establishing UX processes and creating pattern & UI libraries. CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, CHICO— UX Designer 2008-2013 • 5 Year - Owned product design and front-end development for college and departmental websites in Cascade CMS. - Lecturer for the Communication Design department including web design, web development, and animation for the web. - Design director for on-campus design group. Hired, managed and mentored designers from a variety of disciplines across numerous design projects and sprints. FUZEGROUP — UX/UI Designer 2011-2013 …

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Hi! I’m Ryan - a Remote Product & UX/UI Designer

I like to get into all sorts of design trouble and make sure I’m keeping my mind fresh and my toolkit sharp. I’m not looking for a full-time job, but I am interested in interesting, part-time design challenges of all sorts! I have deep experience in eCommerce, SaaS products, Mobile Apps, and all things UX.

GUIDEBOOK — Product Designer [REMOTE]
2021-Present

  • Lead design for B2B SaaS products as well as B2C native apps and
    web-based products.
  • Built and maintained design systems in collaboration with engineering to optimize hand-off and feasibility.
  • Provided mentoring and design feedback to junior designers and
    marketing staff.

FREELANCE — Product Designer [REMOTE]
2019-Present

  • Designed and shipped B2B and B2C products across web, mobile web and native mobile device platforms.
  • Handcrafted UI libraries, style guides and design systems for a range of web and mobile products.
  • Distilling complex processes, requirements and flows into simple and clear user interactions.
  • B2B clients including fabric.inc, socialhighrise.com, and allevity.com.

BUILD.COM — Senior UX Designer [REMOTE]
2015-2019

  • Owned product design for entire suite of internal enterprise B2B tools. Notable impact: My iterative, user-centric design processes empowered merchandisers to scale annual sales from $800M to $1.1B.
  • Standardized the design resources of our bespoke headless CMS, including the establishment of a cohesive style guide and patterns library. Notable Impact: Time to market was cut in half on product features and bug fixes.
  • Worked collaboratively with B2B partners in identifying user pains, distilling product requirements & solutions execution for our headless CMS. Notable Impact: Our product suite created so much value for build.com that the parent company asked us to onboard all of it’s other ecommerce businesses as well.

LULUS.COM — Senior UX Designer
2013-2015

  • Owned product design and front-end development for the brand’s first mobile web e-commerce platform. Notable Impact: Launched the mobile site in 90 days which served 2.5M pageviews in its first month.
  • Managed formal and informal user testing sessions using InVision/HTML- based prototypes. Notable Impact: Increased rate of learning and decreased design cycle time by 43%
  • Promoted organization-wide design thinking by establishing UX processes and creating pattern & UI libraries.

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, CHICO— UX Designer
2008-2013 • 5 Year

  • Owned product design and front-end development for college and departmental websites in Cascade CMS.
  • Lecturer for the Communication Design department including web design, web development, and animation for the web.
  • Design director for on-campus design group. Hired, managed and mentored designers from a variety of disciplines across numerous design projects and sprints.

FUZEGROUP — UX/UI Designer
2011-2013

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Adobe Photoshop
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Experience Level

Adobe Photoshop
Expert
Prototype
Expert
Figma
Expert
Freelance Gig
Expert
Logic Pro
Expert
Mix
Expert
Pro Tools
Expert
CSS
Expert
HTML5
Expert
Web Design
Expert
Product Design
Expert
UI
Expert
Adobe InDesign
Expert
Guitar Pro
Expert
App Design
Expert
Adobe Illustrator
Expert
Email Design
Intermediate
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Language

English
Fluent

Education

Bachelor of Arts at CSU, Chico
May 1, 2010

Industry Experience

Education, Consumer Goods, Government, Media & Entertainment, Retail, Software & Internet, Wholesale & Distribution
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